Had the lights been extinguished to enable me to sneak safely ashore?
"If we thought we were going to sneak ashore we were nuts," he said.
If they were me, they'd sneak ashore at some obscure port, so maybe we'll fool them by marching right in.
But until we have some idea how they're doing it, we don't want to waste any more men trying to sneak ashore.
It was his reply, in French through the fog, that enabled the party to sneak ashore before ascending to the Plains of Abraham.
Ralph and Josephine plan to sneak ashore to elope that night.
He could swim underwater along the point and sneak ashore anywhere among the reeds.
Their mission is to intercept small motorboats crowded with clandestine African migrants, mostly young men who want to sneak ashore and hunt for work in Europe.
To sneak ashore by night was to increase the danger of resistance and to minimise the authority of the attack.
Like the time with Bjarni when we were becalmed off the second island, and you got all snotty with me for sneaking ashore in the night.