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  • So they all went over the white sands, and settled down by the rock-pools.

    Working Without a Net Randy Lowens 2010

  • And this is the reason why the rock-pools are always so neat and clean; because the water-babies come inshore after every storm to sweep them out, and comb them down, and put them all to rights again.

    The Water Babies 2007

  • Often she called to him to come and look in the lovely little rock-pools, dusky with blossoms of red anemones and brown anemones that seemed nothing but shadows, and curtained with green of finest sea-silk.

    The Trespasser 2003

  • She wandered back to her rock-pools; they were bright and docile; they did not fling her about in a game of terror.

    The Trespasser 2003

  • There was abundant brushwood for fuel; and up the cliff on our right were rock-pools of fresh water, which gave us a delicious drink.

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

  • There were some glorious rock-pools there, full of the finest sea anemones that the children had ever seen.

    The Adventurous Four Again Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1973

  • _Shh_, and the mystery of rock-pools drew the boy towards the stranger.

    The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

  • _My ayah Kasturba with whom I played in rock-pools.

    The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

  • The rock-pools which so fascinated him were covered by the tide, so he was without an interest until the tide went back.

    Lord of the Flies Golding, William, 1911- 1954

  • He led the others firmly to where rocks jutted up from the beach, surrounded by limpid rock-pools.

    Five Fall Into Adventure Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1950

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