1.   A few panting children defended a narrow strip of shade beside the school.

2.   Across the Estuary, two miles away, the sun was lighting up a narrow strip of sand on the Yorkshire coast.

3.   By using the push buttons you can run the lace patterns in narrow strips between stocking stitch.

4.   Cut off a narrow strip around the edge and use to line the dampened rim of the pie plate.

5.   Guard a narrow strip of paper or linen pasted to a single leaf to allow sewing into a section for binding.

6.   The narrow strip of tarmac, not enclosed by fences, winds free in a continuous search for easy passage.

7.   The coastal cities of Liguria sit on narrow strips of land lying under steep mountains.

8.   ...a short boat ride across a narrow strip of water.

9.   ...the narrow strip of land joining the peninsula to the rest of the island.

10.   ...a long narrow strip of linen two or three yards long.