Sentence examples for boat on fire from inspiring English sources

Detected, they panicked, nearly setting a boat on fire with a flare.

Ms. Swift's punishment is more elaborate: She's made to believe that fireworks she and Mr. Bieber are playing with have set a boat on fire, sending an entire wedding party into the dangerous Malibu surf.

KESENNUMA, Japan — Imagine seeing your office building swept away in a wave and then spending all night on a freezing rooftop watching your beloved fishing boat on fire drifting back and forth in a murky ocean gone wild.

Fast forward 30 years or so, and here we are, watching a video of the Navy setting a boat on fire with a real-life laser.

While Verbal looks on, this agent kills Keaton and sets the boat on fire.

The captain thought it might have been a boat on fire, and ordered the vessel to investigate.

"You wouldn't believe the calls I get," she said, mentioning one woman who wanted to stage a "Viking burial" by putting her deceased husband in a boat and setting it on fire.

Morzeny nearly catches Bond, but the agent sets his pursuers' boats on fire with a signal flare.

Having caught them by surprise they opened fire on the stationary boats and after a short engagement withdrew leaving two of the enemy boats on fire.

"At night, people think the boat's on fire," Debbie said.

If a boat is on fire, you get off – they tend to go up (or down) very quickly.