Sentence examples for sail managed from inspiring English sources

Before making their way into the Atlantic, the mere spectacle of setting sail managed to transport the youngster from the public housing projects to mythical kingdoms like Westeros, where cynical dwarves cavort, kings and queens hatch murder plots and an ice age is descending.

The Lucera was the next galley attacked; a Dutch galleot, which drove under full sail managed to ram her.

Back on the boats for one last day of sailing, I manage a whole hour upright.

The last, Sailing to Philadelphia, managed 3.5m, confirming the eternal popularity of the accomplished but dull singer-guitarist.

BP has managed to sail through rough seas, whereas Monsanto was sunk by genetically modified crops.

We managed to sail for maybe an hour before the night's anchorage in Witch Bay, a sheltered cove ringed by outcrops of granite and copses of jack pine.

The fishing fleet managed to sail within three nautical miles (5.5km) of the disputed islands, before being turned back by the Japanese side.

Streep ended with some of the self-deprecation she does well — "I have only a glancing understanding of what her many struggles were, and how she managed to sail through to the other side" — having more or less just demonstrated the opposite.

The National managed to sail through that and, when I took over in 2003, confidence was coming back and I felt able to encourage writers to think big: not just established dramatists like David Hare and Richard Bean but a whole new generation such as Moira Buffini who wrote Welcome to Thebes and James Graham who wrote This House".

I was not very quick at all, but managed to sail reasonably well.

Mostly they're examples of studios that managed to sail on a rising tide before everyone else.