Example sentences of "[adv] to sea " in BNC.
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| 1 | With instrument panel shattered and the cockpit full of bullet holes , he was forced down to sea level where the engine stopped and the aircraft started to burn on its left side . |
| 2 | By going down to sea level , you can walk out on to the Rocker de la Vierge , reached by a short gangway , which has a statue of the Virgin on top and the beginnings of a jetty planned by the Emperor Napoleon III but never finished because the sea kept demolishing it . |
| 3 | In the south-eastern corner between the Hadhlamaut and the Persian Gulf , lies Rub' al Khali , the Empty Quarter , which consists essentially of a low plateau sloping northwards from about 300 m ( 1000 ft ) down to sea level and covered to a considerable extent with sand dunes . |
| 4 | E/A kept on steady course at about 220mph until attacked , when he dived down to sea level at about 250–280pmh [ sic ] and I made two attacks one at 16000 when E/A took slight evasive action by executing gentle turns . |
| 5 | McKenzie was out of ammunition , but followed an enemy aircraft down to sea level , stuck up a wing and chopped off its tail — he was lucky to be able to regain control of his own aircraft , ’ Mr Lynch said . |
| 6 | Jane found solace in the humour and support of the local people : Davyd , Meryvn , the clever Henry , aged sixty-eight but very spry , who had run away to sea at fifteen , and did everything so well and systematically — shipshape , in fact . |
| 7 | At fifteen he ran away to sea , pursuing the myth of his absent father . |
| 8 | Small wonder , then , that A. J. P. Taylor 's advice was to ‘ run away to sea rather than go to a secondary modern ’ . |
| 9 | Frederick was apparently brought up there with the daughter , Hester , of the new marriage , but he ran away to sea . |
| 10 | G. E. Policemen in those days , particularly like me who had been away to sea , were a bit rough . |
| 11 | He had something of a Huckleberry Finn spirit , wanting to run away to sea . |
| 12 | He ran away to sea at fifteen and made a name for himself as a good , but sadistic , fist fighter . |
| 13 | Designed to entice thousands of turn-of-the-century tourists to run away to sea , the P&O Poster Collection will be at London 's Chelsea Harbour , 16 Dec-12 Jan ( 071–839 8533 ) — the perfect escape to faraway places with strange-sounding names if you 're visiting the Boat Show , 1–12 January . |
| 14 | One mate had been into it for a while 'cos he used to go away to sea . |
| 15 | She felt now that her future was settled : her uncle would soon go away to sea ; Tristram would be freer to be seen in her company and perhaps , if her prayers were answered , they would be able to persuade Aunt Ann to let them be married . |
| 16 | If only his father would go away to sea ! |
| 17 | If she could only keep the secret a week or two more it might be possible , after her uncle had gone away to sea , to persuade her Aunt Ann to let them marry . |
| 18 | That 's why you took the boy away from me … sent him away to sea . ’ |
| 19 | Tom ran away to sea to start a new life , under a new name , in America . |
| 20 | Well , ’ I said , ‘ we could run away to sea and be sailors . |
| 21 | Rory thought now that his brother must have exaggerated the story , made it more horrific than it really had been , and he certainly did n't believe that Lachy had run away to sea just so that he could wear an eye-patch and pretend he was a pirate . |
| 22 | According to one story he started out as a liveryman in England and ran away to sea after stealing his mistress 's jewels . |
| 23 | Until he was fifteen he had private tuition which concentrated on classics and law , but in August 1803 he was able , with much difficulty , to break away to sea , entering the Royal Navy in 1803 . |
| 24 | Long established , quiet , comfortable hotel , close to sea , shops , etc . |
| 25 | Excellent location close to sea front , Conference Centre and all amenities . |
| 26 | Iles Kerguelen and Macquarie Island , lying on the Antarctic Convergence , have correspondingly richer floras close to sea level , including several species of ferns and flowering plants . |
| 27 | Rodents came ashore mostly from sealing and whaling ships ; they survive well , mainly close to sea level , on all the main island groups north of the northern limit of pack ice . |
| 28 | In Antarctica many such lakes occur inland , some on shelf ice close to sea level , others high among mountains or nunataks . |
| 29 | Adelies breed ashore , mostly on raised beaches close to sea level from November onward ; they lay two eggs in pebble nests in October and November , rearing their chick through summer . |
| 30 | In the maritime Antarctic they form short mats or cushions up to 25 cm across and 5–1Ocm deep , typically on warm north — or west-facing slopes close to sea level , in association with each other and with mosses ; they are usually underlain with brown soils to which they have contributed roots and other organic material ( Longton , 1985 ) . |