Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] from [art] sea " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he entered the paved courtyard the rain came whipping in from the sea , lashing against the car and obliterating everything . |
| 2 | Swanage suffered badly during the last war , chiefly from ‘ tip-and-run ’ raids by bombers swooping in from the sea . |
| 3 | Like a fog moving in from the sea the silence swept toward the back of the room and then up into the balconies . |
| 4 | With a fair breeze blowing in from the sea , we kept the majestic peninsula in sight as we headed along the coast path . |
| 5 | The spring sunshine was almost warm and a soft breeze was blowing in from the sea . |
| 6 | So the black-backed gulls wait for them in the air in front of the cliffs , wheeling and circling on the up-draught created as the wind , blowing in from the sea , is deflected upwards . |
| 7 | Like many scientists , campaigners at Friends of the Earth in London ( including the author ) had assumed that the absence of strong evidence for forest decline in Britain might be due to a combination of climate ( moist conditions good for growing trees ) coupled with the possibility that magnesium in rain coming in from the sea might counteract leaching by acid rain . |
| 8 | Led by Major Ronnie Tod , 30 men went ashore and had hardly been gone a few minutes when Dudley Clarke and the commander saw the dark outline of a boat coming in from the sea . |
| 9 | Those coming in from the sea do the same thing in reverse , leaving the wheel with a sideways dive when they are within a few yards of their nest-hole . |
| 10 | A row of thatched cottages is strung along the lane coming up from the sea and opens into a forecourt in the front and at the eastern side of the house . |
| 11 | And coming back from the sea , laden with fish for their young , they can only find safety in their nest holes . |
| 12 | But the wind sweeping in from the sea even got to him , with the Open Champion dropping four shots in three holes , including a double bogey five at the treacherous 15th . |
| 13 | The cold evening rain blasted him , sweeping up from the sea . |
| 14 | This mill was built of brick instead of stone like the Old Mill in the village , and the original six-storey building survives among the extensions built around it , with Arkwright 's peculiar staircase projection with Venetian and small semi-circular windows standing out from the sea of square-headed windows on either side , and with a cupola above . |
| 15 | When it came to practice , the weather was appalling , with low clouds streaming in from the sea and rain falling constantly . |