Sentence examples for collect sand from inspiring English sources

Residents came by with shovels to collect sand, but were told by a parks officer they were not allowed to take sand directly off the beach.

Well, here's a nice, two-income French couple who have a great apartment and collect sand from the deserts of the world.

After lunch we walked in the desert to examine a bricked-up mine shaft and to collect sand for gold panning back at Mister Jalopy's workshop.

There are mangroves and a coral reef offshore, and my favourite thing is to go on to the beach when the sun is setting and collect sand dollars – the flat, dried shells of sea urchins.

We follow the news crew at they collect sand and water samples from area beaches, bringing the samples back to an analytical chemist.

To verify the topographic data and collect sand samples in Painan, we conducted a field survey in Painan and its neighbouring city Pariaman during August 18 23, 2010.

Since the 1970's, when he began collecting sand on vacations with his wife, Florence, Mr. D'Errico's collection has grown to more than 13,000 samples.

For Mr. D'Errico, collecting sand serves two purposes.

Beside a rusting ferry ship nearby, groups of young men collected sand into large nylon sacks.

During the spill, he started collecting sand samples in July 2010 at the municipal beach in Pensacola, Fla.

Mr. D'Errico said collecting sand also serves as a great education in subjects like science, geography and historical preservation.