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gangway - use in sentences
Converse of object
- obstruct: Bicycles must not be placed where they could obstruct any gangway or any passenger entrance or exit.
- block: Reducing the risk to health and safety - no more blocked gangways!
- keep: Try to avoid the awkward " estate agent shuffle " by keeping all gangways clear.
- have: We were sure the Jimmy had the gangway wired up to an alarm in his cabin, he missed nothing!
- litter: A large dead pig littered the gangway alongside a foraging rat.
Preposition: at
- end: There is a gangway at unit ends, but the corridor connection is hidden behind doors.
Adjective modifier
- narrow: I had to check the engine compartment which has a narrow gangway running past the engine from cab to cab.
- central: The central gangway widens toward the west, which is rather pleasing.
- wide: Access to the yacht is via a wide gangway, which rests at the same level as the quayside.
- new: Wemyss Bay's new gangway is coming along at a great pace, over the last 6 weeks it has been assembled.
- adjustable: We have constructed a special automatically adjustable gangway that compensates for the movements of the tide.
- wooden: A cheer went up from the ship as the first children reached the wooden gangway and climbed excitedly on board.
Modifies a noun
- connection: BG Van A brake van with gangway connections, suitable for use in corridor trains.
- door: The entrance was via the gangway door to the right.
- width: There is a gangway width of 90cm from the changing room.
- side: Both of these controls were placed on the gangway side of each first class seat.
Noun used with modifier
- passenger: The passenger gangway was cleared at 12:18, with the stern ramp secured at 12:24.
- side: Based on bodies supplied to Barton in 1939-42, they had side gangways in the upper saloon which permitted a height reduction.
- end: The end gangway nearest the luggage area has been removed.
- center: We were ushered through the main front-door into what seemed a spacious hall, with seats arranged on either side of a center gangway.
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