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Meanings of construct a raft in English

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Usage of construct a raft in English
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Hawsepipe evidently knew how to construct a raft upon scientific principles.
Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Rev...
2
Would it not be better to construct a raft and go all together?
The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
3
We brought with us some barrels to construct a raft.
With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman
4
His first idea was to construct a raft.
The Lifeboat
5
She therefore instructed the hero how to construct a raft, for which she herself wove the sails.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
6
There were the hatches, certainly; but there would scarcely be time to construct a raft out of them.
True Blue
7
I wanted to see whether there were some trees, by which we could construct a raft, near its bank.
In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado
8
Could they construct a raft?
For the Term of His Natural Life
9
Unless you don't think we can construct a raft...
The Hyperion Cantos
10
I suggested that we should construct a raft, as the reeds which fringed the bank would supply us with abundance of material.
Adventures in Africa / By an African Trader
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There was no way they could construct a raft and pole their way across, because there would be nothing to construct it from.
The nomad
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Her boats were knocked to pieces; there was no time to construct a raft, and the sea was too rough to launch one.
True Blue
13
There was no time to construct a raft large enough to carry them, and they would have to swim the river, towing their belongings.
The Sword of Shannara
14
He proposed to construct a raft strong enough to carry the passengers, and a sufficient quantity of provisions, to the coast of New Zealand.
In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
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He even laughed aloud as he pictured them toiling, as he had toiled the evening before, to construct a raft on which to escape.
Raftmates: A Story of the Great River
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It now seemed necessary either to construct a raft of some kind, or else to retrace my steps and remount the banks of the Jordan.
Eothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
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