Example sentences of "board the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On board the steamer the two of them were talking about what would happen to the title if Lord Woodleigh was to die before they had any children , and Lord Woodleigh said — Sven Hjerson 's ears heard it — although now you get the estate . |
| 2 | The four , in their thirties and forties , had set out on board the 43ft Rose Noelle on 1 June for a three-week voyage to Tonga , but were reported overdue on 24 June . |
| 3 | Cash Asmussen is likely to be on board the unbeaten colt . |
| 4 | The evidence , including autopsies and eye-witness statements , pointed to a fire on board the DC-8 before it crashed , they said . |
| 5 | Another problem arises because the air on board the aircraft has an oxygen pressure and water vapour content that are low in comparison with ‘ fresh air ’ and such an environment tends to cause dehydration and headaches. further , the lack of movement that is possible during the flight can lead to stiffness , even cramp . |
| 6 | Every day the Prince and Princess went off on official business , to look at churches , visit hospitals and meet people , and the minute they were back on board the royal yacht , Charles would quickly change into some comfortable clothes and sit on deck with his sketchbook and teacher , until the very last minute before the bell for dinner . |
| 7 | A serious fire on board the barge Memory means that it will be out of action for the rest of the season . |
| 8 | Imro chief executive John Morgan rightly describes the supension as ‘ extremely disturbing ’ for unitholders but is hopeful that with Touche Ross on board the administration difficulties will be resolved along with the pricing problem in the time available . |
| 9 | The production also takes on board the point Anne Barton makes in the programme that Shakespeare , following Livy , sees Coriolanus as a threat to the balance of the state . |
| 10 | On board the same early morning express yesterday from Poole — via Bournemouth , Southampton and Basingstoke — few passengers marked the anniversary of the disaster . |
| 11 | No-one was aware of his presence on board the aircraft until engineers saw the rush of air . |
| 12 | They are then chased by both the helicopter and small high-speed boats which are also carried on board the seiner . |
| 13 | The trials came to an abrupt end when local fisheries officers found the frozen remains of common dolphins and pilot whales on board the fishing boats . |
| 14 | Before we begin , we need to take on board the mystery , a word which will follow us through the five sessions . |
| 15 | But Dr Owen is said to have taken on board the ‘ reality ’ that electoral reform is most likely to be delivered by a Parliament with strong Lib-Dem representation . |
| 16 | Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film ‘ How to Marry a Millionaire ’ is seen in her cabin on board the Queen Mary trying to come to terms with her Travellers Letter of Credit . |
| 17 | Less than two miles to Key Canaka — get the President safe on board the patrol boat and contact the US Embassy by radio . |
| 18 | Exactly what happened is not known for certain , but the most likely scenario is that Crabb was intercepted by Russian frogmen and taken on board the Ordzhonikidze through a ‘ wet chamber ’ . |
| 19 | According to Houghton 's controller , Crabb had been brought on board the cruiser in a state of collapse from oxygen poisoning and later died in the sick-bay . |
| 20 | The writer talks about being on board the cruiser after school in the afternoon or , say , around 4 p.m . |
| 21 | Then Laura was on board the single-decker coach , its door clicking closed . |
| 22 | They were a mix of people who had taken on board the new concern about the environment — from middle class professionals to peace activists to students to local residents . |
| 23 | Most crucially , the National Union of Seamen refused to allow any of its members on board the ship . |
| 24 | Planning needs to incorporate frequent and systematic reviews that take on board the perceptions of staff , parents and children . |
| 25 | Jewish women then shot all the men on board the truck . |
| 26 | At present I am the ROV ( remote operated vehicle ) supervisor on board the Ataawhai , working for Brunei Shell Petroleum , doing oil and gas offshore platform inspections . |
| 27 | We sent a message of solidarity to the 250 women on board the ship , who had come from different parts of the world including the Arab Region . |
| 28 | The ‘ cities of inner despair ’ were conceived as the breeding ground for disorderly protest , and however hard the Government tried to break the causal link between the two , it was forced to take on board the need to restore order not only through the police but through promises of help for the inner cities . |
| 29 | Distinguished guests fared only a little better ‘ … a pleasant fiction and cheerful jest of the captain 's … a profoundly preposterous box ’ was how Charles Dickens described his cabin on board the Britannia in which he crossed the Atlantic on his trip to America in 1842 . |
| 30 | Left The grandeur of the colonnaded bathing pool on board the White Star liner Majestic , 1934 . |