noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
fly
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But to leave it there is about as practical as learning to fly an aeroplane by reading a book on the subject.
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Four months ago, you know, he could not even fly an aeroplane .
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Throughout 1912 he test flew aeroplanes for Ducrocq and also instructed novice pilots at the Ducrocq-Lawford Flying School.
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Right from the start the military way of flying an aeroplane is different.
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Years of flying so many different aeroplanes with different cockpits and harnesses can make escape very difficult.
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Using a quarter mill correctly requires practice - like flying an aeroplane .
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Never having flown in an aeroplane , I was unable to corroborate this view.
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I have never flown in an aeroplane , and I never will!
make
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This construction proved very successful and, with minor modifications, is still the standard way of making aeroplanes .
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He loped up the street in zigzags, swooping and making aeroplane noises.
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Though this makes many passengers change aeroplanes , it is highly efficient for the airlines themselves.
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My six-year old daughter has ominously started making paper aeroplanes and dividing them into teams.
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I was doing my war work making aeroplanes .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Entebbe is where you came on the aeroplane .
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He loped up the street in zigzags, swooping and making aeroplane noises.
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It started on the aeroplane on the way out.
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One of the officers showed me into the aeroplane and himself sat down in the pilot's seat.
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She recalled no aeroplanes flying over the heath.
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The aeroplane fell apart when it hit the ground.
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The remainder will replace older aeroplanes.