Example sentences of "[prep] the aircraft [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The high-level officials from State Department stamped their feet on the tarmac and waited for the aircraft doors to open . |
| 2 | Then the father in the book had a fatal heart attack and she went white , putting it down , tears burning her eyes as the aircraft engines whined on and on , and the Oriental stewardesses moved gracefully around the cabin , collecting drinks and trays . |
| 3 | The Royal Navy formed a special squadron , No 815 , to carry these decoys on Lynx helicopters aboard the aircraft carriers in the South Atlantic . |
| 4 | Daylight streamed through the aircraft windows . |
| 5 | Maybe it was the hypnotic , rhythmic drone of the aircraft engines , or the sheer emotional exhaustion of the past few hours , but there seemed little she could do to suppress the memories she had so resolutely buried during the last five years . |
| 6 | Rachel twisted and turned in her sleep , waking occasionally to hear the constant throb of the aircraft engines , then falling asleep again . |
| 7 | My grandfather , who was one of the aircraft pioneers , told me that he had a long argument with Cody about whether a certain member was in tension or in compression in flight . |
| 8 | By this time several of the aircraft crews that had found the Argosy made arrangements to ferry its crew and passengers to safety . |
| 9 | First , there is n't much left of the building and second , some of the aircraft pieces were lost or had blown more than a mile away . |
| 10 | It is only at the foot of the aircraft steps , with the propellers starting to down out his protests , that Leonard discovers that Maria will not be coming with him to London . |
| 11 | With the very poor Artificial Horizon presentation in average aircraft , the pitch attitude will be expressed in terms of the Horizon Bar thickness , or width as it is sometimes called , each attitude being the relationship of the top of the aircraft symbols wings on top of the Horizon Bar . |
| 12 | 1992 will be remembered by the consultancy arm for many projects , including the successful completion of the aircraft hangars at St Athan , Cardiff , and the buildings at Lower Shakespeare Cliff for TML . |
| 13 | The prospect of amalgamation led to a bitter battle amongst the aircraft contractors over the TSR 2 , in which only the fittest and most ruthless firms survived . |
| 14 | When an aircraft went on detachment , it was normal practice for those on board to stow their personal baggage in the bomb bays along with the aircraft spares and tool kits and this trip was no exception . |
| 15 | On leave , he showed no interest in the worshipping beauties who crowded to sleep with him , but spent his time in conversation with the aircraft designers . |
| 16 | Most of the US Navy fleet , including the aircraft carriers was elsewhere , but the battleships Arizona , West Virginia , California , Oklahoma , Nevada , Pennsylvania , Tennessee and Maryland were at anchor . |
| 17 | We alighted from the aircraft steps onto the only paved surface on the island . |
| 18 | He had been met by the Defence Ministry people , who had taken him directly from the aircraft steps , but no one had said a word on the way into the city . |
| 19 | ( The Cincinatti Corollary , as it is known , is to stay in the departure lounge until the aircraft leaves . |
| 20 | When starting out in the aircraft spares business , twenty Tiger Moth wings were acquired , which after a period in storage were deemed to be taking up too much space , so reluctantly they were taken out into the back yard and burnt . |
| 21 | ‘ A lot of us used to play poker on the set or in the aircraft hangars on location . |
| 22 | Inside the aircraft passengers sat on wicker chairs , often surrounded by mail bags . |
| 23 | Determined and persistent concentration on the aircraft instruments is often required to overcome the feeling of disorientation . |
| 24 | With a not overlong flying display that runs from 2pm in the afternoon until 6pm in the evening , plenty of time is available to roam among the aircraft parks and view whatever is the viewer 's fancy . |
| 25 | The French commission of inquiry found that the modification to the cargo door locking and vent mechanisms had been only partially carried out by the aircraft manufacturers before delivery to Turkish Airlines in December 1972 , six months after the Windsor accident . |