Example sentences of "on a boat " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe on a boat , at night , on some vast lake . |
| 2 | I been on a boat once with the school . |
| 3 | In the past , many governors who fell out with the Bermudians were put on a boat and sent back to London . |
| 4 | There are a few small beaches , but generally most people hop on a boat or shared jeep style taxi and go to Gumbet or one of the other nearby beaches to spend the day . |
| 5 | Not on a boat though . |
| 6 | ‘ And on a boat made in England . ’ |
| 7 | Why is it important to vent the fuel tank before setting off on a boat dive ? |
| 8 | ‘ Two idiots , out on a boat on Dunalister in this blizzard . |
| 9 | Having an excellent harbour , Vancouver was a sportsman 's paradise so far as swimming , fishing , and boating were concerned , and while I have never claimed prowess in the water or in angling I have found pleasure on a boat , provided that boat was big enough — big enough that is , for me to sit comfortably on deck , preferably with a drink in hand , and watch the world go by . |
| 10 | Everything is a conspiracy to deny that one is actually on a boat . |
| 11 | No boats to Ballachulish for Glencoe but I island-hopped instead up Loch Linnhe and walked the roadless east coastline of Lismore pretending I was on a boat . |
| 12 | I knew that I would get a lift on a boat going up the canal . |
| 13 | When the Belgian nuclear industry decided to allow reporters into its new reactors at Doel near Antwerp , it followed the time honoured tradition of entertaining the thirsty hacks on a boat trip up the river Schelde . |
| 14 | I could n't swim , never have been able to , and I did n't go out on a boat because along with the rest of the family I have always been afraid of water . |
| 15 | He came in on a boat , I suppose , and he plopped himself down and began making ukuleles , very good ones , and some fabulous guitars which are quite rare nowadays . |
| 16 | I do n't care if they 're hallucinating purple snakes and blue baboons , because the whole point of putting them on a boat is that they ca n't get off and swim home , and they ca n't get drugs on board , and they ca n't bribe you to take them to land , and that means they 'll have no damned choice but to get cured . ’ |
| 17 | Even the judge thought it was a great idea , Nick , because on a boat Rickie will be far away from temptation . ’ |
| 18 | Her endless list of extras include a helipad on the boatdeck and several other features that one would not expect on a boat of her size . |
| 19 | Or for a romantic touch , you can see many more of them beautifully illuminated from the rivers as you cruise on a boat over dinner . |
| 20 | I remember Jubilee Day quite clearly , being on a boat with the Sex Pistols . |
| 21 | I said with a laugh ‘ You 're taking an awful risk , inviting me like this alone with you on a boat . ’ |
| 22 | This year of 1991 I was out on a boat once ’ . |
| 23 | He waded into the sea until the waters lapped against his knees while Leoncico splashed happily along behind him — perhaps reflecting how far he and his master had come since both were smuggled in a flour barrel on a boat to Darién . |
| 24 | A gold ring from the port of Mochlos shows a goddess sailing on a boat with a shrine apparently built on to the afterdeck conveying a portable shrine from one coastal site to another . |
| 25 | You can water-ski , take off on a boat excursion or just savour the pleasure of swimming and snorkelling in crystal clear seas . |
| 26 | First they send you all round the town and then you get processed into a system with thousands of other people and it does n't feel at all like driving to a town on the coast and just getting on a boat . |
| 27 | In ‘ Adieu vieille Europe ’ the legionnaire is on a boat off to Algeria : |
| 28 | The boat too affected her profoundly ; she had never been on a boat before , except for a rowing boat in the park , and she stood up on the top deck in the bitter grey April wind , and watched the foam and the emptiness and the receding bar of Folkestone , and she thought that she had never seen anything so wonderful in her life . |
| 29 | The most likely interpretation of bank could well be different if A and B were on a boat in the middle of a river . ) |
| 30 | Five weeks is a long time to spend on a boat with only 20 people , and the scientists traded stories and theories the entire time . |