| If it had been caught in a strong gust it could have been driven onto one of the sandbanks. |
| The deep channel often had a strong current but we still persevered and swam out to the sandbanks to join the seals who basked there. |
| The surge pushed the water right over the sandbanks and gave the waves power. |
| Scientists believe it ran aground on the estuary's treacherous sandbanks and capsized with 50 or 60 hands on deck. |
| Afterwards they allowed us to sling our hammocks in one of their thatched shelters while they all went down to sleep on sandbanks by the river. |
| The ships could not hang about off the treacherous sandbanks of the river mouth in winds from that quarter. |
