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  • They sneak forward to climb up the small gap between the lorry 's cab and trailer. The Sun
  • The container had toppled over when the lorry carrying it got stuck in mud.
  • They had to fork out $ 100 to get the lorry repaired!
  • The lorry driver escaped unhurt, but a pedestrian was injured.
  • A Carlow man was fined an accumulative sum of £150 for failing to have a tachograph on his lorry and having no tax displayed on his vehicle.
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  • A ram-raider returned to Medway in April to steal a Nissan Cabstar lorry from Commissioner's Road, Strood. Kos RSS Feed
  • The lorry swerved sharply to avoid the child.
  • Attempts to locate the lorry at Harwich International Port were unsuccessful.
  • A lorry piled with scrap metal had shed its load.
  • Outside the front door, a bulldozer is clearing up the mess caused when a heavily laden lorry crashed into the wall and gatepost.
  • Nicola arrived to comfort her baby, mother and grandmother beside the wrecked car and lorry before the emergency services arrived.
  • He sells records by the lorry load - and commuters in the capital are falling over buskers on every street corner.
  • But there was further drama when the crane's brakes failed and it slid into the cab of the lorry.
  • The French interior ministry said the fire had started on a lorry carrying phenol, a toxic, flammable chemical, better known as carbolic acid. Undefined
  • They tried to hush up the matter they hijacked a lorry driver.
  • A waste disposal lorry and a pick-up truck crashed on a narrow bridge, blocking a main road.
  • Her 25-year-old lorry driver husband was hanged for the murder of the child.
  • A lorry driver had a lucky escape after his vehicle and a tractor apparently collided and the lorry ploughed into a hedge.
  • The country's only supplies are those it can import by lorry from Vietnam.
  • The man, who has not been named, had to be released by firefighters after he was pinned against a fence by the lorry at a Weymouth industrial estate on Wednesday morning.
  • Turning Wheels organised two blockades at the Marianhill toll plaza on the N3 near Durban last month to highlight what it called lorry drivers 'exploitation and unfair working conditions. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • Air mail - rubbish thrown at the dustbin lorry from window. The Sun
  • The dirty, white stone front of the shop, which stocked boxes of beer cans, was pitted with bullet holes, while a car and lorry parked in the protected courtyard outside were badly damaged in the attack.
  • Few bike rides pass without at least one case of a car or lorry overtaking too close. Times, Sunday Times
  • We got a lift part of the way in a lorry.
  • A local man had a narrow escape from serious injury when the tractor he was driving was in collision with a lorry at Boggan Hill on Tuesday March 26.
  • When the police came they loaded a silver hatchback car from outside the flat on to a lorry and drove it away. The Sun
  • A lorry driver had a lucky escape after his vehicle and a tractor apparently collided and the lorry ploughed into a hedge.
  • A lorry ran down the hill out of control.
  • The lorry drivers' strike has put back our deliveries by over a month.
  • July 4: 300 kilos of cannabis resin and herbal cannabis worth up to £3m seized from a Northern Ireland-registered lorry in Dover.
  • The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall.
  • Twelve miles later, a tyre blew and the lorry careered off the road and into a tree.
  • The maximum load for this lorry is one ton.
  • From January 3, 1979 an unofficial strike of all TGWU lorry drivers began. 'Life on Mars' for real
  • He was following a lorry which was travelling at about 45 mph.
  • The lorry stops beside the new hay barn and the men unstring the round bails and manoeuvre them onto the ground.
  • But then the lorry shuddered, lurching forward over branches on the road towards the port. Times, Sunday Times
  • A motorist died when his car struck a wild boar on an unlit motorway, veered across the road and was hit by a lorry. Times, Sunday Times
  • Cosgrove's father had been a lorry driver for the local creamery, driving milk churns round the houses and farms in Perthshire.
  • The lorry hit the lamp-post with a crash.
  • The comic conflict between the man of business and the true-hearted old gentleman is done with in the early stages of the novel, for all Lorry's actions are motivated by service and duty rather than by self-interest.
  • She carefully reversed the lorry up the narrow driveway.
  • The lorry, with its greater flexibility and convenience to farmers and country shippers, was about to take over.
  • The lorry smashed through a brick wall and plunged into the fast-flowing canal, landing on its side.
  • The lorry was travelling at 20mph in the slow lane.
  • The lorry swerved sharply to avoid the child.
  • The youngster was struck as the car overtook a lorry in Poolewe, Ross-shire, last July.
  • Helped by railwaymen, lorry drivers and workers in the power industry, they won a magnificent victory.
  • A passing lorry covered us in mud from head to foot.
  • The gang broke the padlock to a trailer attached to a lorry and removed four boxes of cigarettes and tobacco worth approximately £10,000.
  • YOU'RE overtaking a lorry that is overtaking another lorry. Times, Sunday Times
  • It happened when the lorry hit a bridge parapet on the north bound carriageway, near Charnock Richard services.
  • The next day the picture of the lorry was in a number of newspapers, and, although they blanked the register and name out, they still publicised the company.
  • Ironically he was killed on his first visit back to the UK in ten years when his car was hit by an articulated lorry outside London. CODE BREAKER
  • Thousands of holidaymakers and lorry drivers were left stranded. The Sun
  • But then the lorry shuddered, lurching forward over branches on the road towards the port. Times, Sunday Times
  • But then the lorry shuddered, lurching forward over branches on the road towards the port. Times, Sunday Times
  • Chris arranged for a lorry to load 12 tons of hickory wood billets in bundles at Gladstone Dock, starting at 8am.
  • The second accident involved two cars and a lorry.
  • Hissing seconds pass, a lorry overtakes, effervescent bebop fills the car. THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE
  • Solemnly we counted down, and he connected the wire to the terminals of the lorry battery that powered the whole thing.
  • The driver of the skip lorry was taken to Hope Hospital with minor leg injuries.
  • A British tourist told how he and his girlfriend were hit by the lorry but escaped, shaken and with bruises. Times, Sunday Times
  • The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall.
  • Sadly the bin lorry crash was an accident that could have happened anywhere. The Sun
  • The coal turned out to be of such low quality that sending it by rail or lorry simply didn't make sense. Times, Sunday Times
  • Thousands of holidaymakers and lorry drivers were left stranded. The Sun
  • The comic conflict between the man of business and the true-hearted old gentleman is done with in the early stages of the novel, for all Lorry's actions are motivated by service and duty rather than by self-interest.
  • Dozens of people in the back of a lorry is one hell of a heat signature. The Sun
  • Against the thought of her, three doors away, it would have taken a lorryload of mandragora to knock me out. TIME OF THE WOLF
  • A 55-year-old motorcyclist was involved in a collision with a lorry.
  • The lorry had come to a complete standstill. Times, Sunday Times
  • The lopsided load on the lorry looked dangerous.
  • Striking lorry drivers agreed to lift their blockades of main roads.
  • It was the lorry driver she saw yesterday, both by the given description of the driver and the juggernaut.
  • Paper, cans, bottles, green rubbish and plastic are all collected at the kerbside by an incredibly hi-tech lorry.
  • A big lorry smashed into the back of the taxi.
  • The car rammed against/into the lorry.
  • According to transport experts, one freight train carries the equivalent of 75 lorry loads, reducing road congestion and pollution levels.
  • The incident occurred when an articulated lorry collided with the back of a blue Volvo estate.
  • It was like a big lorry going past in a hurry. The Sun
  • A lorry has shed its load of wood on the motorway.
  • Horsham district council is so impressed by his activities it has named a rubbish lorry after him. Times, Sunday Times
  • In a raid on one farm burglars made off with a tipper lorry valued at £4,000 and an Ifor Williams trailer worth £1, 000 and hand tools worth £200.
  • The car collided with the front offside of the lorry after crossing the centre of the road, possibly to overtake.
  • An articulated lorry had shed its load right outside the cop shop in Kirkdale I noticed on the way home.
  • Outside we all heard the unmistakable sound of my father's lorry as he parked. No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale
  • She was lifted down from a pet transport lorry into our arms. Times, Sunday Times
  • In one incident, an articulated lorry was overturned while passengers in a car also had a lucky escape when their vehicle crashed through a nearby wall.
  • She must have talked about It was The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, in couldn't find a lorry for'em to fall off! THE OPEN DOOR
  • But then the lorry shuddered, lurching forward over branches on the road towards the port. Times, Sunday Times
  • An American psy-ops (psychological operations) team outside the city blasted back with deafening AC / DC heavy metal tracks played from lorry-mounted speakers.
  • Take the case of a recent accident in which a tipper lorry rammed a car from behind, pushing it under a bus which was parked at a bus stop.
  • I had a near collision with a lorry.
  • Infuriated residents watched on helplessly as lorry loads of human waste sludge was dumped within 40 metres of their homes last weekend.
  • One of the biggest articulated vehicles on the road, the 44-foot long unit replaces an ageing, converted lorry trailer.
  • Police officers were urging traffic to slow down when a lorry hit another vehicle. The Sun
  • Billy felt the wind rushing into the cab as the lorry trundled through the tunnel and he felt relieved.
  • Striking lorry drivers agreed to lift their blockades of main roads.
  • The lorry driver escaped unhurt but Butcher suffered serious head injuries and a broken jaw.
  • The lorry went into a spin on a patch of ice.
  • As the lorry crashed into two cars and came to a halt, Mr Whaley jumped into the cab and cut the engine, while one of his colleagues called an ambulance.
  • Now that imaging technology is used to detect glaucoma and to set off alarms waking drowsy lorry drivers by monitoring facial movements. Times, Sunday Times
  • To help with blind spots the super lorry has two cameras showing either side of the vehicle. Times, Sunday Times
  • Perpignan is one of 60 French towns that have struck upon a cheaper and greener way to collect household waste -- ditching the dustbin lorry ... French Towns Swap Garbage Trucks For Horse-Drawn Carts
  • Traffic came to a halt after a crash involving three motorbikes and a lorry. The Sun
  • It is my ambition to own a lorry one day and work for myself. The Sun
  • That was a near miss - we must have come within an inch of that lorry!
  • A haulage company is on trial to drastically cut the din of revving engines and fork-lift trucks, the blare of lorry cab radios and the shouting and swearing of some staff.
  • The plans were almost dashed when lorry driver Daniel, 23, injured his knee and scuppered his chances of running the race.
  • He said that he left when he was punched in the face by a police officer after being caught under a lorry. Times, Sunday Times
  • Motorists faced long tailbacks on the Woodhead Pass after a lorry shed its load of waste paper.
  • How long will it take to load this sand onto the lorry?
  • A Piaggio caravanette was involved in the collision with a lorry near the Boreham turn-off on the A12 at about 12.15 pm yesterday.
  • The driver backed his lorry down our narrow, double parked road and used a hand crane to drop the bags into a tight space in the front garden.
  • I've got half a ton of gravel in the lorry but he won't sign my delivery note.
  • After the ill-fated attempt to drag it to Stonehenge, the notorious bluestone has finally reached its new home on the back of a lorry.
  • Three of the farm's five balers were burned out, and a forklift truck, two tractors, a trailer, a lorry, the farm's own weighbridge and office were lost, along with the two Dutch barns.
  • The second accident involved two cars and a lorry.
  • The lorry went into a skid and crashed into the barrier.
  • E.g. A lorry driver may sustain an injury which will prevent him from ever driving a lorry again.
  • The lorry had shed its load .
  • Once you get in there you forget you're sitting in the back of an artic lorry.
  • Jim Redding, my chief mechanical designer, and I followed the lorry all the way to make sure nothing went amiss.
  • After nearly half an hour, the lorry rolls out of hiding, belching charcoal-black smoke.
  • The car rammed against/into the lorry.
  • Traffic came to a halt after a crash involving three motorbikes and a lorry. The Sun
  • The recovery vehicle driver and the lorry driver were both in the recovery vehicle at the time of the crash, and escaped with minor injuries.
  • He now faces returning to Greece in November for the appeal hearing and his haulage business is threatened with bankruptcy, with his lorry impounded by the Greek authorities.
  • My father has a little family business, a scrap-metal business with a yard and lorry.
  • A lorry driver and his colleague had a narrow escape when a brick hurled by youths struck just centimetres from the windscreen.
  • Sadly the bin lorry crash was an accident that could have happened anywhere. The Sun
  • Another dangerous situation to be avoided at all cost is to find yourself in the nearside lane being very slowly overtaken by a lorry and trailer that is moving across your path!
  • Hurtling towards him in the swirling fog was a huge lorry powerless to stop on the icy carriageway.
  • A lorry driver was killed in a fireball crash which closed the M60 and marooned thousands of shoppers in the Trafford Centre.
  • But then the lorry shuddered, lurching forward over branches on the road towards the port. Times, Sunday Times
  • A spokeswoman for Clacton police said the Clacton-bound lorry had got stuck in the central reservation of the road blocking both carriageways.
  • What may seem perfectly good driving conditions seen from the lofty cab of a lorry can appear very different to a car driver, enveloped in spray. Times, Sunday Times
  • He carefully nosed his lorry into the small gap.
  • The lorry cut in suddenly and I had to brake sharply.
  • At first we thought the road was being shaken by a heavy lorry, but then my uncle said it was an earthquake.
  • The coal turned out to be of such low quality that sending it by rail or lorry simply didn't make sense. Times, Sunday Times
  • The driver of the lorry that collided with their bus while on the wrong side of the road is still at large. Times, Sunday Times
  • After all, is it not suicide to cycle up the inside of a large lorry? Times, Sunday Times
  • The lorry, which was carrying fruit and vegetables, was heading along Featherstall Road in Littleborough when the front nearside wheel went into a hole.
  • The huge lorry is forced to mount the kerb to avoid a collision with the oncoming car.
  • The lorry had shed its load .
  • They were suspected of using a large lorry. The Sun
  • The lopsided load on the lorry looked dangerous.
  • Apparently a lorry carrying a rubbish skip was hi-jacked in nearby Pomeroy several hours ago and the driver held at gunpoint.
  • The incident started when the lorry shed its load on M62 eastbound near Birch.
  • A tragedy was narrowly averted when a lorry crashed into a crowded restaurant.
  • We got back into the lorry and drove home. FRIENDS FOR LIFE
  • Villagers cheered as the building was lowered by crane off a flatbed lorry.
  • I managed to cadge a ride with a lorry driver.
  • A broken-down lorry also led to lengthy delays on Friday.
  • The accident was clearly the lorry driver's fault.
  • A lorry shed its load of steel bars on the M25.
  • I agree it is an awful corner but from the photo you took it seems like the lorry had cut the corner too tightly in any event (he was going to 'kerb' it from the looks of thinsg. London SE1 community website
  • I've got half a ton of gravel in the lorry but he won't sign my delivery note.
  • He was hit by a lorry coming in the opposite direction.
  • For example, a die-cast Dinky lorry that sold for less than £1 in 1950 fetched £12,000 earlier this year.
  • When the collection lorry arrives a crane picks up the bins and empties them into the relevant compartments.
  • The lorry swerved sharply to avoid the child.
  • By day Andy empties bins into a lorry, but by night he sings Whitney Houston songs like a flipping angel.
  • The bridge gave way under the weight of the lorry.
  • As the convoy arrived at the dock, the lorry doors opened and the exhausted, terrified lambs poured out, trying desperately to stay upright and avoid trampling each other.
  • He was driving a lorry and accelerated away, escaping with minor injuries.
  • Mr. Lorry asks if the retention of the thing might not lead to the retention of the ideas that plague him and cause his shock.
  • Neither the lorry nor four other vehicles used in the robbery have been found. Times, Sunday Times
  • Then France, driving an articulated lorry and trailer, ploughed into the rear of the van, then collided with the parked Range Rover.
  • Depending upon the exact location of his lodgings and the circuitousness of his route, Mr. Lorry's walk may have been slightly longer or slightly shorter.
  • A third articulated lorry travelling behind the three vehicles also moved across and as it did so ploughed into the back of the car, shunting it into the trucks in front.
  • Isn't it just so annoying when one lorry travelling at 60 mph tries to overtake another which is travelling at 58 mph?
  • On the upward curve over the first down the lorry was forced to a crawl.
  • A tanker driver died when his lorry veered off the motorway.
  • My daughter's car was rammed by a lorry and she and my grandson were killed. The Sun
  • Three lorry drivers narrowly survived a crash caused by another attack. Times, Sunday Times
  • The lorry quietly rolled forward.
  • A fat bowser lorry was parked beside the engine and two fat bowser men were attempting to insert a hose into one of the engine's orifices. TICKLED PINK
  • Her first pictures were of fishermen, factory workers, and lorry drivers, all remarkable for their composition and colouring.
  • The 42 year-old man's life was spared thrice on January 14, when he survived electrocution, an oncoming train and being hit by a lorry
  • No other vehicle was involved and the lorry driver was uninjured, but tailbacks were reported as traffic was reduced to a single lane.
  • Mr. Lorry had been idle a lo and had just poured out his last glassful of wine complete an appearance of satisfaction as is ever to be found in an elderly gentleman of a fresh complexion who has got to the end of a bottle, when a rattling of wheels came up the narrow street, and rumbled into the inn-yard.
  • He got out and a lorry driver stopped on the hard shoulder to help him. Times, Sunday Times
  • The mum of three missed a car and a lorry before hitting the central reservation. The Sun
  • We have a time-worn set of criss-cross paths already, well used the year round and don't require lorry loads of stones or whatever to improve them.
  • Footage captured by the camera and shown in court clearly showed each tipper lorry unloading the waste material.
  • The lorry was taken to a business park and thousands of laptops removed. The Sun
  • Its passengers swing around like boxed chickens in the back of a livestock lorry on a mountain pass.
  • We paused with morbid fascination at the scene of the recent lorry tragedy and peered cautiously over the edge.
  • Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward, including a lorry driver who may have been involved in the incident without his knowledge.
  • One lorry driver using the road said that he had been rammed by one of the gang during the raid. Times, Sunday Times
  • The lorry driver pulled in to the side of the road.
  • He said a Finnish lorry hit the bridge last month and called for the height to be displayed in metres.
  • They discovered a fire on a road contractor's lorry, which contained two propane cylinders that could have exploded in the heat.
  • Ask any cyclist or pedestrian when a lorry or bus passes. The Sun
  • This consists of a large lorry park and a series of offices and warehouses where suspect vehicles are examined and drivers hand in their customs forms. Times, Sunday Times
  • The ferry companies have begun using special carbon-dioxide detectors to test for exhaled breath in lorry trailers.

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