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Meanings of been a boat in English

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Usage of been a boat in English
1
There might have been a boat, perhaps, out on the carr.
The Settlers at Home
2
But there hasn't been a boat there in several years.
The Young Firemen of Lakeville; Or, Herbert Dare's Pluck
3
Not far off a dark object, which might have been a boat, was seen.
Won from the Waves
4
I had seen no dark shape on the water that could have been a boat.
American crime stories
5
If there had been a boat not stove by the ice, I would have got across somehow.
The Making of an American
6
I thought there might've been a boat.
A Matter of Importance
7
If there had been a boat going across, I might have taken a passage that way, instead of riding.
Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83...
8
Once and twice thou hast been a boat to carry me on my way, and to save my useful life.
A Monk of Fife / Being the Chronicle Written by Norman Leslie of...
9
She said it was too early to say what might have struck the mammal, but it could have been a boat.
Radio NZ
10
There had been a boat at her stern, but we found it had been torn off by the force of the waves.
Robinson Crusoe — in Words of One Syllable
11
There had been a boat, and a view of the black estuary, and something before that, so vague that she could not recall it.
Voices in the dark
12
If there had been a boat based at nearby Leone they would have found the cousins well before the search period was up, he said.
Radio NZ
13
"If it had been a boat," she said, "I'd have found out who it was before we got here, but the canoe was too narrow."
The Zeit-Geist
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