1.   For letterboxes, look out for seals with brushes which will prevent an icy blast when the post is delivered.

2.   In the first icy transatlantic blast, he pointedly refused to meet Premier John Major, who visits Washington later this month.

3.   She got out and shivered in an icy blast which struck right through her anorak.

4.   We sat in the icy blast and ordered pizza.

5.   She shrank inwards as an icy blast of air enveloped her.

6.   Breathless, she was overcome by the icy blast of silence.

7.   But the East Coast took the brunt of the icy blast.

8.   Elsewhere around the New York region, people sought relief at beaches, in public and private swimming pools and in close proximity to icy blasts from air-conditioners.

9.   Icy blasts of wind may have battered your frosted windowpanes last night.