How To Use Ferry In A Sentence

When they replaced the ten-minute peak-hour ferry services with 20-minute sailings, in 1975, it was chaos.
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And do not forget that Ferry's bandmate Brian Eno is Nick Clegg's youth affairs adviser. Archive 2008-11-01
General manager Danny Ferry made a shrewd move in signing the 32-year-old power forward.
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We embark, the ferryman hands us an oar, and the craft moves out from the dock.
The old ferryman has become so frail that he no longer rows the ferry.
The site gives you crossing times and months of operation, and you can click through to book direct with the relevant ferry company. Times, Sunday Times
It was getting dark and the helicopter ferrying him about the country, had to be back in Dublin before dark.
Moreover, Ferry said, the rupiah was benefiting from a weaker dollar vis-a-vis regional currencies.
The advantage of the Ferry Building is also that I can get everything I need in one place: meat, charcuterie, cheese, dairy, chocolate, etc.
Still leading, the Camaro is heading for a turn-off which leads to the Albion ferry, a car and passenger ferry which shuttles traffic between Maple Ridge City and the suburb of Langley.
After that they met the faery ferryman, who -- according to Sandy -- "wore a wee kiltie o 'reeds, an' a tammie made frae a loch-lily pad wi 'a cat-o'-nine-tail tossel, lukin' sae ilk the brae ye wad niver ken he was a mon glen ye dinna see his legs, walkin '. The Primrose Ring
A regular at The Ferry for many years, Steven spent most weekends at his caravan, on a site next to the pub.
They are framed by a lifebuoy from the former Aranui ferry, which was dedicated on the same day as their school.
The ferryboat took the passengers over to the island.
In particular, many people have moved to the Wirral peninsula and they commute to Liverpool through the Mersey tunnel or by ferry.
We caught the ferry but it was a narrow squeak.
He stayed in the shadows while the scant dozen passengers disembarked from the wooden-hulled steam-powered passenger ferry Virginia V, just in from Seattle via the Colvos Passage. Excerpt: Spade & Archer by Joe Gores
They'd met on the ferry, said Maisie, and this was later confirmed by the postmistress. SLEEP WHILE I SING
It's easy to hop between them by ferry or small plane. Times, Sunday Times
The largest ship of its kind in the world, the new superferry berthed at the new ferry terminal, just after 8am yesterday following her overnight voyage from Rotterdam.
Well, if you let me see your ticket, I'll make sure you two girls get on the right train so you don't miss your ferry.
The Ferry Laws, the legislation of 1886 affecting teachers, the Law of Associations in 1901, and ultimately the Law of 1904, excluding religious from teaching, laicized a pre-existing educational system.
The ferry leaves for France at one o'clock.
Residents in Passage East are enduring another summer of discontent due to traffic tailbacks approaching the local car ferry.
However, as the tall white car ferry draws closer to a coastline of seemingly unscalable cliffs, my thoughts are drawn to the portion of the 19th century when this was French territory and the island's most famous resident—Napoleon—was exiled here. Downsizing From an Empire to an Island
Korn/Ferry perhaps appeals more to aggressive, fast-growth conglomerates than to old-fashioned, traditional companies.
I heard the girl give a very animal-like growl and jump from the ferry in pursuit.
The ferry stopped, launched a boat and picked them up - they had paddled 14 miles across the Channel - at 7am.
Every type of boat was pressed into service to rescue passengers from the sinking ferry.
The Obama administration is leaning toward outsourcing major components of its space program, such as ferrying cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station. NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: August 2009 Archives
He concluded the value of refitting the boats, at a total cost of $46.2 million, was below what Pricewaterhouse-Coopers then estimated the ferry corporation could get by selling them.
The ferry accommodates cars, bikes, wheelchairs, pushchairs and foot passengers and the crossing takes roughly ten minutes.
The cruise to the ferry landing is another 700 metres.
Most of the vessels in the area are canoes and powered banana boats used for fishing and ferrying people.
The ride on the ferry takes 1 and a half hours. (what kind of mook thinks it takes six?) Dailycomic Diary Entry
And now that he is older, she rides a ferry and a bus each way twice a week, so her 10-year-old can go to Hebrew school.
Then, the Kamov will grasp the standing trunk with a hydraulic grapple at the bottom of the long line, break it off and ferry it to the landing.
Now, in the absence of any ferry, how was the kibitka to get from one bank to the other? Michael Strogoff
Several men are poling a raft downriver, while a small ferryboat crosses ahead of it to pick up passengers.
Ferry's main chore in Cleveland will be building a supporting cast around James, who was the only Cavs player at the news conference. USATODAY.com - Cavs name Ferry GM, with or without Brown
Trade isn't exactly brisk, although there's a handful of regular commuters and up to 100 ramblers on good days, so ferrymen traditionally find something else to do. Britain's Best Views: the Mersey ferry, Liverpool
They had pre-booked the ferry sailings in advance - a legitimate company could barely have moved the goods that quickly.
The ferry service will initially run on alternate days, increasing eventually to daily sailings.
You gotta git off, 'cos mah boys at the Ferry'll telegraph ahead when they fin' out whutevah's happened to Joe, an 'the Kuklos'll be a-waitin' at Baltimo '... an' Ah cain't let 'em take yuh, Ah jes 'cain't,' cos, oh, mah dearie, if anythin 'wuz to happen to yuh, Ah b'lieve Ah'd die! THE NUMBERS
Routes offered include Sealink ferry tickets and optional AA 5 star service.
Instead of paying local taxi firms to work on contract, the courtesy cars will ferry patients and staff about in a more readily available service which will also save money.
Rumours a car ferry anchored at sea was about to leave saw a flotilla of packed boats surround it. The Sun
A memorable return journey is an inexpensive scenic ferry ride across the bay and the remainder of the day is free. Times, Sunday Times
TWO migrants swam half a mile out to sea in an attempt to board a cross-Channel ferry heading for Britain. The Sun
The dinghy was rocked by the wash of a passing ferry.
We arrived as the ferry was pulling away. Times, Sunday Times
The Driver hauled the shipments in a pup trailer to St. Ignace, Mich., where he consigned the shipment to the ferry operator, which was required to follow all the company procedures.
But hey, start your evening at Felix, take the Star ferry crossing to the island and head for dinner at the many restos in Lan Kwai Fung.
He moved his arms nervously and walked to and fro, beside a mountain of ferryboat luggage. COUP D'ETAT
However, the seeming pointlessness of the gesture is the key to its ironic effect and the reason why it enjoys a kinship with Ferry's work.
As you would expect the ferry crossing was not enjoyable and everyone was in a delicate state.
One of the gentry he used to ferry about, a decent cove who always treated him civilly, writes letters and the sentence is commuted to transportation.
But these places are not dirtier than a railway smoking-car; and there is no more coarseness than in any ferryboat which is, for whatever reason, used by men only. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays
Coaches have been booked to ferry demonstrators to the capital from towns and cities across the UK.
In total, it was 26 minutes from Hythe to the Guildhall - ferry good, ferry good indeed.
This year is the fourth consecutive year that First Ferry provides ferry service from North Point West Pier to Joss House Bay during Tin Hau Festival.
A sharpening nip to the wind made me look south, where a familiar pearling of the sky and darkening of sea showed that the ferryman's prophecy was set to come true.
For example, downtown Frederick, Md., is within driving distance of several shrines for Civil War enthusiasts, including Gettysburg, Antietam and Harper's Ferry. America's Best Neighborhoods 2010
But it turned out to be a ferry and this was confirmed by radar maps and ship timetables. The Sun
A mercenary spaceship ferrying a convict is attacked by a horde of unidentified fighter craft. Filmstalker: The Planet trailer online - Scottish Sci-Fi
Hundreds of people are feared dead in the ferry disaster.
Public transport including ferryboats, also offered cut-price tickets to make it cheap for locals to travel around the city.
As is customary at the start of a new hunting season, Ferry and the South Shropshire hunt, where he is joint master, were in pursuit of fox cubs.
The ferry arrived on Saturday evening and we instantly agreed to stay on the boat and to go elsewhere.
This nifty employee benefit enables you to pay for commuting-related expenses, such as public transportation costs (think: bus, subway, train, ferry, bicycle and vanpool expenses), as well as parking (either near public transportation or at work)...with pre-tax dollars. Manisha Thakor : Are High Gas Prices Leaving You "Gas"-ping for Relief?
Only one voucher redeemable per booking along with ferry ticket. The Sun
Caffè macchiato costs 70p from the ferry bar. Times, Sunday Times
Gretna, meanwhile, are hoping to close the gap on leaders Murton by beating Ferryhill at Raydale Park.
After about 40 minutes, we moored at the jetty of a quaint little town called Oron, which used to serve as a ferry terminal in the colonial days when roads shared their burden with the great rivers. Where I find inspiration …
Rescue efforts continued last night as it emerged an inspection ten days ago uncovered serious deficiencies with the passenger ferry. The Sun
It is the country's worst maritime disaster and ranks as one of the world's worst ferry accidents of all time.
All ferry crossings subject to availability. The Sun
There's a chase on a cross-Channel ferry. Times, Sunday Times
There is no separating stream; no ferryboat, no ferryman; no Buddhism, no Buddha.
The ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather.
Another ferry capsize occurred in the Philippines, killing 38.
Only one voucher redeemable per person along with your ferry ticket. The Sun
You fly to Corfu and then it's just a short ferry ride over. The Sun
Ferry schedules and precise timings are subject to weather conditions on the day of departure.
The 680-ton ferry was carrying 243 passengers, 41 crew members, 14 vehicles and sacks of dried copra when the fire broke out.
Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road.
The ferryboat is a round-bottomed, wobbly sampan, with a tiny cabin in the stern. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia
It's also within walking distance of the ferry. Times, Sunday Times
The picture of the bewhiskered trio, as he had last seen them, mulcted of four dollars and ninety cents and a ferry ticket, made him chuckle. Chapter 34
Joe and I were pulling into Vancouver having driven down the sunshine coast in pouring rain (hmmmmm) and alighted from the ferry. Archive 2006-10-01
Stepping off the ferry, I am overwhelmed by the perfumes of rosemary, sage and lavender.
Two Service airboats patrolled the sea all day, every day, to round up sick birds and ferry them back to the on-site pelican rehabilitation hospital.
The weather that was unsuited, however, for fishing, was very suitable for "ferrying" to the steamer; and when that all-important duty was done, the comparative calm that prevailed was just the thing for the work of the _Sunbeam_. The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea
Troops in tracked vehicles were used to ferry emergency supplies and engineers to fix power supplies. Times, Sunday Times
The next day the couple boarded a cross-Channel ferry to Calais. The Sun
The Staten Island ferries are decreasing in ridership, although there has been heightened demand at other ferry crossings.
When we go on ferry the people must lie on back and no talking. The Sun
Until then, each river city worth its salt had a ferry boat joining both shores.
When we go on ferry the people must lie on back and no talking. The Sun
The letterbook of Saunders and Sweetman for 1788-1804 indicates a general reluctance of servants to return to Ireland, especially from 1789 onwards,61 and the Pole Papers indicate that, while large numbers of servants were still being hired in the fishery in Ferryland district in 1800, many had "dieted" during the winter of 1799-1800. Gutenber-e Help Page
The youth, one of whose names was Robin, finally drew from his pocket the half of a little province bill of five shillings, which, in the depreciation in that sort of currency, did but satisfy the ferryman's demand, with the surplus of a sexangular piece of parchment, valued at three pence. My Kinsman, Major Molineux
River transport is often the only way for people to travel between towns and ferry disasters are not that rare as boats are frequently overloaded and often lack even the most rudimentary safety equipment.
And it's all a short ferry or air journey away. The Sun
After main summer leave, the ship - which was damaged by a ferry during gales last autumn in Portsmouth Harbour - will be preparing for her first major deployment, which begins late this year.
Finally, after a leisurely drive north to Portland, we boarded the ferry for the overnight crossing back to Yarmouth.
There were two ways to get there: a 120-kilometer, four-hour drive around the bay, or the ferry.
“As I descended into impassable rivers I no longer felt guided by the ferrymen,” he says, recounting his bouts with writer's block, depression, dry flaky skin and existential torment. With Arthur Rimbaud at the Chamber of Commerce Lunch
The less energetic can take the 20-minute bus ride up to the lighthouse from the ferry terminal. Times, Sunday Times
Anyone on Brighton Beach watching Mario Testino snapping away at Tali Lennox (rock legend Annie's daughter) and Tara Ferry (son to Roxy music's Bryan) for Burberry's 2011 spring/summer advertising campaign launched this month, could be forgiven for thinking that it was another display of rock star offspring being loved-up by luxury brands intent on keeping the spirit alive for the new generation. Jess Blanch: Abracadabra
The giant orb plopped onto the path of an oncoming ferry and bobbed around like some wayward kind of multicoloured buoy.
He lay hold on an oaken shinty stick that hung on the wall, property of the ferry-house landlord's son. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
Happy ferry-man, thought Grainier, thou aspirest not to fame; thou composest no epithalamiums. I. From Scylla to Charybdis. Book II
Only one voucher redeemable per person along with your ferry ticket. The Sun
The site gives you crossing times and months of operation, and you can click through to book direct with the relevant ferry company. Times, Sunday Times
Or visit southernmost Cumberland Island, a national seashore reached by ferry.
Shortly after Col. Doyle with another British regiment, was directed to proceed by the way of M'Callum's ferry on Lynch's creek, and down A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade
• USS Harpers Ferry and USS Tortuga transited to the Lingayen Gulf north of Manila Oct. 9 following a Philippine Government request for further assistance due to mudslides and floods following Typhoon Parma. US Marine 31st MEU wraps up Philippine relief mission
If he did, I could have flown my aircraft on a ferry permit to another island to have it repaired.
Reliability, stability, and calm—good reasons why, when Matthew turned sixty-five and his arthritis worsened enough to make his hands useless in the trade, he fitted the vessel with a new engine and tanks, rebuilt the pilothouse with permanent sides to keep out the wind, polished the mahogany to an even higher sheen, installed a defogger on the center window and seating for passengers in the stern, and relaunched the Amelia Celeste as a ferry. The Summer I Dared
Included in the price are two nights' accommodation berthed in Amsterdam and one night in Volendam, buffet breakfast on board, twin-bedded en suite cabin, a visit to Delft, return coach travel and ferry crossings.
From the jaws of the ferry in Tårs you are quickly led away from the cars and out through Sandby.
We jumped into the car and made a dash for the ferry.
The woman's body was recovered from the water near the ferry linkspan after police had received a report at 2.30 am that she had fallen into the sea.
All ferries to and from Rottnest were cancelled on Thursday because of wild weather, leaving hundreds of schoolies - and probably a few toolies - stranded until Friday when ferry services will resume.
He had stowed away on a ferry to Dover and was granted refugee status. Times, Sunday Times
A ferry that ran aground in hurricane-force winds off the west coast of Scotland stranding 100 people on board was refloated by two tugs today.
The army is ferrying in troops, but they're facing apocalyptic destruction, entire neighborhoods razed to the ground.
But it turned out to be a ferry and this was confirmed by radar maps and ship timetables. The Sun
Registration opens at 6: 30 p.m.; program at 7 p.m., the center, Dodona Manor, 217 Edwards Ferry Rd, Leesburg. Loudoun County community calendar, Nov. 4-11, 2010
The Tennessee Valley Authority said its Browns Ferry No.1 nuclear reactor in Athens was idled Saturday for continued testing following a 22-year shutdown.
Ferry crossings can be arranged at additional cost. Times, Sunday Times
Police used a cable car and helicopters to ferry down the dead and injured. The Sun
It will pump gushing oil up through a pipe to tankers on the surface, which will ferry the liquid back to land. The Sun
Water cascaded onto the car deck and the ferry capsized and sank in minutes, coming to rest on its starboard side in just under 30m of water.
He knew none of them believed in his ferryboat: the sceptics, they would see! COUP D'ETAT
Train and ferry services were vastly reduced. Times, Sunday Times
Yet it was to an earlier chapter of art history that Ferry turned when he began making serious money in the mid 1970s. Times, Sunday Times
The terraced terrain near the Mediterranean ferry is terrific.
In 1865 it was rowed by a team of eight 'watermen', ferrying passengers around the River Derwent, taking families on picnics and ferrying dignitaries on Regatta Day. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
The barge would be busy for two days or more, ferrying the remainder of the troops across. TREASON KEEP
He spent less time at Ferry Farm as he grew older, often taking trips north to visit his half-brother, Lawrence, at Little Hunting Creek (later known as Mount Vernon). George Washington's First Home
Ehlers and her dog were sent to an assistance center run by disaster-relief agencies, to join the family of one of victims and accompany them on a ferry boat ride to Ground Zero.
Terrified, they rushed their kids to the pier and tried to get them onto a ferry to take them across the river to the boatyard and, perhaps, safety.
Although the summer's overall count indicated the sea lion decline was continuing, a survey of 11 major rookeries, including the three I'd passed on my ferry trip, found roughly the same number of pups as the last survey, two years before.
Since the Ferry Laws laicized only public schools, Catholics responded to new conditions by transferring their efforts to private schools.
Train and ferry services were vastly reduced. Times, Sunday Times
By this time the sky had turned a murky grey and the sea was being whipped up by the wind… and then we were met by the pier master with the bad news that the ferry was cancelled.
The ABC bridge instead recalls the decks of ferry landings on the harbour.
The livestock contract has now been included as part of the lifeline ferry services which are currently out to tender.
Foot passengers were allowed to leave the ferry before the vehicles.
It is thought the Sudanese men stowed away in the luggage compartment as the bus waited to board a ferry in Calais. The Sun
We came through Bari, which involved long waits between connections and a lumbering run along the waterfront to the ferry in Patras, with wheeled case bouncing behind.
That's the approach Kevin Teschner will take Monday morning at 5:30 when he starts his shift as a deckhand for NY Waterway, the ferry operator. Winter Shifts Into a Colder Gear
The first organised ferry service from Auckland to Devonport began in 1854 using sail or oar propelled whaleboats.
Various aspects of the Ferry Clip test approach to protocol testing are discussed in some detail and the impact of this approach on protocol testing techniques is also analysed.
There is no bridge, and crossing is only possible by a ferry used to transport illegal timber to Vietnam and Cambodia.
He fed me and rented the taxi to ferry us around so that we could shoot the London scenes.
At the heel of that brazen din, the bullhorn sounded again - the fishing boats scattered enough that the ferry could squeeze along the length of the pier.
The naturally perfect horseshoe-shaped harbor is filled with mega cruise ships, sailing yachts, sloops, ferryboats, and fishing craft.
We passed a ferry full of people bound for one of the outer islands.
The superstructure of the ferry ‘Norse Viking’ started to vibrate gently as below the engines and thrusters of the huge ship began to drive her into reverse and alongside the berth.
The last ferry company pulling out of transporting animals must surely be the red flag that brings all sides together to sort this issue out. Times, Sunday Times
Travelling back to Orkney around 7.45 pm, the ferry lost power to its bow thruster and was left drifting in storm force winds.
A small sloop approaches the shore ferrying a group of passengers from Gloucester.
Loloata uses a sophisticated little ferry boat to link it to the mainland.
You can cross the creek on a dhow-ferry which costs 50 fils or 9p.
Ferry also knew Robert Thame, who has played polo with Prince Charles and his sons.
July 3, 2008 at 4:17 am ime shure the toof ferry wud be happee to ficks taht… sheel even pay yu! Bat trasformation - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Its tiny airport cannot handle jet aircraft and the ferry from Athens takes up to eight hours. Times, Sunday Times
We walked down to the waterfront, bought ice cream and sat on a bench on the edge of a pier, watching sailboats and cargo ships and the ferry go by.
Coaches from Inverness to Scrabster are scheduled to fit in with the ferry sailings.
Public pressure forced the maquila bosses to provide buses to ferry the girls home safely.
This shows that violent sabotage is by no means unknown in the passenger ferry industry.
Crowds fell and Boothferry Park sank into disrepair.
Thomas's Charlotte Amalie Harbor and is accessible by a five-minute, $ 3 ferry ride.
An express ferry service between St Lucia, Martinique, Dominica and Guadalupe could be used as an alternative to local flights.
The Ferryman serves bar food in its restaurant/diner throughout the week, offering a menu of both traditional Irish food and a daily carvery.
Afterwards, we take the ferry back to Slussen and have a drink in a mad Czech bar where gorgeous, unflustered nordic barmen pull dozens of pints.
He had stowed away on a ferry to Dover and was granted refugee status. Times, Sunday Times
A blue-ribbon panel is recommending that NASA shelve its goal of rapidly returning to the moon and instead focus on nurturing a robust commercial space industry that can handle short-term objectives of the nation's space program, such as ferrying cargo and crew to the international space station. Panel Urges NASA to Reset Priorities
Much of its activity is centred around the riva - the promenade - filled with a jostle of yachts, powerboats and hydrofoils that can ferry you to tiny ports along a coastline dotted with unspoilt beaches and 1,185 islands.
Residents from the idyllic small town of Greencastle have vowed to fight the ferry every step of the way.
You can go to France in your own boat moored right outside your front door or by ferry from Portsmouth. Times, Sunday Times
Three short blasts of a steam whistle warned him the ferry was about to depart.
Though you've still been on the road for four or five hours to reach the ferry port, your time clock says you are ready for some kip, so you sleep like a baby, arriving before France really wakes up, refreshed and prepared for a long drive.
Mrs. Catherine Weston of Ferryland Plaintiff on the 17th August last made Complaint upon Oath before Our Justices of our Court of Common pleas that William McDaniel of Ferryland planter is justly Indebted to her in the sum of One hundred and nine pounds four shillings and fivepence sterling being for the Amount of a Book-debt, and that he refuses payment thereof although thereunto frequently required. Gutenber-e Help Page
It was in this spirit that I was able to roger that houri in Borneo during the Batang Lupar battle, whimpering fearfully the while, and do justice to Mrs Popplewell while in flight from the outraged townsfolk of Harper's Ferry. Watershed
Mr Ferry is a well-known hunt supporter and joined the Middleton hunt in Yorkshire as a whipper-in four years ago after leaving Marlborough College.
The ferry carrying more than 500 passengers sank after hitting a rocky islet, killing at least 64 people.
He has a checkered past as a park ranger, ferry naturalist, and Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakstan.
The severe weather took its toll on Christmas travellers last week, with internal and external ferry sailings hit.
The real town of Anogi inched closer as the ferrymen plied the big oarsa free-moving ferry, this, the Hisei being too big and too trafficked to be crossed with ropesa kind of barge that described a crescent-shaped course from shore to shore, a compromise with the current, while larger and smaller craft bound downriver went straight courses past, fishing boats and cargo boats and such. 2005
A deckhand on the ferry from Brooklyn whistled the tune, and the words floated up from nowhere.
The island makes a good base for exploring the archipelago by hydrofoil or ferry. Times, Sunday Times
More than 7,000 buses and 5,000 low-emission vehicles will ferry the spectators around. The Sun
The unit will be used for car ferry traffic to allow the installation of a new permanent linkspan at the Stromness ferry terminal.
Even before reaching for the first hold, the group will spend three weeks ferrying 1,500 pounds of food and equipment up and down a glaciated valley.
Couriers ride the trikes with attached trailers, the strongest of which can take a quarter of a ton in weight, from our Walmgate offices with the latest copies of the newspaper and ferry them to various destinations.

How To Use Ferry In A Sentence

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