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Examples
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We can just make the 7.15 in time to catch the last boat-train to Paris
princeofcairo: Things We Know About Paris So Far princeofcairo 2009
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There was such a crowd of immigrant type West Indians on the boat-train platform at Waterloo that I was glad I was travelling first class to the West-Indies.
The Lessons of the Master Buruma, Ian 2008
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His journey is too important for the ordinary boat-train.
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I immediately requested a weekend leave, and took the boat-train to London.
The Pursuit of Happiness Douglas Kennedy 2001
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I immediately requested a weekend leave, and took the boat-train to London.
The Pursuit of Happiness Douglas Kennedy 2001
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It was after pulling off the first shoe against his feeble protest that I realized why he had taken the boat-train instead of a plane.
The Luxembourg Run Ellin, Stanley 1977
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Perhaps there'd be a bunch of shamrocks and a couple of tickets for the Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire boat-train for good measure, too.
War Game Price, Anthony 1976
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They had come through from Rangoon without a hitch, and had run into Charing Cross by the boat-train the day before.
Jack Haydon's Quest John Finnemore
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Owing to a breakdown on the line the boat-train from Marseilles crawled into the Gare du Lyon a couple of hours late.
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Waterloo Bridge and across the Strand, brought us to Euston just as the boat-train was timed to start.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider William Henry Lowe Watson
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