1.   The ferry was about to leave port.

2.   The ferry was unprepared to handle a disaster.

3.   Three short blasts of a steam whistle warned him the ferry was about to depart.

4.   She had watched the ferry until it was tiny in the water, upset at having failed to locate her friend.

5.   Across the narrow stretch of water in front of him was Flushing Quay where the ferry was moored, ready for its first crossing of the day.

6.   How long was the ferry?

7.   All ferries are free and operate on a first-come basis.

8.   But in this perpetually gridlocked city, the ferries are often the best way to get around.

9.   But the building had long since lost the utilitarian value it had when ferries were the only means of cross-Bay travel.

10.   Ferries are grossly overcrowded.