1. The sail burst free of its lashings.

2. He never grew used to the lashings he got from the critics.

3. We made a tour of the yacht, checking lashings and emergency gear.

4. She brought lashings of food in a picnic basket.

5. A long, hot soak in the bath-tub with lashings of her favourite bath oil had helped, too.

6. Yet even with so many lashings holding it together, the raft was very flexible.

7. The most positive sign was that the rattan lashings of the main hull seemed to be holding firm.

8. He winched in hard and let go the lashings round the rolled bedsheets.

9. But sometimes they used lashings of rattan, a jungle plant which threw out long tendrils that made natural bindings.

10. And even there when I tugged at lashings which were easily accessible, they too snapped.

11. The boats were held together by lashings.

12. Third Officer: The lashings of the deck cargo on No. 1 hatch top have released. Some packs of timber are lost over the side.

13. Low inflation, lashings of liquidity and strong growth are the ideal environment for asset - price inflation.

14. Please provide tools for untiring the lashings . We'll return them to you after using.

15. Serve by cutting the scones in half and spreading with jam and lashings of clotted cream.

16. All we had accomplished was to stop the bamboo floating away after the last of its rattan lashings had snapped.

17. Shaking the spinnaker out of its bag, he curled it on to the trampoline while checking the cotton lashings that held it rolled.

18. Although this subsides after about 15 minutes, during that time you've probably applied lashings of moisturiser.

19. Reaching up into one of the gaps I fingered the lashings of the middle layer.

20. Everyone here is ready to party like it's 1981-at least they've come prepared with lashings of eyeliner.

21. The boozy cook got the trots after a late night meal of undercooked seafood washed down by lashings of wine.

22. I have many happy memories of eating Frankfurters with lashings of mustard in Cologne.

23. I asked Trondur if he would again check the tie-down lashings. To my consternation Trondur exploded in rage.

24. Greening had a day not with just icing on the cake, but with lashings of clotted cream too.

24. try its best to collect and build good sentences.

25. The next time you roast duck or chicken, cook thick slices of pineapple in the pan with lashings of black pepper.

26. Ten-speaker radio / cassette system; hand-crafted interior trim, with lashings of leather and burr walnut.

27. I just hoped that all that flexing and twisting of the hull would not burst the 3, 000 rattan lashings.

28. Viewers across Taiwan saw the president quietly endure tongue - lashings from survivors and the bereaved.

29. High oil prices have encouraged a policy focus on biofuels, including lashings of generous financial support.

30. The movement itself is caused by the vigorous, whip - like lashings of the tail.

1. Serve by cutting the scones in half and spreading with jam and lashings of clotted cream.

31. The clove hitch is an excellent knot for starting and ending lashings.