Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] on board [art] " in BNC.

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1 This category is much more controversial and inherently implausible , as it contains the alleged abductions of humans on board a UFO .
2 A government team led by Foreign Minister Michael Somare signed an interim peace agreement on Aug. 5 , with a delegation representing the secessionist Bougainville Revolutionary Army ( BRA ) , following eight days of negotiations on board the New Zealand naval supply ship Endeavour .
3 The morning journey , in spite of the number of students on board the tram , was usually quiet .
4 The scandal had first come to light in mid-January when officers of the State Security Committee ( KGB ) had uncovered 12 new T-72 battle tanks in crates on board a freight train at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk , concealed as part of a shipment of scrap metal intended for export .
5 The fact was , that he made the journey ; shabby and penniless , he had to look up addresses of kinsfolk in English towns ; he had been robbed by con-men on board the ship , for Dad was a simple , trusting person , one might say , naive .
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