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Example sentences for "went ashore"

  • He had evidently been popular there, for when he went ashore he was frequently recognised and accosted by certain of his 'young gentlemen,' most of whom by this time had attained the dignity and single gold stripes of sub-lieutenants.

  • The colonel and I went ashore together, he with his two officers, and I with a sheet of paper and a pencil.

  • Last year, I went ashore at a large village called Taive, about seven miles from the scene of our disaster.

  • When I went ashore (which I did whenever the boat went), then I put on my shoes, and always swam in them, for the coral would cut my feet to pieces.

  • There was a fair wind and a smooth sea when the 'Clonmel' went ashore at three o'clock in the morning of the second day of January, 1841.

  • Nevertheless, the 'Neva' went ashore on the Harbinger reef, on May 13th unshipped her rudder and parted into four pieces.

  • Then the party pulled down to the entrance of the lakes at Reeve's River, went ashore, and camped for the night.

  • At Irvington Landing, a little further down the river, I went ashore to pass Sunday with friends; and on the Monday following, in a dense fog, proceeded on my route to New York.

  • If the wind continued to blow from the same quarter, the canoe could not cross Buttermilk Sound that night; so I went ashore to inquire if there were any hammocks in the marshes by the river-banks between the plantation and the sound.

  • Seeing smoke back in the dense woods, we went ashore to seek it and discovered a Hootsenoo whiskey-factory in full blast.

  • After a good deal of urging he ventured within half a mile of them, on the east side of the fiord, where with Mr. Young I went ashore to seek a camp-ground on the moraine, leaving the Indians in the canoe.

  • I went ashore on Granite Island and gleaned a little fossil wood with which I made tea on the ice.

  • One night, while we were lying outside Lisbon, Woodroffe and Chater, together with Olinto, went ashore, and when they returned in the early hours of the morning they awoke me by crossing the deck above my head.

  • He and I went ashore, and I must say I was rather disappointed.

  • The schooner Agnes and Helen, of Beaumaris, went ashore on Tuesday morning in Bream Bay.

  • This morning we went ashore at Fort Wrangell, but found little there of interest.

  • We went ashore, and saw many Indians sitting on the walks or by the side of the roads.

  • Most of our party thought they would like to see the place, so half a dozen of us went ashore, and after consulting some natives, we concluded to walk to the settled part of the city.

  • After this final episode in my first cruise I went ashore, but I went ashore a sailor to the core, and my one idea, when I got back to Paris, was to acquire the technical information needed for my profession.

  • We went ashore in the royal launch (Falua), a vessel adorned with gilt carvings, and with a silken awning over her stern.

  • Early in the morning, I went ashore with Mr Gilbert to look for fresh water.

  • As we had no wind to sail this afternoon, a party of us went ashore in the evening.

  • Every day we went ashore to hear mass in a village called Nostra Dona de Baremeda [our Lady of Barrameda], near San Lucar.

  • We stayed there one week, and during that time our captain went ashore daily to visit the sick, and [212] every morning gave them cocoanut water from his own hand, which comforted them greatly.

  • On Sunday morning, April fourteen, forty men of us went ashore, two of whom were completely armed and preceded the royal banner.

  • The king of Mazaua, [276] who was the most influential after that king and the seignior of a number of islands, went ashore to speak to the king of the great courtesy of our captain-general.

  • On the evening of my arrival in Hong Kong I went ashore to dine with some friends, and didn't start to come off to the mail-boat until pretty late.

  • Immediately it was dark I went ashore, bidding the hands take the boat back, and when they got there to keep a sharp ear for my whistle.

  • It was not expected that there would be much sight-seeing, especially on such a day, but some of us went ashore nevertheless.

  • After having given my word of honour to return, I went ashore again.

  • At sunrise we went ashore on a small island about half an acre in extent, but verdant with tropical plants, quite a home of summer!

  • Thorkill remained on board keeping watch over the bottles, while I went ashore to see what I should see.

  • I went ashore with Mr. Dance, the second lieutenant, and two of the young midshipmen, for the purpose of riding to the Villa di Oratava, which is situated where the ancient Guanche capital stood.

  • Having settled every body comfortably, I went ashore to the opera, as it is the benefit night of a favourite musician, Rosquellas, whose name is known on both sides of the Atlantic.

  • I went ashore with an officer as early as I could, chiefly for the purpose of seeing the troops in the Campo de Santa Anna.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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