Sentence examples for harbour until from inspiring English sources

Angered by the Boston Tea Party (1773), the British government passed the Boston Port Bill, closing that city's harbour until restitution was made for the destroyed tea.

The captain of P&O ferry Spirit of Britain, who witnessed Berlioz crew members dousing the throng to prevent them boarding, was told by port authorities to wait in the inner harbour until police arrived.

(Sydney Morning Herald) The City Bathtub Rubber Duck, a 54-foot inflatable sculpture resembling the yellow bath toy by the Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is floating in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour until June 9.

Another ship, Spirit of Britain, was about to dock at Calais at the time but the ferry's operator P&O said the crew had waited in the inner harbour until the incident was over.

This was not extinguished until 19 June and the ship remained in harbour until 14 October.

Bad weather prevented him from entering the harbour until the next day.

During the first few months of World War II, Hyperion searched for German commerce raiders in the Atlantic Ocean and blockaded German merchant ships in neutral harbours until she returned to the British Isles in early 1940.

New York also had a notoriously corrupt harbour workforce until well into the 1960s.

Sydney welcomed us with open arms, and we wander past the Opera House and down by the Harbour Bridge until we hear a familiar accent.

Margolyes continued: "I've always believed in the Harbour Board until now and have defended the docks and the people who try to earn their living here in the depressed south-east.

Each Swiss city is geographically unique, particularly those lying at the head of a lake, such as Zürich, Geneva, and Lucerne (Luzern), which were essentially harbour towns until the opening of the railroads.