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Sentences starting with board

Board of Finance. [5]
Board of Education. [5]
Board of Directors. [5]
Board them! [2]

Sentences ending with board

As the winter wore on, and March town meeting approached, strange rumors of a Democratic ticket began to drift into Jonah Winch's store,--a Democratic ticket headed by Fletcher Bartlett, of all men, as chairman of the board. [9]
To my kitchen with ye all; and you, messieurs"--turning to M. Aubert and De la Fore- "and you, Mademoiselle, come, know how open is the door and full the table at my Manor of Rozel--St. Ouen's keeps a beggarly board. [11]
The narrow inlets which I have mentioned go wandering out into the land everywhere and hiding themselves in it, and pleasure-launches are always exploring them with picnic parties on board. [5]
One of the vessels was the flag-ship, with its admiral on board. [11]
All the Mother-Church's vast powers are concentrated in that Board. [5]
Was I in truth at a banquet or was I only dreaming that I sat as a guest at the richly spread board? [10]
I compelled them to tell what hands and what arms were left on board. [11]
I was impatient to see what this was; and to show, too, how much more admirable was the one which I should display to the Examining Board. [5]
They're always likely to happen with me in any case, and they are especially likely to happen where a person has--er--well, where a person is, say, about three weeks in arrears for his board. [5]
Getting over against the signal fires blazing on Flamborough Head, she wore ship and stood across our bows, the midshipman on the forecastle singing out to her, by the commodore's orders, to lay the enemy by the board. [9]

Short sentences using board

I was not on board. [5]
There was gold on board. [11]
On board silence now prevailed. [10]
You mean, on board ship? [11]

Sentences containing board two or more times

You run full tilt at the board, but the board is on a pivot, with a bag of sand on an arm that balances it. [6]
There was one of these panels which had only its upper board left; a pedestrianizing English youth came tearing down the path, was seized with an impulse to look over the precipice, and without an instant's thought he threw his weight upon that crazy board. [5]
His wages consisted of his board and clothes--"more board than clothes," as he once remarked to the writer. [5]
But board and lodging, both for her and her grandfather, she bound herself to provide, and she furthermore passed her word that the board should always be good in quality, and in quantity plentiful. [12]
He necessarily got it from the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors from Mrs. Eddy, Mrs. Eddy from the Deity. [5]
Thus far, she is: The Massachusetts Metaphysical College; Pastor Emeritus; President; Board of Directors; Treasurer; Clerk; and future Board of Trustees; and is still moving onward, ever onward. [5]
But the court decided that Angelo could not sit in the board with him, either in public or executive sessions, and at the same time forbade the board to deny admission to Luigi, a fairly and legally chosen alderman. [5]
If everything went by the board, why, it must go by the board. [11]

More example sentences with the word board in them

There were five young gentlemen playing a game I knew not, with intervals of intense silence, and boisterous laughter and execrations while the cards were being shuffled and the money rang on the board and glasses were being filled from a stand at one side. [9]
Well, what do you say, friends, to being our own Victualling Board out in the open sea, if we can get there? [11]
And now the work was complete, and on board the Bridgwater Merchant was treasure to the sum of three hundred thousand pounds, and more. [11]
A board inscribed with the name of the country or city indicated the scene of action. [4]
I've seen us with pearls on board worth a thousand quid, and not a drop of water nor three square meals in the caboose. [11]
Their owners trooped with muddy boots into the meeting-house, and when the moderator rapped for order the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Jethro Bass, was not in his place; never, indeed, would be there again. [9]
You can board with Mrs. Case --I've arranged that, too. [9]
Wolf went on with his noise and with his demands that he be granted the floor, resting his board at intervals to discharge criticisms and epithets at the Chair. [5]
They went down with all on board, no doubt, not even sparing that knightly chief mate. [5]
The king was willing, but the Board, who were all well-born folk, implored the king to spare them the indignity of examining the weaver's son. [5]
Every harmless amusement will be allowed on board, but no pools permitted on the run of the comet --no gambling of any kind. [5]
Extremes meet, and who so like to be the other party as the elderly gentleman at the other end of the table, as far from her now as the length of the board permits? [6]
The young captain, who on board ship was so bashful and retiring, as soon as he was on land altered his time. [10]
Woe to those who allow themselves to be tempted on board by the magnificence of its decorations! [10]
It is n't where a pawn stands on the board that makes the difference, but what the game round it is when it is on this or that square. [6]
His consumptive appearance when he went on board caused the captain to say to himself, "There's a chap who will go overboard before we get across;" but his condition was much improved by the voyage. [4]
The clay, still wet, clung to the same board as the figure of the soldier, modeled by the same hand. [10]
The two brothers were taken on board ship, and Master John Rolfe and Master Sparkes were sent to negotiate with the King. [4]
As the cases were standing finished at the cabinetmaker's, the statue had been packed immediately, under his own direction, and carried on board his ship, which would convey it with him to the capital the next day. [10]
Pieces of board were nailed over the defective spots in the floor, and the lines where the walls met rarely showed a right angle. [10]
Soon after Hermon went on board Archon's splendidly equipped vessel and, instead of a tiresome journey, began a new and riotous period of festivity. [10]
An hour later we were on board his yacht, Wilderness, being introduced to MacGregor, the captain, to Mr. Dagmar Caramel, C.M.G., his guest, and to some freshly made American cocktails. [11]
He threaded his way back to the ferry landing, found nobody at large there, and walked boldly on board the boat, for he knew she was tenantless except that there was a watchman, who always turned in and slept like a graven image. [5]
The board gives way as soon as you touch it; and before you have got by, the bag of sand comes round whack on the back of your neck. [6]
On board there was whispering, and now and again singing. [10]
My fat envelope was thrown by a strong hand, and fell on board all right, and my victory was a safe thing. [5]
The trench itself was the room, in which the lucky ones, such as the squadron commander, had a board, lying on piles at the end opposite the entrance, to serve as a table. [2]
The heavy board was still in his arms. [11]
This faithful man was so ill and weak that it was thought he could not recover, yet notwithstanding the stormy weather, the factions on board, and although his home was almost in sight, only twelve miles across the Downs, he refused to quit the ship. [4]
And now he was fighting, fighting on board the Araminta. [11]
When the flat was brought up, the side of the house was cut away as the only means of getting the animals out, and the cattle were driven on board the boat. [5]
When the Board was assembled, I followed him in; and behind us came the candidates. [5]
Oh, yes, there was another fellow who spoke I forgot to mention--that queer Dick who was in your class, Krebs, got the school board evidence, looked as if he'd come in by freight. [9]
Of course, there was a tumult on board, and my mother heard cries of "Fallen into the river! [10]
In the rear was a small yard, surrounded by a board fence, in which the prisoner took his exercise. [4]
I know you used to live pretty much to yourself when you first came to board in this house. [6]
Here we came upon a new board shanty, and found some men engaged in building a stone house; so the Schwarenbach was soon to have a rival. [5]
It extends straight up through the center of the continent like the middle board in a center-table. [5]
A board stuck up in front of it bore this inscription, the first part of which was, I believe, not correct: "The Rebel General Anderson and 80 Rebels are buried in this hole. [6]
Mrs. Clemens picked up a dreadful cold and sore throat on board ship and still keeps them in stock--so she could only travel 4 hours a day. [5]
To avoid further unpleasantness the firm had paid him all his wages; and he had straightway come to Vilray to earn his bed and board by other means than through a pen, a ledger and a gift for figures. [11]
I'd as lief undertake to keep a span of elephants,--and take an ostrich to board, too,--as to marry one of 'em. [6]
The abbess would undertake to give them all a passage on board the ship that was awaiting her, and to set them on shore wherever he might choose. [10]
The advisory board under the act of 16th July, 1862, did not recommend him for further promotion. [7]
The church's high-backed, uncushioned pews would seat about three hundred persons; the edifice was but a small, plain affair, with a sort of pine board tree-box on top of it for a steeple. [5]
There were already too many prisoners on board of the French privateer. [11]
I have not told how many cups are commonly on the board, but by using the plural I have implied that there is at least one other talker or listener beside myself, and for all that appears there may be a dozen. [6]
A galley ready to weigh anchor was constantly at the disposal of the commandant of the fortress, and the next noon the noble pair, with Hermon and his faithful Bias, went on board the Galatea. [10]
The Party--Across America to Vancouver--On Board the Warrimo--Steamer Chairs-The Captain-Going Home under a Cloud--A Gritty Purser--The Brightest Passenger--Remedy for Bad Habits--The Doctor and the Lumbago --A Moral Pauper--Limited Smoking--Remittance-men. [5]
If, from time to time, he finds a slight refection awaiting him on the sideboard, I hope he may welcome it as pleasantly as he has accepted what I have offered him from the board now just being cleared. [6]
Then he called to those on board to be ready to jump. [11]
I went down to the front garden and clumb over the stile where you go through the high board fence. [5]
When we got to the cabin we took a look at the front and the two sides; and on the side I warn't acquainted with--which was the north side--we found a square window-hole, up tolerable high, with just one stout board nailed across it. [5]
Sappho, therefore, had to take a short farewell of her grandmother, all the more tender, however, for its shortness,--and then, led by Rartja and followed by old Melitta, who was to accompany her to Persia, she went on board Syloson's boat. [10]
I was compelled to report this alarming situation to Ogilvy and Dickinson and a few chosen members of a panicky board of directors. [9]
Do you happen to recollect," he went on, turning to Demetrius, "our conversation on board ship about a dirge for Pytho? [10]
It is curious to note the change in the stock-quotation of the Affection Board brought about by throwing this new security on the market. [5]
Another sticks close to its own line of thought and follows it as far as it goes, with no heed for others' opinions, as the bishop sweeps the board in the line of his own color. [6]
Wilhelm, who, according to his friend's advice, appeared in the uniform of an ensign of the city-guards, seated himself at the empty board just after the clock in the steeple had struck ten. [10]
Now it seemed to him that they might; and he asked himself whether he had not actually departed as much from their ideal as if he had taken board with the widow. [8]
They are going to have a fancy-dress ball on board, I believe, before we get to Aden. [11]
You have only to establish a board of men in whom you have confidence,--a court of claims, so to speak,--to pass upon the validity of every application, not from a business standpoint alone, but from one of a broad justice and equity. [9]
I had little to do; there was only one sick man on board, and my hand could not cure his sickness. [11]
They are going to board the Government transport--to die on the battlefields of Kentucky and Missouri. [9]
The Board used to be made up of gentlemen. [4]
Three hundred men to be kept ready for departure from on board the receiving-ships at New York. [7]
In the mean time the city government had been at a standstill, because with out Luigi there was a tie in the board of aldermen, whereas with him the liquor interest--the richest in the political field--would have one majority. [5]
If at any time she shall vacate that office, the Directors of the College (that is to say, Mrs. Eddy) "shall" elect to the vacancy the President of the Board of Education (which is merely re-electing herself). [5]
Owning the property through her Board of Waxworks was safe enough, still it was sound business to set another grip on it to cover accidents, and she did it. [5]
I've enough in this bunch to pay for board and professional attendance, or else the price has gone up since I had a doctor before. [11]
Perhaps the truest thing was said by the old broker in the board whose reputation for piety was only equaled by his reputation of always having money to loan at exorbitant rates in a time of distress. [4]
In his train they went on board the huge galley on which the reception was to take place. [10]
They all said they had not noticed whether Tom and Becky were on board the ferryboat on the homeward trip; it was dark; no one thought of inquiring if any one was missing. [5]
She wrote on these bits of paper in a minute hand, holding each against a piece of board, such as is used in binding books, for a desk. [14]
The three of them had sat down on one of the board benches to rest, when presently two people were seen at a little distance walking among the trees, and the sight of them, for some reason, seemed to give Jethro infinite pleasure. [9]
The habitations on the way are mostly board shanties and mean frame cabins, but the railway is introducing ambitious architecture here and there in the form of ornamental filigree work on flimsy houses; ornamentation is apt to precede comfort in our civilization. [4]
Once on board, the train will not start till your ticket has been examined--till every passenger's ticket has been inspected. [5]
No matter what the temptation, his must be, perhaps for ever, the bed and board unshared. [11]
Mavick's own quarters--not the study off the library where he received visitors whom it was necessary to impress--had an executive appearance, and were, in the necessary appliances, more like the interior bureau of a board of trade. [4]
He first visited the ship Swordfish, lying at her wharf, saw her captain, and satisfied himself that as yet nobody at all corresponding to the description of Myrtle Hazard had been seen by any person on board. [6]
He was at the service of any person on board needing championship. [11]
For many of the sailors were captured and carried bodily to the "Rose and Crown" and the "Three Blue Balls," where they became properly drunk on Jamaica rum; others made good their escape on board. [9]
Suddenly one of the ropes broke, and the board which supported her feet turned over out of her reach. [10]
The next week the Riverside Company was formed, and I made out a petition to the Board of Aldermen for a franchise; Mr. [9]
I have lost the respect of the Methodist Church, the board of aldermen--" "Well, I haven't anything to say about that, because I may have missed it a little in their cases, but I was too many for the Baldwin's Ranch people, General! [5]
It consisted of the plank platform on which he stood, a wooden house, half painted, with a dirty piazza (unroofed) in front, and a sign board hung on a slanting pole--bearing the legend, "Hotel. [5]
We stopped in the plain with a family of peasants and stayed a week, helping them with their work for board and lodging, and making friends of them. [5]
I have seen the place where that soldier used to board. [5]
Green trees took the place of crowded rows of houses and stores, and little "bob-tail" yellow cars were drawn by plodding mules to an inclosure in a timbered valley, surrounded by a board fence, known as Lindell Grove. [9]
We can tolerate the Oracle very easily, but we have a poet and a good-natured enterprising idiot on board, and they do distress the company. [5]
Those who occupied the near seats to the right and left of the pulpit had in front of them a blank board partition, and could not by any possibility see the minister, though they broke their necks backwards over their high coat-collars. [4]
By-and-by he struck the idea of beating out a tune with his board. [5]
As soon as the harbor is opened--to-morrow, I expect--you go on board the ship that carries reinforcements to Edessa. [10]
Finally, Kit informed the gentleman that the premises were now to let, and that a board upon the door referred all inquirers to Mr Sampson Brass, Solicitor, of Bevis Marks, from whom he might perhaps learn some further particulars. [12]
Argutis would await the fugitives in a tavern by the harbor, and conduct them on board the vessel which would be in readiness. [10]
He knew where the fox-and-geese board was, and he could find the twelve-men-Morris. [4]
By reason of the foul weather the pirate could not board Smith, and his master, mate, and pilot, Chambers, Minter, and Digby, importuned him to surrender, and that he should send a boat to the pirate, as Fry had no boat. [4]
Louis Republican' culled the following items from the diary-- 'In February, 1825, he shipped on board the steamer "Rambler," at Florence, Ala., and made during that year three trips to New Orleans and back--this on the "Gen. Carrol," between Nashville and New Orleans. [5]
I was on the flag-stones, for there was, no furniture in the den except a long, broad board, or combination of boards, like a barn-door, and this bed was accommodating five or six persons, and that was its full capacity. [5]
We read of the dinners and lunches on board, the entertainments where there were wine and dancing and moonlight, and all that. [4]

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