I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bus ticket
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She lost her bus ticket.
a concert ticket
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Concert tickets are available from $17.50.
a rail ticket
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a first-class rail ticket
an entry ticket (= a ticket that allows you to enter a place )
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The holiday includes a 2-day entry ticket to the Euro Disneyland Theme Park.
big ticket
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big ticket items such as cars or jewelry
book a ticket
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It’s cheaper if you book your train ticket in advance.
car/ticket/book etc sales
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Car sales have fallen every month for the past two years.
dream ticket
electronic ticketing
hot ticket (= an event that is very popular or fashionable, and that everyone wants to go and see )
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The movie is going to be this summer’s hot ticket .
information/ticket etc office
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the tourist office
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Is there a lost property office?
meal ticket
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There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her.
parking ticket
raffle tickets
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a woman selling raffle tickets
season ticket holder (= someone who owns a season ticket )
season ticket
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an annual season ticket
split ticket
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split-ticket voting
straight ticket
tax/ticket/debt/refuse collector
ticket tout
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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Even at £19.99 for a top-of-the-range silk masterpiece, ties are not exactly big ticket items.
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The economic slump has dried up the big-ticket multi-billion yen projects that the majors used to thrive on.
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This year, Big Game tickets for non-season-ticket-holders are $ 50, a $ 15 increase from last season.
free
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Benefits include generous holiday entitlement, interest free season ticket loan and excellent sports and social facilities.
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The one big difference is that you won't have to pick up a free ticket at the exhibition prior to the race.
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Patrols may be honored in the school or community with parades, free tickets to see the local team, or banquets.
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Customers clamour at the counter as thick as if they were handing out free tickets to Dublin.
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He gets free and cheap tickets through the magazine.
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The three best in the judges' opinion will receive two free tickets each to see the show.
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He often scored free tickets and would get rides to the shows from the fans.
hot
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The Final Four has become the hottest ticket in sports, even harder to get than Super Bowl tickets.
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A host of shops in town rent equipment and sell a combination ski slope / hot spring discount ticket .
return
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The cost of the return tickets for Diana and her sons is more than £7,000.
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Nevertheless, in accordance with the regulations of the shipping company, they had all been obliged to buy return tickets .
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At the inquest they said he probably hadn't intended to kill himself because he had a return ticket in his pocket.
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His first realization that he was not alone came when he booked a return Business-Class ticket at the Sabena counter.
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What nit gave him a return ticket ?
single
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Fans should note that single day tickets do not include camping and car parking.
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We are selling more single tickets .
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The First Class single ticket printed as two halves was an interesting economy measure.
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He and Margaret went with their luggage to Victoria Station and booked single tickets to Berlin.
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A one-way crossing in a car will cost $ 30, a single rail ticket just over $ 7.50.
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A single ticket costs 35 francs.
■ NOUN
agency
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The good news is that we've got the ticket agencies on our side.
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In New York, regulation of ticket agencies has been a disaster.
air
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Get yourself an air ticket , Bob!
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Bus tickets cost one-fourth to one-third the price of an air ticket.
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Neither does the inquirer need to come with a programme almost ready made wanting the centre only to book the air tickets .
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Miscellaneous conditions Civil Aviation regulations specify that both the outbound and inbound sections of the air ticket must be used.
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I took a week's holiday and paid for my air ticket myself.
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For instance, the private costs of providing air travel are indicated by the price of air tickets .
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Health chiefs spent another £350,000 on air tickets , accommodation and lavish entertaining for the firm's executives and their wives.
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Those responsible for running major contracts in more remote locations may be on a bachelor status with more frequent air tickets .
airline
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It is quicker at some things than the internet-booking train or airline tickets especially.
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When should you buy an airline ticket ?
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Inside the envelope was an airline ticket , an open ticket on Concorde.
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The background here is that, until Dec. 31, the price of an airline ticket included a 10 percent tax.
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Travel office Rauraje Deshprabhu will fix any of your local needs, and additional airline tickets .
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The airline tickets can be delivered by mail, picked up through a travel agent or at airline ticket counter.
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A cheque book and an airline ticket - that is all it needed to bathe in that heat so far away.
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The airline tickets can be delivered by mail, picked up through a travel agent or at airline ticket counter.
collector
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We were advised by the ticket collector to catch an ordinary train, but the train didn't turn up.
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He persuaded the ticket collector to delay a moment longer, and his day brightened as she drew closer.
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So ticket collectors would strike while train drivers worked normally.
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Patiently she waited beside the ticket collector till Gloria came running breathlessly across the station towards her.
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He's also the ticket collector and good friend to the passengers.
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One delegate recounted what an Oxford ticket collector told her.
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He's ticket collector , too.
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On most trains the wheelchair passengers will be cared for by the ticket collector .
dream
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It really was a dream ticket for women.
holder
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Peter is a season ticket holder at Ibrox - on Tiree!
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And with 20 of the team's 28 scheduled home games canceled, season-ticket holders are out about $ 464,000.
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But season ticket holders will not get their first discounts until January 1993.
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Meanwhile, season ticket holders will likely be listed as creditors in the team's bankruptcy filings.
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Sunderland season ticket holders can buy tickets today, tomorrow and Wednesday.
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Baer said season ticket holders who ordered their seats before Jan. 16 would be able buy them at 1997 prices.
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These will be available to season tickets holders on production of spare voucher No.37 from tomorrow until next Tuesday.
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Partygoers inside and ticket holders lined up outside the packed concert hall were outraged.
lottery
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Informal sector activities include such occupations as street-vending of lottery tickets , food, combs, cigarettes and the inevitable chewing gum.
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By comparison, lottery tickets can be bought as easily as chewing gum at hundreds of retail outlets and news agents.
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Selling lottery tickets among your friends is one way; recruiting new members is another.
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It was an unlikely gift, a winning lottery ticket that had dropped from the sky, and that was all.
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There were blind men begging, selling lottery tickets .
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As the cantor was reciting the Eighteen Benedictions, one fellow was trying to sell a lottery ticket .
parking
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Inside was a summons for non-payment of a parking ticket .
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A traffic warden, finding an empty car, gave the Vicar a parking ticket .
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There was a parking ticket neatly tucked under the windshield wiper.
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Two bills and a threatening letter about a parking ticket .
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Park in a well-lit area or use an attended car park and never leave your parking ticket in the car!
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Read in studio A man has been fined £1200 after failing to display a car parking ticket .
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Charles ended up with a clean bill of health and a parking ticket .
plane
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In the afternoon he ran through light rain to buy a plane ticket home.
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He remained calm, made a call and forked out $ 700 of his own money for a plane ticket .
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The family - without plane tickets and passports - had to talk their way past airport officials on their homeward journey.
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She bought a one-way plane ticket to terra incognita: the United States.
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All because she didn't have the money to buy a plane ticket or even a bus ticket.
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Pond said his plane ticket was paid for by Anderson.
price
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Dial TICKETlink for immediate information on concerts, theatre, events, ticket prices and availability.
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At the very least they should cut ticket prices , which have become unaffordable for the average family.
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The ticket price includes a fork supper and glass of wine.
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Suppose the symphony could get away with higher ticket prices because loyal patrons would keep buying.
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Admittedly, ticket prices for the terraces will be about a third higher than in Schalke's old ground.
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Performance times and tickets prices vary.
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Dean Mansfield says the ticket price is redeemable and he hopes to claim most of it back from the airline.
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The new ticket prices will go into effect April 12, the Giants' Opening Day.
raffle
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Many volunteers acted as models or helped behind the scenes with refreshments and raffle tickets .
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Both the counterfoil and the voting slip have identical numbers printed on them similar to a cloakroom or raffle tickets .
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Anyway, one of them told me to stay and gave me a raffle ticket .
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Check up on possible sales of raffle tickets .
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If one does not have a raffle ticket one's chances are zero.
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Pensioner Walter Niblet pulled the dreaded raffle ticket from the bucket to become manager for season 87/88.
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Hundreds of raffle tickets were sold and the winning tickets drawn.
rail
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Meeting the plane at Heathrow I carried just one rail ticket from London to Sheffield.
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The robber, who had a skinhead haircut, took £30 and a rail ticket .
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A one-way crossing in a car will cost $ 30, a single rail ticket just over $ 7.50.
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Boots' two-for-the-price-of-one rail ticket offer; and plans to extend cheap Apex fares to all routes.
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If I buy a rail ticket for two persons, I am issued separate tickets.
season
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For £14.50 you can buy a season ticket to last four months.
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Colangelo and his staff are taking the positive approach as far as season tickets are concerned.
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So if you're likely to need more than 14 items in 12 months a season ticket will save you money.
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Baer said season ticket holders who ordered their seats before Jan. 16 would be able buy them at 1997 prices.
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Benefits include generous holiday entitlement, interest free season ticket loan and excellent sports and social facilities.
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Meanwhile, season ticket holders will likely be listed as creditors in the team's bankruptcy filings.
theatre
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Milton would get you theatre tickets , special hotel rates, restaurant reservations and still wonder if you needed anything more.
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This includes theatre tickets , and transport from the hotel to the theatre.
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The theatre special of £38.00 per person includes en-suite room, Yorkshire breakfast and theatre ticket .
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Reasonably priced theatre tickets and affordable health care are tangible.
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One concert or theatre ticket is included in the price, other tickets are available on request.
train
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Only at level 14 and above can you buy a soft sleeper train ticket .
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He turned a small cardboard rectangle over and over between his fingers: the train ticket .
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The price of train tickets can vary from the reasonable to the ridiculous.
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He purchased a train ticket with the money he had left.
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It was just costing them a lot of money in phone calls and train tickets to London.
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Getting there is relatively easy - Nick's train ticket cost £140 and he travelled direct from London on the Warsaw Express.
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There is panic buying of food, air tickets , train tickets, everything.
■ VERB
advance
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Seven hours of sensational dancing begin at 6 p. m. Advance tickets are $ 20, $ 25 at the door.
book
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The trip is now fully booked and money for tickets should be paid in as soon as possible.
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Police Superintendent Tony Thompson said 144 passengers had booked tickets , but there could have been more or fewer aboard.
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We booked our return tickets to Rome well in advance and got some great fares.
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But if you can book a ticket , the fare is good for nearly a year.
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It is quicker at some things than the internet-\#booking train or airline tickets especially.
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Most carriers require that travel begin within seven days of booking of a bereavement ticket .
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And then, protected against the pitfalls of this curious patois, you can book your ticket to Tokyo in complete confidence.
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And without more ado he booked his one-way ticket .
buy
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They could not buy tickets in advance, so they queue like docile cattle.
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In all, about 15, 000 fans bought season tickets before a December 1988 deadline.
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For £40.00 you can buy a season ticket to last 12 months.
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Now you have to find an airfare and buy a ticket .
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Months ago the couple had bought tickets for a Benjamin Britten concert in Aldeburgh.
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Why not drop by and buy a ticket ?
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In the afternoon he ran through light rain to buy a plane ticket home.
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From the time she had bought the tickets out of her savings she had not been entirely free of fear.
get
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Then he got a job selling tickets on the railways, and left home.
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All I wanted to know was who got our tickets .
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The good news is that we've got the ticket agencies on our side.
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C., woman fumed outside the museum where a crowd stood hoping to get a ticket to hear Wiesel.
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In Said v. Butt the plaintiff wished to get a ticket for X's theatre.
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Best motorcycle accomplishment: getting a ticket on a Kawasaki 650 in Palo Alto for going 105 in a 35 zone.
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In the evening, Aubrey's got tickets for Covent Garden.
issue
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Chaplin's also issued railway tickets .
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They can be issued traffic and parking tickets , and the State Department can revoke their vehicle registration or license.
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But they had been issued with first class tickets .
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Taking a booking and issuing a personalised ticket now takes just one minute compared with up to 10 minutes using a manual system.
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If I buy a bus ticket for two persons, I am issued separate tickets.
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The organiser of the chosen rally should issue a ticket to their event free of charge, in exchange for the voucher.
obtain
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There are a limited number of places on each walk so it is best to obtain your ticket in advance.
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Nowadays, it is an achievement to obtain a ticket for any international.
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Please be sure to obtain your tickets direct from the Royal Albert Hall during February.
sell
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I can see a policeman by the place they sell tickets .
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Y., which sold 140, 000 tickets for a two-day fest.
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At the very least, the outlets which sold the tickets before the official date should never again be involved in distribution.
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Stations of the Pennsylvania Railroad were used for picking up passengers and selling tickets .
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The trust thank all clubs who assisted by selling tickets .
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The Marlins might have had trouble selling tickets for the Giants series, but not this one.
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They also help Milan to sell tickets .
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The company annually sells about 60 million tickets in the United States for thousands of entertainment events.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
second-class ticket/fare/compartment/cabin etc
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I wanted two second-class tickets to Coimbra.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a parking ticket
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He has already boosted the ticket sales.
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Please check your tickets carefully as mistakes can not be rectified later!
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Polls taken in California before Kemp was added to the ticket had Clinton beating Dole by 27 points.
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Sales are so grim they are offering individual game tickets, although the response has been tepid.
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San Francisco has been the hottest seller since single-game tickets went on sale.
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The shutters were firmly closed at the ticket booth, the waxwork policemen staring with sightless eyes at passers-by.
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TheTrainLine offers secure internet ticket sales for trains operated by all 25 franchisees on the Railtrack network.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Sanders was ticketed for speeding.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Last Labor Day, he was ticketed at Exit 43.