1.   It was because their ship was leaving in the morning.

2.   It was reported in August that a ship had left for France to collect a first consignment.

3.   Another Navy ship left Norfolk, Virginia, today to help in the search for victims and clues.

4.   As for the Regent Star fire in July, the ship had left Seward the evening before.

5.   As soon as the ship left port, a crowd gathered in the huge tax-free store.

6.   Before a ship leaves, guardsmen board it to make sure the captain is in command of the bridge.

7.   A cruise ship left Acapulco before the hurricane hit, said Pedro Sanchez Mejorada, a TMM spokesman.

8.   But at no time did the ship leave the tether of a tugboat astern.

9.   By the time the ship left the dock, a light drizzle was falling and the Detroit skyline passed in a soggy blur.

10.   Chan Tak-Ping, the president of Trans Marine, said a ship leaves port each Wednesday, arriving three days later in Vostochny.