Sentence examples for has sailed over from inspiring English sources

Clearly, the XO's mission has sailed over these people's heads like a 747.

The Council had sailed over its first major hurdle.

Mr Laird has made a dozen voyages to Antarctica, and between them the Laird's have sailed over 130,000 nautical miles.

But having known a few 14-year-olds in my day, the subtlety of your gift of thank-you notes may have sailed over his head.

He sang traditional melodies like "Streets of Derry," which sounded as if they had sailed over from Ireland, taken a trip down to the Appalachians and then headed back north for the listening.

I've sailed, over the years, round large stretches of it, and have everywhere been struck by the similarity of coastal cultures in every harbour and port I've seen.

But he is less blithe about the accounts he has read of his actions in the Jets' loss to Pittsburgh, when Chrebet threw his hands in the air after one of Ray Lucas's passes had sailed over his head.

For one thing, I got more of the jokes – many of which had sailed over my 12-year-old head, in much the same way as his mother's behaviour with Mr Lucas passes Adrian by.

What would have happened if we had sailed over the cliff?

But so hungry are these policymakers that the negative consequences have sailed over their heads.

One header had been cleared off the line by Yeovil centre-back Richard Hinds and another from close range had sailed over before Smith finally found the target with a near-post flick on the stroke of half-time.