21.   Dole simply missed the boat.

22.   Eventually, he asked to be reassigned and was relieved of his commission, but missed the boat to go home, his only opportunity.

23.   Fashion police Joan Rivers looked smashing in her Vera Wang purple gown, but daughter Melissa missed the boat in a two-piece that looked so last year.

24.   He had, sadly, missed the boat again.

25.   Helfend said she spent half her vacation arranging to import and distribute the bracelet components and nearly missed her boat several times.

26.   How could I have missed the boat?

27.   However, many women are missing the boat.

28.   I recalled how British critics later missed the boat again when the Abstract Expressionists sailed into Europe.

29.   I think you missed the boat.

30.   If he had missed that boat, he would have been drafted into the Japanese army.