What she actually said was "We could sail away without him."
After a fight of an hour and a half, the French sailed away.
It was almost three years since they had sailed away and much might have happened in that time.
Then he went back to his ship and sailed away.
So, when they sailed away, I had no choice but to follow.
I was in the water, and the boat sailed away.
There has been no word since the boat sailed away.
"Why did you not simply find a boat and sail away?"
When he sailed away, my grandfather never saw him again.
He felt an almost physical need to board one of those ships and just sail away.