• The curtains were blown by the wind, along with his hair.
• Monday's eruption occurred just before sunset; the ash cloud was blown by the wind toward the west, away from the most heavily populated areas.
• I thought that I must be mistaken, that they were blown by the wind, but again I bent to touch one, and saw it hop hastily away.

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• The glass doors are shielded from the inside with white, nearly transparent curtains and they blow inward with the breeze.
• She puts in long hours there and she's a smoker herself, but she describes working behind a bar as like having smoke constantly blown in your face, hour after hour.
• The leaves have mostly blown off the trees in the past two days, so if you were looking for foliage, this is pretty much what's left

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• It's only a matter of time before these guys blow, so see them while you still can.
• Boy, when guys blow on this climb, they are gone in a hurry!
• Board up, pack up, and blow town before the traffic chokes.

• Baranza began to walk toward him, chuckling under his breath, and Brigg blew a stream of smoke from his mouth before removing the cigarette.
• Inhaling deeply I blew a puff of smoke right into some nerd's face.
• The other took a puff of his cigar and blew a cloud of smoke at the cherub.

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• Both were blowing hard as assistant coach, aged 42 and retired from competitive football for 10 years, beat them to the line.
• The hounds are blowing hard and dripping with sweat, but they are utterly delighted with themselves.
• Falkon shot into Avaria, panting and blowing like a horse.

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• After French cuirassiers and lancers had counter-attacked, Ponsonby was dead and a sad remnant on blown horses limped back to be of no further use to an exasperated Wellington.
• Whatever the reason, as long as it is easy for the rider of a blown horse to change horses during a game, we are going to see these cases.
• He changed horses five times, each time dropping off a blown horse and throwing himself into the next one that was saddled.

• It says a lot about a match when the most dramatic moments come after the final whistle has been blown, when both managers get to bickering about the referee.
• He spoke frankly only after the whistle had already been blown.
• They both know that victory is essential and neither of them throw in the towel until the final whistle has been blown so I wouldn't take my eyes off this game for a second.

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• In its early history, music was the serious concern of voices, or instruments blown or bowed.
• A computer generated voice comes to life as klaxons sound and whistles blow.
• Long after the final whistle had blown at their semi-final, the sound of drums beating and fans chanting could be heard outside the stadium.

• There was suddenly the sound of someone blowing a horn of some kind.
• Picket lines enjoyed public support yesterday with motorists blowing their horns.
• Should a motorist blow his horn the Guide Dog can become agitated and may therefore be unsure as to what course of action to take.

• What has not escaped their attention amongst all the jazz blowing and beat sampling is the need for melody, musical hooks and the ability to make the essence of the tunes stick in the mind.
• Can these guys actually play, or are they just making a bunch of groovy thump 'n' blow because that's all they can do?
• But because of all this, the record companies got kinda afraid, and we weren't really allowed to blow.

• Glass is blown or molded into many shapes for decorative items, and for beverage glasses and other eating and serving dishes.
• Note 1: There is a glass factory in Provence where you can watch the workers blow the molten glass straight from the furnace.
• In the year that followed, however, the sculpture was wrecked three times by vandals who smashed out its specially blown coloured glass light tubes.

• There are special kits and tools for blowing eggs that make the process easier and safer for children and adults alike.
• Since I was a kid we used to blow eggs and then dye them.
• I love to blow eggs with kids!

• If you are downwind when the whales blow, there is no mistaking the content of their gargantuan diet.
• We also witnessed humpback whales blowing and diving, breaching and slapping their fins and flukes.

• Then, suddenly his back tyre blows and he grinds to a halt.
• In fact it was the right rear tyre that blew at lap 83 just after turn 4.
• The tyre blew at the end of the straight and that was the end of my race.

• If a $4 cylinder head gasket blows, it costs the customer $1,000 in engine repairs.
• My car engine blew after service who is at fault?
• At 32000 miles my engine blew.

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• Most of Simon Fraser University's main campus was thrown into darkness when a high voltage electric cable blew last Friday.
• I don't actually recommend doing this, because it may well be overloading the header and blowing one of those is a great way to ruin your afternoon and maybe your motherboard.
• The strike shorted all the electrics and blew all the fuses.

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• This year that cover has been blown with ill-disguised intent.
• But where are the media, now that her cover has been blown?
• Basically the cover has been blown on them in front of a very important audience - international business decision makers.

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• One musician will then occupy the pivotal No 7 position with the other set for debut after some lusty blows last night and a mean spell of seamers.
• target: not reached, specialist

• Put a few drops in each nostril and sniff gently, then give your nose a good blow to get rid of the mucus.
• They say - they argue that a nose blow was an all-stop signal.
• If you've been shooting, bullet casting, or otherwise exposed to airborne lead, after washing your hands, give your nose a good blow.

• As a result of instituting a high rate of charge of the entire furnace burden and high blowing intensity in the oxygen blow of the bath, furnace productivity increased 2.5 times in 1966
• This definition does not include any additional, or secondary, oxygen blows made after the primary blow.