adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
washed ashore (= brought to the shore by waves )
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The body was washed ashore .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
bring
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On the day, they were brought ashore on the Shirley and driven to the house.
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Electricity would be brought ashore by marine cables.
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The animal was seized after being brought ashore illegally from a foreign ship.
come
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In the spring the clan chief's steward came ashore to find the last surviving woman on the rocky shore.
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If there had been such action, critics say, crews might have kept slicks from coming ashore .
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When the time came , one or other of the sons would come ashore to run the shipping offices.
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The beach was long, flat and shelved so gently that no normal vessel could have come ashore without running aground.
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I could visualise the map, and the position of the village in relation to the coast where I had come ashore .
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I came ashore to see about gasoline.
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The civilians and dockworkers were staring at me, the Commandos coming ashore don't seem to notice my piping.
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As the others came ashore I took stock of my new dominion.
get
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If Alan heard, he remained silent, probably resolving to get ashore as quickly as possible.
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He wants to get ashore , and who can blame him?
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When I got ashore I stole a small fishing boat and sailed it to the Delta.
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The doors to the deck were shut against the weather so she thought she could get ashore unseen.
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It was a great joy to get ashore after being cramped with our fellows, not all of them Air Force.
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This was just one of the many problems in getting ashore .
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Ted Parsons had got ashore , but when lying rock-still he felt a gun behind his ear and was captured.
go
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Before going ashore , secure hatches and lock all portholes and doors.
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Brognar Blackstrap, the band goes ashore to check out the island and see what riches they can cart off.
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They had just negotiated a lock and it had been her turn to go ashore .
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A few hundred metres off-shore we congregate so that Tor can explain the best way of going ashore .
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He could go ashore to go to the lavatory, but had to return immediately to the raft.
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Directly you go ashore have a bath, send everything you've been wearing to the laundry, and wash your hair.
swim
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She will not face inland, and so the Whale will not swim ashore .
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Very few of our men swam ashore , most of those who were rescued from the water being saved by small boats.
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As it was dark by now, no bullets hit them, and they began to swim ashore .
wade
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Thousands of High Elves were cut down by crossbow fire as they waded ashore .
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We waded ashore coughing up salt water and drenched to the skin.
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They waded ashore just below their lonely hut.
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He anchored his boat in hip-deep water about 25 yards from the beach, and we waded ashore like General Douglas MacArthur.
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My companions hurriedly dropped me off at Chateaubelair, near Richmond, leaving me to wade ashore waist deep.
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After a moment, he waded ashore and sat down.
wash
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Battered by 50 knot winds and seven-metre seas, the Ambrosia was later washed ashore in Aberdeenshire.
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Meanwhile, residents have been reporting pieces of the wreckage washing ashore .
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Such was the rorqual whale, 64 feet long with a 12 foot tail, washed ashore in 1879.
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Hapless, hopelessly clumsy Gilligan is washed ashore along with the competent, self-assured skipper.
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All these bits and pieces washed ashore .
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State officials also reported a dead sea turtle had washed ashore .
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Rubbish is discarded; that from boats is washed ashore and there is greater disturbance of the animal life.
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Only two men washed ashore alive.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Most of the other passengers had gone ashore .
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People were returning to their cabins after a day ashore .
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Pieces of the boat washed ashore .
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Two bodies were washed ashore last night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Brihtric pursued him with eighty vessels, which were driven ashore by a storm, and then burnt by Wulfnoth.
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I've sent Sub-Lieutenant Cousteau ashore to pick them up.
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I came ashore to see about gasoline.
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Meanwhile, residents have been reporting pieces of the wreckage washing ashore .
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On the day, they were brought ashore on the Shirley and driven to the house.
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The disembarkation began immediately, and I took the opportunity of a run ashore with the others to survey our unique landfall.
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We waded ashore coughing up salt water and drenched to the skin.