1.  A late puny lamb was tethered by a washing line and sparrows chirped peevishly.

2.  She hung the clothes out on the washing line.

3.  She hung the sheets on the washing line.

4.  The sheets outside on the washing line had gone stiff in the frost.

5.  The washing line was tied to a tree.

6.  Outside, a woman was pegging sheets to a washing line.

7.  ...trying to peg a double sheet on a washing line on a blustery day.

8.  The levels have been carefully graded back towards the house and there is room here for the rotary washing line.

9.  Could anybody ring and tell us what she has got on the washing line.

10.  Thieves stole a pair of jeans from a washing line on Biglands Terrace, Bishop Auckland, on Wednesday night.