Sentence examples for docked when they from inspiring English sources

Union members get their pay docked when they go on strike.

Boats have been known to end up a long way from where they were docked when storms packing strong winds have hit.

Recurrently, the court records show, witnesses found it deplorable that the defendants should have to fight for their survival in a prisoner's dock when they might be far better employed doing that on the battlefield; in their every utterance these witnesses reflected the view that losing soldiers of Meserve's calibre could result only in gaining a stronger enemy.

Around 2 00 p.m. local boys, including epileptic Lester Stillwell, 11, were playing in the creek at an area called the Wyckoff dock when they saw what appeared to be an "old black weather-beaten board or a weathered log".

Reimbursements to hospitals may now be docked when patients develop infections or require readmission for infections and other errors.

Every time the boat docked, When You Wish Upon a Star honked out loudly across the harbour, which made me cringe, and then laugh, too.

Farmers get docked when their corn has a higher moisture content.

They found the Agena and docked successfully, but when they tried a pre-arranged manoeuvre of the combined spacecraft it went into a spin.

Dundee were docked 25 points when they went into administration in October 2010 but that was the second insolvency act at Dens Park in seven years.

Secretary Perez has used his office to initiate roundtables with workers to illustrate the need for and benefits from laws that raise their earnings and ensure they won't be fired or docked their pay when they're ill.

Our turnaround times -- from when our planes dock to when they push back -- are about 20 minutes, less than half of what you see from major airlines".