Example sentences of "[adv prt] 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 | But Jamie longed for adventure and , while still a boy , he joined the crew of a boat at Ayr harbour and went off to sea . |
| 7 | From its lofty position one can see the parish of his birth , the route by which his mother took him to Ayr , the town of Ayr in which he ran errands as a boy , the harbour from which he went off to sea , and all of the land that was his estate of Orangefield . |
| 8 | But Charles dithered and went off to sea . |
| 9 | As we went away to the sounds of Mrs Otto 's profuse good-byes , I reflected on the nature of the relationship between her and Otto , almost the opposite to what one might have expected : the gallant captain going off to sea where his authority was absolute and his orders brooked no delay , and returning to a wife whom he clearly adored but where the roles were reversed . |
| 10 | As the President of a leading textile firm put it ‘ When the ship is about to be wrecked heavier cargoes should be thrown off to sea ’ ( quoted in Tsuda 1980 p.2 ) . |
| 11 | Perhaps she would learn a little more from them when Harry had gone off to sea again , an event she had learnt , over the years , to look forward to . |
| 12 | After that you will be off to sea as one of the most important members of the crew . |
| 13 | Sara ignored them as the boat chugged out to sea ; soon the harbour and the cliffs were a long way away . |
| 14 | Miles out to sea . |
| 15 | The Atlantic Ocean splashed against the pier , and he stared out to sea and began quoting Homer . |
| 16 | It stands on a small hill , higher than the other villas , with a private approach road and a large balcony looking out to sea . |
| 17 | Their modern equivalents , two 120mm mortars , stand nearby , pointing out to sea . |
| 18 | Far out to sea lies the gannet colony of Grassholm . |
| 19 | 17m SW out to sea lies the island of Rum . |
| 20 | There were only two other cars at the front and they rolled to a stop alongside the plinth on which the antique cannon stood pointing out to sea like some deep-chested mongrel . |
| 21 | Only Røst lay further out to sea . |
| 22 | Trotting confidently out of his burrow into a jungly , prehistoric world , he is rescued by bats from slimy , groping creatures , only to fall into cavernous waters and swim out to sea , from where he is plucked by a vulture-like bird whose hungry chicks he has ‘ fun ’ avoiding before tumbling safely home . |
| 23 | It could also set a precedent for other governments — like Thailand and Malaysia — which have both pushed boat people back out to sea . |
| 24 | He decided to live in Dorset and chose this site ( where an earlier house had been ) , because it looked for all the world as though , when the house was built , it could sail straight out to sea . |
| 25 | One Legco member says that , if forced repatriation is not resumed , Hong Kong might have to stop offering boat people first asylum ( it might , that is , push the refugees back out to sea ) . |
| 26 | He frowned and looked fixedly out to sea . |
| 27 | It can not be otherwise with the approach of death ; whether we go on pilgrimage with Raleigh or put out to sea with Tennyson , the metaphor of travel is one with which the poets have made us familiar . |
| 28 | The miles of wet , corrugated sand were alive with dancing light , sparkling , glittering : it almost blinded you to look out to sea . |
| 29 | Bodies often float to the surface , but you of all people must know that those who drown in the Thames can disappear altogether and are probably taken by undercurrents down through London and out to sea . ’ |
| 30 | Flights of birds disturbed by the sound of turning wheels rose from their nests and flew straight out to sea . |