Example sentences of "[prep] the sea " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had a coffee , bought some reinforcements , deciding to leave the skyr that we had both become addicted to until later , turned south and headed for the sea . |
| 2 | I hope that it was all good practice for the sea . |
| 3 | Human regard for the sea has varied from the taking of it for granted as a tiresome obstacle to trade and exploration , to romanticising it in what so many writers are pleased to call its moods . |
| 4 | It 's proving very difficult raising money for the sea wall because everybody likes to contribute towards buying something new but not so many like to repair something you have already got . |
| 5 | Inflatables do not need great pressure to keep them hard enough for the sea . |
| 6 | Soil has also been excavated at Pett Level ( to provide material for the sea wall ) , leaving a series of lakes . |
| 7 | Nearly all records were for the sea or the immediate vicinity of the coast . |
| 8 | It is down these channels that the salmon run , making for the sea whilst trying to avoid becoming stranded . |
| 9 | ‘ They are here for the sea , sand and sun , bodies spread out in clumps and clusters on the beach . |
| 10 | But even when it does occur it does not provide too much of a problem , for the sea slugs are capable of quickly regenerating them ready for the next naïve fish to attack . |
| 11 | How you would have hated this , Gabriel , how you would have hungered for the sea and the sky , the hurly-burly and the heave-ho , the teamwork and the solitude , the unpredictability , the freedom , the danger of the waves . |
| 12 | He fired , but at once saw that it was a Maryland , banking away as it dived vertically for the sea . |
| 13 | The river , so wide that she would have mistaken it for the sea , was full of craft of all sizes , though most of them lay at anchor . |
| 14 | Drawing was now an abiding passion , and ‘ it is a passion just like that of a sailor for the sea ’ . |
| 15 | These time-fused torpedoes fired , Micky Wynn set off at 0230 for the sea down river , while Commander Ryder moved into midstream to check the position , coming between the wrecks — five MLs were now blazing hulks — to within 250 yards ( 230m ) of the Mole 's batteries as Able Seaman Savage and his mate , AB F.A . |
| 16 | ‘ It was a hair-raising experience at Ibiza because for the sea swim and the canoe leg we had to contend with very high winds and huge waves . |
| 17 | For the sea angler there are 3,500 miles of coastline to fish and explore . |
| 18 | Iro has been in poor form for the Sea Eagles and was told several weeks ago that he would have to take a pay cut to stay with the club . |
| 19 | If the painter were to use the same intensity of blue for the sea both near and far then the effect would not be at all realistic . |
| 20 | for the sea to be judged to be the same colour the painter has to paint it different colours . |
| 21 | I approach slowly so that the animals will not be taken by surprise and panic into a rush for the sea , but even so several of the younger seals take fright and slide into the water . |
| 22 | It is not unusual for the sea to be at least a mile 's walk from the coastline sand-dunes . |
| 23 | For the sea mink Mustela macrodon , overexploitation led to extinction . |
| 24 | Never having been aboard a ship before , she found she had a natural liking for the sea life : she suffered no seasickness at all , and as João had sent an excellent chef to cook her meals , she dined well and developed a taste for the green wine of Portugal . |
| 25 | Well so much for the sea surface temperatures of the past , but we 've been looking at our records of the compounds in the sediments even more carefully and what we 've seen in there are molecular fingerprints which do not match those of the marine organisms . |
| 26 | A SHILLING FOR THE SEA |
| 27 | At night we listen for the sea freezing over . |
| 28 | The Keraing , however , had put the wheels in motion , and while Sinar Surya was being prepared for the sea , and the pirates were still arguing about where she might go , and with whom , Lorne and I spent the following weeks suppressing our impatience by exploring our surroundings . |
| 29 | I am sorry to observe so little Care taken of the Education of our Youth designed for the Sea , even such as have a Prospect of commanding Ships either in the Government or Merchant Service : The element in which they live renders them rough and boisterous which makes a little Education more necessary to give them an early Byass . |
| 30 | Finally , Sea Waybill Rule 5 sets forth a level of abstraction , for the sea waybill 's description of the goods , similar to that of a Hague-Visby bill . |