At the moment nothing needed to be done; the ship was running on its own.

After only a few moments, he knew for certain that the ship would soon run out of energy.

"I wouldn't want to do anything that would get in the way of the ship running smoothly or important things."

The captain knew that the ship could run just fine without him for the short term.

Because the ship ran three shifts, there were usually only two in the room at any one time.

Since then, he'd come to appreciate her value in keeping the ship running during "off hours."

The ship was running smoothly enough, for its first flight in deep space.

Sound picked up another ship running at full speed, but there was no opportunity to attack it.

On the night of 2 June the ship ran into a gale.

One day, a few months out of port, his ship ran into a storm.