ferry
noun
a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
had ferried
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past perfectof ferry.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"It's not the ideal thing to do, but we were in such a desperation situation", she said, adding the GPs had ferried other patients to hospital in the past due to similar delays.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024
Before the bridge closed, he had ferried some north to San Antonio, charging his usual fare, $150 for up to five people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
Mowlana distinctly remembers two of the first ICU patients in March were an Uber driver who had ferried tourists to and from the airport and a receptionist at a private hospital where out-of-towners were treated.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2020
In Japan, a tour bus driver who had ferried visitors from Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the outbreak is believed to have originated, contracted the virus last month.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2020
For instance, during the War, after the pipelines were blown up, he and his classmates had ferried water up to the girls’ dorm, each leaving his bucket at the door of a particular resident.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
