Example sentences of "[adv prt] on board " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a skipper from here called Sopite ( he has his street named after him in the old town ) , who made one of the great technological advances in whaling , when he found a way to render the blubber down on board the whaler instead of having to sail all the way back home with it . |
| 2 | Already television consultants , Judge Marketing have arranged for a special camera to be set up on board British Steel Challenge . |
| 3 | They 'd reached the side of the boat and Guido 's hands were at her waist , about to hoist her up on board . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Longing now to jump back on board , Mungo watched as the mighty engine woke from its doze and heaved itself back to wakefulness with huge , slow piston strokes . |
| 7 | Piggott had replaced McHargue , then sitting out a suspension , on Commanche Run in the Gordon Stakes at Goodwood , which he won by a very wide margin ; and though the stable jockey was back on board for the colt 's victory in the March Stakes on the same course , his preparation race for the St Leger , Commanche Run 's owner Ivan Allan , claiming ‘ There 's only one St Leger and only one Lester , ’ insisted that his close friend Piggott replace McHargue for the Classic . |
| 8 | Back on board , the senior consultants , having had a council of war , open up with a full frontal attack of heavy verbal artillery , ending with a chilling final volley : ‘ Most of us will be taking samples home for analysis . ’ |
| 9 | Back on board , the hoped-for but unexpected sight of a deus-ex-machina in the form of our travel agency chief is immensely reassuring . |
| 10 | George climbed back on board and closed the doors , and presently we set off again to our last stop before Winnipeg . |
| 11 | After a good night 's sleep in a top class hotel it is back on board on Sunday morning . |
| 12 | The Madeirans replied and claimed to have forced the troops back on board ship . |
| 13 | They hung on as the plane made an emergency dive to a lower altitude when they pulled him back on board . |
| 14 | Mr Major 's appeal to the rest of the EC came as he launched a late plan to bring Denmark back on board by allowing them a range of opt-outs from the Treaty — without altering the terms of the agreement itself . |
| 15 | In Edinburgh , he managed to get the Danes back on board by winning agreement from the other 10 to give them special ‘ opt-outs ’ to encourage a yes vote to Maastricht . |
| 16 | She was moving back on board Wavebreaker in preparation for the next day 's early departure . |
| 17 | With the raft being swept away by the tide she could n't climb back on board and was struggling when the lifeboat crew reached her . |
| 18 | Thus , for example , the unanimous response of the EEC 's governments and institutions to the Danish referendum in July 1992 was to look for a way to ‘ accommodate ’ the Danish Government , to bring the Danes back on board ’ . |
| 19 | Back on board , we advanced our watches two and a half hours to Central Standard Time . |
| 20 | ‘ I said I can get back on board by myself . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm going back on board . |
| 22 | He held the boat steady , as she proceeded , less than elegantly , to clamber back on board . |
| 23 | They 'll be waiting for you when you get back on board . ’ |
| 24 | Most of them late arrivals back on board , suffering from too much sun or too much of the local wine . ’ |
| 25 | And they would always be a perfect reminder , she told herself as they finally struggled back on board , loaded with parcels , none of which she had actually intended to buy . |
| 26 | The others climbed back on board , but Stephen , who 's a competition swimmer and water-skier , was swept away . |
| 27 | But in answer to Dickie.Bamber Gascoigne said he could n't comment until he knows what any company wanting the programme back on board might be proposing . |
| 28 | But in answer to Dickie.Bamber Gascoigne said he could n't comment until he knows what any company wanting the programme back on board might be proposing . |
| 29 | The ship 's company from HMS Gloucester is advised to be back on board before dark because what street lights there are do n't work , sometimes because of damage , but usually because there 's no electricity . |
| 30 | But , while this would have brought the Tory rebels back on board , it would have left a big question mark over whether Mr Major could continue . |