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Collocations for ambulance - noun

ADJECTIVE

air, field, land
He had to be flown by air ambulance to a Las Vegas hospital.
emergency (esp. BrE)
waiting
I was put straight into a waiting ambulance and rushed to the hospital.

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VERB + ambulance

call (for), get, phone (for) (esp. BrE), ring (for) (BrE), telephone (for) (BrE)
Quick, call an ambulance!
send
An ambulance was sent to the scene of the accident.
load sb into (esp. AmE), put sb in, put sb into
He was put into an ambulance and taken away.
drive

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ambulance + VERB

be on its way
Don't worry—the ambulance is on its way.
arrive, come
When the ambulance came, I carried her out to it.

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ambulance + NOUN

service (esp. BrE)
crew, personnel (BrE), staff (BrE)
driver
man, paramedic, technician, worker (all BrE)
chief, spokesman (both BrE)
station (BrE)
trust (BrE)
the region's three ambulance trusts
chaser (figurative, esp. AmE)
Her attorney is nothing more then an ambulance chaser.

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PREPOSITION

by ambulance
She was rushed to hospital by ambulance.
Eloise was taken by ambulance to St Mary's Hospital.
in an/the ambulance
He went in the ambulance with Louise.

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