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Sentence Examples If forced to raft up alongside another vessel, walk across the foredecks, not through the cockpits. A raft of new taxes could be brought in under plans unveiled by council chiefs. He became one of the world's best bridge players, with a raft of teaching videos and CDs to his name. The raft had wedged itself up against the steel span of a collapsed bridge. The raft bucked to one side, and for one terrible moment it seemed that it would spill all the way over. So he clung on to his draughty vicarage in East Anglia as a man might to a small raft in stormy seas. A large raft of players were cut loose in that aftermath due to budget concerns and he has been busy beefing up the squad ever since. And he expects the status quo to remain the same this year, despite a raft of rule changes designed to spice up grand prix weekends. A 15-man life raft is installed either side in the forward section of each sponson. Late last week, a raft of economic statistics suggested Greenspan's cries may go unheard. We could distinctly make out the anchor winch, life raft holders and torpedo-loading hatch. More likely, they divide their afternoons among a raft of organized activities, from baseball to dance to religious studies. A stubborn current began to muscle against the raft as 5-foot waves peeled off choppy waters. It became an unforgettable encounter when our raft capsized, and I was swept along powerless in its icy unbridled current. Bhim, our Nepalese boatman on the sweep oar, skillfully hauls the raft around so that we hit the wave bow-on. We located that raft and began the recovery process from as stable a hover as possible. The boys would find the logs in the woods around the lake, cut them to the right sizes, and then swim them over to the raft and attach them. Both of them have a raft of irregular preterites and past participles, suggesting long standing confusion. In the interview, he said that the party was working on a raft of policies designed to create a more cohesive society. The company came from nowhere to display a raft of phones, phablets and tablets that were really rather impressive. Show More Sentences He cleverly fashions a raft and paddles out to the coral reef for some spear fishing. Laminated timber portal frames bolted to a concrete raft slab on strip foundations are spaced at 5m intervals. As we came closer we could make out two men in a life raft with dye marker showing and flailing their arms wildly in the air pleading to be seen. Several men are poling a raft downriver, while a small ferryboat crosses ahead of it to pick up passengers. After floating near the surface for a few days, the raft sinks to the sea floor and the eggs hatch far away from their parents. Then there's a raft of Oriental greens, corn salad, Bull's Blood beetroot and yellow tomatoes. The raft guides assessed the rapids were too dangerous to shoot and the team would have to portage again. First-class post services in York have improved, despite problems across the region as Royal Mail failed to meet a raft of targets. Line tensions and director fields depend on the elastic moduli and the spontaneous curvatures of the raft and the surround. The state of emergency is a prelude to the introduction of a raft of measures presented to parliament on Tuesday in an 80-clause Bill. There's no time like the present to raft through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The issue has been further complicated by a raft of severe financial problems, which have yet to be resolved definitively. There were suggestions, denounced as ludicrous by a raft of academic luminaries, that her research did not make the grade. You can build your own raft out of bamboo, and punt along the Klemin river or cruise down the Pimpin rivers by sampan. The greasy pole and pillow fighting contests provided great fun and frolics, while the raft and punt races were the big attraction on the day. After investigation, it transpired that the concrete raft had subsided differentially, causing the cracking. There is an expectation that parents will not be able to cope without external support from a raft of experts and professionals. Whether you navigate it in a rubber raft or a dory, the 225 miles of river can be alternately easy and terrifying. Dropping a float light to determine wind direction, we made one pass over the raft downwind. With a last look over his shoulder, he started pulling her towards the back of the ship where the raft waited. Show More Sentences Cruising and fishing are fine, but it's hard to waterski offshore, and there are limited areas to raft up. A dozen tourists wander through the colony, having arrived by Zodiac rubber raft from their cruise ship. Bilbo sneaks off to get food, as people on shore lash the barrels together into a raft. Floating on the water was a large raft, made of smoothed logs, fastened together and topped with roughly hewn planks. Elsewhere, desperate refugees build a raft, or use blown-up plastic bags to try to float across the river. Conjuring a pleasant place like a beach, or a raft on a lake can help you take your mind off the urge and relax. It was in that guise that he was captured in 1943, floating down the Mekong River in a bamboo raft. A previously well 13-year-old boy was attempting to swim to a raft on a lake. Her index finger was slightly pointing to the raft floating in the middle of the lake. The real adventures of Huck Finn took place on a raft on the Mississippi River. I befriended a couple of the kids, and together we built a raft that we would row down the Dodder as far as the great waterfall in Donnybrook. Without a word we climb down into the water and swim underneath the raft, between the orange plastic drums. As I cleared a group of weeds I removed from my robe a small raft made of tree branches and strands of fish intestines to hold it together. He and pilot Russell Phillips managed to survive 47 days on a rubber raft with no provisions amidst menacing swarms of sharks. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. The people had been inside or were clinging to the side of a rubber raft for between six and eight hours before they were rescued. I made the mistake of thinking that they had given up and commandeered my favorite inflatable raft to float me around the pool. This is the perfect place to use that inflatable raft that's been stashed in the garage. To my left, in the corner of the bay itself was a large raft of floating scum which stretched out some five yards or so, towards the island. At the end of the morning, we stood on a bank at the nature sanctuary overlooking a glassy cove with a distant raft of big black ducks. Show More Sentences But it provided a footprint for new foundations a concrete raft with built-in frost apron over a channel for cables and pipelines. All these Figures show the effectiveness of the soil modulus in increasing the load carrying capacity of piled raft. Beyond this load with further settlement of piled raft, the piles start carrying the load. Another way to explore our scenic riverbanks is to raft down the St. Lawrence. Swim, raft, or trek along the rivers, which emerge from the glacial highlands of the Andes and vary from black to white, cloudy, ruddy, or salty. Hundreds of boats motor through the channel all weekend and boats also raft up. We raft up our brokerage boats at another location so that we can squeeze visitors in, but we still run out of room. The Tory leader hopes to see off his critics by unveiling a raft of policies this week on pensions, health, education and policing. Since the research began Sheffield city centre has been transformed with a raft of new clubs and shops opening. No budget since 1997 has been passed without a raft of measures to boost productivity and new business formation. A raft of specialist hardware ranging from dedicated net phones to bluetooth enabled headsets are appearing on the market. The team has worked hard with police to secure a raft of anti-social behaviour orders in the last year. River-buging is white-water rafting, only instead of a raft, you go down the rapids in a one-man inflatable armchair. Its zig-zag course and the steep cliffs on either side make a two-hour raft trip down the river an adventurous experience. The Aegean region is packed with out-of-the-way places to bike, climb, raft, trek, windsurf, and sea kayak. We didn't know it, but the kayaker had abandoned his kayak and boarded the life raft after our aerial delivery. A raft of football-orientated programmes will keep the game top of the agenda throughout the week. But it was this raft of feet and noise that followed a disappointed Charlie down through the kikuyu grass at the edge of the dunes. The Labour Government has introduced a raft of extra burdens and red tape for small rural businesses. Note that there were the usual raft of excuses and alibis following the failures. Show More Sentences Three people were rescued from the stricken yacht's life raft by sailors from HMAS Newcastle. We just know that they were going to abandon the life raft and that was it, that was the last we heard. Jamaica's lush interior is stunning, and the best way to see it is on a lazy river ride, being punted on your own personal bamboo raft. In such times, we cling desperately to the life raft of the First Amendment, yet we must also remain aware of its leaks and holes. While he was speaking thus to himself a great wave struck the raft, and made him leave hold of the rudder, and tossed him far away into the sea. A raft of top bosses and small-fry lieutenants have been nabbed since then. Include a life raft, an emergency-position-indicator radio, and signaling equipment. They assessed the damage and began readying the life raft when another huge wave washed them into the open sea. An oil slick surrounds the damaged carrier as an inflatable life raft deploys off her stern. In that precious time they tried unsuccessfully to launch the boat's inflatable life raft. A Royal Navy helicopter from HMS Seahawk has rescued five people who had been drifting in a life raft off the coast of Britain for a week. With 23 other survivors, he hung on to a small life raft until their rescue by a passing ship the following day. We all stood there for the longest time, like passengers on a sinking ship, waiting for a life raft. A similar failure of a life raft was reported in a Mayday incident last year in the North Channel off the north Antrim coast. He moved to the safety of his life raft, from which he was rescued by an all-weather lifeboat which took him back to Whitby. I was on vacation with my family and my father stopped at Red's to pick up life vests and a raft for the flight to Grand Bahama Islands. That required a whole raft of equipment and apparatus to meet that designation. It was always a sure-fire shocker for a monster to wade out of the reeds, roaring, and grab somebody off the raft. The raft roller-coastered, bounced through the rapids, slammed into turbulent water. A girl rows a raft made from banana-tree shoots in the flooded Samata, 35 km east of Guwahati, on Thursday. Show More Sentences He hugged her again, and she clung to him as if he was a raft in a rough sea. Also carried were a small life raft and small tent plus some fishing tackle, and a bottle of chemicals to ward off mosquitoes. Behind the black-sailed boat, a green bamboo raft skimmed atop the glimmering water some 40 yards away. Harris Tweed is protected by a raft of laws, stamps, and authentications that would make any copyright pirate balk. There were no lifejackets, raft or even an auxiliary boat for diver pick-up. As you would expect, the panellists tee-heed their way through a raft of horticultural phallic references. As the tiny sailor joined the rest of its crew, our eyes were drawn to a small raft of scaup. What matters is that it's understandable and can act as a backstop for a whole raft of specific tax cutting measures favored by conservatives. After trying to get some of the water out of my raft, my hands were just too cold to continue, and I had to stop bailing and try to warm them. Remember when we got busted by the Park Ranger for putting our raft in the retention pond? If you're thinking of building an escape raft, all you'll get is balsa wood. The life raft was spotted around three miles off the coast, and the five marooned sailors were winched to safety by the Navy aircraft. Since 1997, the UK construction sector has seen the introduction of a raft of legislative measures and incentives. The prospect of this raft of equity raising has seized and appalled the collective imagination of the City. The men quickly made for it, before the fog closed in again, and beached the lead raft, pulling the others quickly in. They had beached the raft and made their way on foot across a series of barren plains. We beach the raft and pull out our cameras as raft number two begins its run through the 400 metres of white water. The Law Society is currently dealing with a raft of complaints about solicitors who charged miners an additional fee on top. You can make a meal of meze along with the excellent freshly baked flatbread that washes up on the table like a puffy, sesame-crusted raft. Tracks from a raft of towering, beautifully-crafted LPs bounced majestically off that famous low Fibbers ceiling. Show More Sentences Management wanted to impose a raft of changes, including the introduction of shift work without penalty rates. Drifting upon the mirror-like lake surface on a bamboo raft offers both physical and mental enjoyment. Like a cork after its bottle, she follows her raft downstream until her companions haul her back on board. Ward and his video crew, afraid they'd miss out, commandeered an inflatable raft and shoved off downstream. On another side of the lake, we scoped a raft of Ruddy Ducks and shovelers, and a few pelicans even farther away. There's always a raft of psychological explanations for such antics but, as with most things, it's actually a lot easier than the shrinks think. That life raft still drifts, aimless and unanchored, on the surface of the vast and roiling ocean that is the self. White water poured over the sides of the raft which now was slewing down the wave, broadside into a maelstrom. If and when the liability crystallises from the raft of legal cases pending, the size of the national debt will rise, possibly by great sums. He grabbed his own bag and the first aid kit, throwing them onto the newly inflated raft before jumping from the plane just before the door became fully immersed. He spent 47 days on a raft and survived only to be captured by the Japanese. He was picked up nine miles south-east of the Isle of Man by a merchant vessel after his life raft drifted for about 20 hours from close to his home port of Kilkeel. Captain McDonald, two mates, two wheelsmen and two watchmen, all caught at the bow of the broken vessel, perished trying to ride their make-shift raft to Sand Island. It's worth bearing in mind, however, that regular savings accounts tend to have a raft of terms and conditions attached, so read the small print carefully before signing up. But the Government says it has brought forward a raft of equality legislation and has pumped record funds into the improving conditions for disabled people. Not far away is a makeshift raft of four innertubes tide together. Their raft grounded at the peak of Mount Parnassus, and they immediately gave thanks to the gods of the mountain and to the prophetess Themis, guardian of the oracle. He talks with doctors and scientists who study cognition, and cites a raft of research that bolsters his hypothesis. Behind him, he towed a raft outfitted with a coffin-size sleeping compartment and carrying fishing tackle, compass, sextant, and three portable water desalinators. I turned around and saw the sailor pointing at the life raft. Show More Sentences Gasping for air, I scramble towards the raft and, with my four bobbing companions, swim to the safety of the shore pushing the raft in front of us. Climbing some of the highest peaks in Wales, mountain biking for 20 miles and paddling across a reservoir on a self-made raft would be challenging enough for anyone. The hurried yells of the seaman brought Blaine's head up, and induced his head to lazily drift upwards, towards a large raft that had been shucked out to the bow. They oiled her down with kokowai to keep the cold out and they constructed a little raft out of raupo to keep the baby buoyant and out of the water. His life raft was attacked by sharks and shot at by Japanese aircraft during 47 days adrift at sea. But a raft of studies now shows that saturated fat does not increase your likelihood of vascular or heart disease. All the other campers were gone to either river raft or kayak, and the campground was totally quiet, all you could hear were the crickets and an occasional moo from a cow. She masterfully ties insights on love and loss to the harrowing fear as she is flipped out of a raft in one of the Grand Canyon's deadliest rapids. Also it can be seen that the smaller diameter raft has reached to its ultimate capacity at smaller settlement than that of the raft of larger diameter. Within minutes, they had the raft inflated and on the water. They worked together to help survivors jump from the ship into the raft. When the tide came in the raft floated and was then attached to a boat. The only segment in which Gleeson does expect a rebound is in the financial sector, where she is expecting a raft of merger and acquisition activity to follow the slump. Orr takes me on a terrifying spin in a blow-up raft down the Lagan. The captain and his crew were left drifting aimlessly on the tiny raft after their boat, the Gullborg, exploded south of Shetland almost 32 years ago. The raft of measures announced by the government last week, however, will bring real new money to those already retired and living on the breadline. The name Zodiac was a pun to anyone who knew about the little raft. Clamping down on anti-social behaviour and giving victims a fairer deal in court are among a raft of crime-related measures and reforms announced in the Queen's Speech. The Mitta Mitta rose to the occasion with a river level of 1.7m, approaching the 2m cut-off mark when nobody is permitted to kayak or raft the river. But as much as the hurricane has dominated the news, not everyone is in need of a life raft. Show More Sentences I'm trying to hold back a whole raft of feelings, but they keep bobbing and pitching to the surface, threatening to break loose and shoot the rapids once and for all. Mooney quickly inflated his life raft, sent out an SOS signal and drifted for fourteen days before he was rescued. Its foundations took the form of a concrete raft, whose design had been approved by the council on the recommendation of independent consulting engineers. Let these eight Wordbirds-for-the-Shutdown serve as a linguistic life raft to float you to safe harbor. Am and Andy swam as fast as they could to the floating raft. They were taking down our coordinates every 15 minutes in case we got washed under and had to take the rubber raft and jump into our survival suits. All the other campers had gone to either river raft or kayak, and the campground was totally quiet, all you could hear were the crickets and an occasional moo from a cow. When a storm suddenly rolls in and crashes their boat into a reef, Paul and Barbara man an inflatable life raft and head for the costal town of Imboca for help. In the inquiry report the Captain was criticised for failing to set up a proper lookout and for failing to deploy his vessel's lifebuoys and life raft. Too often we hear people in modern sport trying to take the pressure off themselves by lowering expectations, inflating the life raft in case things go wrong. As a result, he came upon and rescued four people in an emergency raft. The body of the unknown sailor, believed to have come from the Sydney, was recovered from a life raft off Christmas Island the following February. Mr Peek, who organised a raft of Golden Jubilee beacons in 2002, delivered the crystal to the Tower of London yesterday evening. Therefore, if unrestricted competition forced price to equal marginal cost in core industries, it would eventually lead to a raft of bankruptcies. More than 50 employers take part in the Sharrow project which uses a raft of display boards in shops and libraries to advertise details of job opportunities. They will get off the sinking ship, and jump on the life raft. The new laws will subject them to a raft of compulsory orders which will exacerbate rather than resolve the causes of their resentment and hostility. Newcastle's helicopter saw a strobe light and beacon overnight and early Friday morning located the yacht's life raft and crew near Duff Reef off of the Fijian Islands. The problem has been largely overlooked by employers as they struggle to cope with the continuing raft of legislation and changes which affect them on an almost daily basis. Musharraf is facing a raft of charges, the most significant of which is his imposition of emergency over five years ago. Show More Sentences Another raft of network and cable TV series came down pilot pipeline this spring, and Hollywood and Madison Avenue's bets appeared again to be oddly placed. National opposes this bill because far from simply correcting that inadvertent error, it creates a whole new raft of radical, new, legal instruments. Goldman, wisely, does not raise a raft of questions that drown a writer in the answering. The commission has already called for a raft of new ways of checking ballots, including the collection of signatures and dates of birth at registration for postal voting. Negotiating even modest revisions of existing agreements can sometimes take years, and getting a raft of new ones arranged in short order will be difficult. Introduced under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 2001, the tickets cover a raft of minor public order and anti-social behaviour offences. A lone survivor was found in a life raft floating aimlessly in the ocean. A child is about to be wrapped in a blanket after being brought ashore in a life raft on the Greek island of Paros from the sinking ferry, Express Samina, in this TV image. They were discovered on board by the crew and cast adrift on a life raft. In the raft with him went four principal subject chiefs, decked in plumes, crowns, bracelets, pendants and ear rings all of gold. They are covered by the Arena which was joined to the station by means of a raft above them. Nuclear power is a case in point having a raft of hidden subsidies, one of them being its uninsurable risks. Dave Evans, of Atherstone, has built a raft made of two lilos for a pair of breeding swans near his home to nest in. In January 2003, a Nortek acoustic Doppler velocimeter was placed in the middle of a seeded mussel raft at a 5-m depth for a period of 5 days. Daven Harrison got into difficulties while swimming beside the raft in a area of rapids near the town Lumberland. Both products confirm to SOLAS regulations and IMO GMDSS requirements, and can be stored in a life raft pack or other survival craft. A raft of migrant species also thrived, such as bee-eaters, exotic birds from southern Europe which nested successfully on the Isle of Wight. Yeager took the photo while balancing on a raft in a muddy Jamaican swamp. Activities include pedalo, kayak, rowing boat and sailing dinghy hire as well as raft building and sailing on the River Clwyd. Complaints about the raft of security measures are dismissed. Show More Sentences From outright bans to free-for-alls, we look at how e-cigarettes have prompted a raft of new laws across the globe. Instead, use a shopping robot or shopbot, which scans a raft of retailers to find the cheapest price including delivery. An Arctic fox is also helpful in her journey, changing her homemade raft into a magic, speaking raft they name Lucky-Jumpy-Rafty. Carmarthenshire NHS Trust, in west Wales, has sent out letters to 528 patients informing them a raft of complex rechecks must be carried out. Do not triumphally grind your workforce farther into the dirt with a raft of redundancies. I have a 14-foot raft and a cataraft, which is a raft with two pontoons and a frame that can carry me and two other passengers. Instead of a raft floating down the Mississip,' it'll be a clickity clack across the desert. A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert. Pizarro's main pilot sailed south and, after crossing the equator, captured a raft from Tumbes. On that basis, the two emperors began peace negotiations at the town of Tilsit after meeting on an iconic raft on the River Niemen. When the bird returns to the fisherman's raft, the fisherman helps the bird to remove the fish from its throat. As soon as those on the raft began to burn incense, they also lit braziers on the shore, so that the smoke hid the light of day. The first work consisted of the construction of a vast concrete raft to serve as the building's foundation. Walton watches as the Creature drifts away on an ice raft that is soon lost in darkness and distance, never to be seen again. Our yachties, too, ruled the Olympic waves benefitting from pounds 22 million pre-Olympic funding to sail away with a raft of medals. Teams of eight will follow five different courses to jog, bicycle, kayak, roller skate, and either canoe, raft, or racewalk. However, just five years ago Rada was studying at a government school and had never even been near a raft or held a paddle. A raft of thrillers, sci-fi movies, and sinister dramas followed. He points to the possibility of using steaming for other recipes ideas and adds that whole chicken fillet presents a raft of NPD opportunities. The approved life raft is compact and lightweight and enables passengers and crew to evacuate in case of an emergency landing on water. Show More Sentences They spotted what they believed to be a life raft drifting nine miles north west of the lifeboat station. Though life raft provides some benefits, survivors still have to fight with starvation and dehydration. Either we do something and get into the life raft now, or we could go over with the boat and end up in the water with no life raft. This egg raft adheres to the seaweed, where it is fertilised by the male. The volunteers who come from across the company, including managing director Stuart Cameron, entered the life raft at 5pm on Friday and remained inside until 5pm on Saturday. Monday evening the pirates ordered them to abandon ship and put them in a life raft, which was found drifting in the Celebes Sea at the time of rescue, Balutan said. The RNLI yesterday released video footage of the life raft from the boat. Standard equipment on the Astra VXR includes FlexRide adaptive damping, DAB, USB, Bluetooth and LED tail lights, plus a whole raft of visual and interior power dressing. That will require fundamental change for a country that has fallen from the headiest days of double-digit growth, and now faces a raft of problems. During the ceremony which took place at the lagoon, they made a raft of rushes, embellishing and decorating it with the most attractive things they had. The concluding part of their quest to find the Nile sees the three using a small raft to cross crocodile-infested waters and progress to Lake Victoria. In 2011, a concrete raft was built near the bottom of the shaft, above the tracks, when the tunnel was upgraded for the London Overground network. It says something about the girl's ability or luck in shaping and securing the tent that not once did it begin to fold or come loose from its cinchings to the raft. The Hongxiang 538 pinged a rescue signal to a nearby boat and before they lost signal, the crew said they were about to take the life raft, according to the safety agency. Gone are the days when the design police deemed the convertible a thing of the history books and in has come a raft of folding hardtops and ragtops that take the breath away. It took away all the uncomfortableness and we felt mighty good over it, because it would a been a miserable business to have any unfriendliness on the raft. The vessel was caught in winds between 148 and 185 kilometers per hour, and one of its hatches was blown off along with its life raft, the Coast Guard said. England, looking for talent, went through a whole raft of new players during this period, such as Ronnie Irani, Adam Hollioake, Craig White, Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash. It is unclear how the family was going to survive at sea but AP reports that the family was going to make an improvised raft by tying a cooler and life rings together. Among these was the concept of extracting power from the angular motion at the joints of an articulated raft, which was proposed in the 1950s by Masuda. Show More Sentences Odysseus builds a raft and is given clothing, food, and drink by Calypso. With few provisions and no navigational equipment on the raft, the situation rapidly deteriorated. When Wray pulls on a flimsy robe to cover her scanties to answer the door, gentleman caller Raft tries to make a move on her. He vainly affects a George Raft hairdo and would-be virile gestures that go soft before they are half over. They are home to species such as the large heath Butterfly the Fen Raft Spider and the Manchester Treble-bar moth. Each July the Chester Raft Race is held on the River Dee in aid of charity. Raft off-licence, in Yarm Road, Darlington, has re-opened after a major shop extension and fit out. Each July the Chester Raft Race is held on the Dee in aid of charity. Examples from Classical Literature On that raft was tied a bit of peccary meat, the only morsel of food he had in the world. He swam in his Tn afrgh1486 and got out of the water without coming on the raft again. A balza raft was built out of large trunks of the Bombax ceiba, which, being light wood, was the best for the purpose. It was chancing death, since once out of our lashings we were as exposed as if on a raft. But he stole our raft, and he is a counterfeiter, and there's a reward offered for him. Margaret and Miss King eventually got away on the raft, and were picked up by the steamer korona. Paul then signed to the raft and to the reef, as much as to tell the other to withdraw his party. Almost immediately, one of the saw-toothed fins reappeared, much nearer the raft than before. Seventy feet below him was the raft and its occupants, glowing in the torchlight. Washington tried with his setting-pole to stop the raft and let the ice run by. Curtis, dowlas, the boatswain, and the sailors did what they could to strengthen the raft with additional ropes. They crossed the river on a raft, and camped a mile and a half beyond, in a drenching rain. Handily Joe reeved a purchase and they hauled away until their raft slid off the sloping deck to leeward. The great raft was not there, nor were there any indications that it had revisited the carcass. Once, indeed, the raft grounded upon a subaqueous reef, and threatened going to pieces. Dad says he cal'lates we'll have to build a raft to get to the henhouse on. It was the raft which the surveyors from the embarcadero had just abandoned. But nobody came, and in a few minutes more the raft was again in midstream. A fore-topgallant studding-sail had been hauled on board the raft, and this set on a spar served them as a sail. For a long time he lay there, then rising stiffly, made his way down the ledge to drag the raft ashore and unlash the sleds. Show More Sentences On this coast we again meet with wooden canoes, although the balsa, or tule raft, is also in use. Not wishing to lose time in constructing a raft, they followed up the west bank of the stream for several miles. Such waves will often buffer off a canoe or batteau, and they must have helped some with the raft. This is sometimes accomplished by the use of a swimming raft or water wings. And the next thing I knew I was goin' down in the elevator with me fist grippin' that bank book like it was a life raft. I'd have shared my life raft with any poor devil the same as I did with you. The corner of the raft had impinged against some ice that was piled on the beach. He fenced the raft all round with wicker hurdles as a protection against the waves, and then he threw on a quantity of wood. At Grange-Over-Sands, children will be involved in raft building, caving, climbing and ghyll scrambling. When we got back to the raft and he come to count up he found he had collected eighty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents. After they had a good start the band on the raft began to play. Bell had a raft of canes afloat beside the amphibian when she waked. Situated at Loggerheads Country Park, Denbighshire, the festival promises a raft of entertainment. I fidgeted up and down the raft, abusing myself to myself, and Jim was fidgeting up and down past me. We'll get lost in buried cities, ride down raging torrents on a raft, fall over a cliff maybe and be rescued. Moreover, there are other matters of which it is not well to speak, that shall serve you as a raft whereon to swim to power. And when all of them were tied on, the raft floated like a bladder. As if he were not capable of controlling a raft or a bonfire! I have seen a raft built of cedar logs and cedar bark ropes in an hour. So I CHARTERED the raft and the crew and took all the responsibilities on myself. Show More Sentences This was the first raft of logs to go down the St. Croix river. Last of all, with the help of levers, he drew the raft down into the water. Ikey on the raft was bewailing the loss of some of his duffle. Although a more expensive prospect than many current track bikes, the H2 R's performance should ensure a raft of sales. The other oar was smashed off, and the raft was littered up with leaves and branches and dirt. They had no time to answer him, for the raft was swept past the house and a long distance on the other side of it. And yet, is it not taking to the raft before the ship has foundered? May the 17th they ferried across the Genesee River on a log raft. He grinned as he drew his service pack from the two-log cedar raft. The shakiness of his little raft dissuaded him, and he abandoned the idea. They saw a fire smouldering upon a great raft a hundred yards above, and they went stealthily thither and helped themselves to a chunk. The sea took the raft and tossed it about as Autumn winds whirl thistledown round and round upon a road. Find more words! 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