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Example sentences for "private ship"

  • In March, 1717, Bombay was stirred by the arrival of a private ship, the Morning Star, which had escaped the Beyt pirates after a long and severe encounter.

  • Elizabeth, the, private ship, plundered by the Sunda Rajah; taken by pirates off Honore.

  • No attempt was made to collect postage on letters conveyed by private ship, whether received or despatched by such ship, except in respect of transmission within the kingdom.

  • From the chief coffee-houses in the City of London it was customary to collect letters to be sent in this way by private ship where no packet service existed.

  • B] "A private ship" is a man-of-war that does not have an Admiral on board.

  • The postage of letters forwarded by private ship is sixpence--if the weight does not exceed half an ounce--and the postage must generally be prepaid.

  • Kempenfelt improved upon Howe in that he did not separate out the "Private ship" signals, but included all in one series of more than 400 numbers.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being thought; central idea; had risen; private apartments; private armed; private banks; private charity; private company; private enterprise; private families; private houses; private inquiry; private interests; private land; private library; private matter; private office; private opinion; private parties; private room; private school; private study; private theatricals; should much; small garden; sometimes necessary