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Meanings of whole prison in English

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Usage of whole prison in English
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The whole prison was covered by a network of lines of communication.
The Road
2
The whole prison began to sound, in the calmness of dawn, like a harp.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
3
He found Josephs dead under the fangs of Hawes, and the whole prison groaning.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
4
I know how busy he must be preparing to run the whole prison system.
Hunter's moon: a novel
5
If the warders beat him, the whole prison took it as a personal affront.
The Slab
6
They found something in Sussex II last night, and the whole prison went into lockdown.
I'd know you anywhere
7
The smoke soon became suffocating, and crept up into the ranges above, alarming the whole prison.
The Subterranean Brotherhood
8
And there's the whole prison camp system too.
Lost in translation
9
The whole prison was in a ferment.
Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure
10
Hundreds of tests have taken place at the prisons mentioned, and thousands more across the whole prison estate.
The Guardian
11
This was immediately sent away for liquor, and the whole prison soon was filled with riot, laughter, and prophaneness.
The Vicar of Wakefield
12
Whether it becomes a whole prison or not...
Radio NZ
13
Favoritism rules in all parts of the prison administration; it and prison politics are, indeed, twin curses of our whole prison system.
The Subterranean Brotherhood
14
Never, during my whole prison life, did I see so much as a tin cup or a bucket issued to a prisoner.
Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
15
Ed Morrell, by one of the wildest freaks of chance, was taken out of solitary and made head trusty of the whole prison.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
16
To whom would it occur that a prisoner would make up his mind to escape by day in the eyes of the whole prison?
Mother
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