1.   Luke Bouverie missed the last bus out of Woodborough to Loxford, so he thumbed a lift.

2.   You try to thumb a lift from the cars as they approach from either direction, sweeping you with their headlights.

3.   I thumbed a lift into town.

4.   Thumbing a lift had once a carefree, easy-going image.

5.   Thousands of people waited patiently at bus stops, thumbing lifts from passing vehicles.

6.   Thousands of people waited for hours at bus stops, thumbing lifts from passing vehicles.