| The ships could not hang about off the treacherous sandbanks of the river mouth in winds from that quarter. |
| If it had been caught in a strong gust it could have been driven onto one of the sandbanks. |
| The surge pushed the water right over the sandbanks and gave the waves power. |
| For centuries the efforts of man and nature have created a series of shifting offshore sandbanks and coastal dunes. |
| Pleasure boats cruise languidly around the sandbanks that dot the narrow channel leading to the Southern Ocean. |
| But the facts were that he alleged that Council was negligent because they had placed the flags at a location that was inappropriate, because there were sandbanks there. |
