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I am in a lorry. vs I am on a lorry.

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I am in a lorry' is used when you are physically inside the lorry, while 'I am on a lorry' is used when you are physically on top of the lorry.

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I am in a lorry.

This phrase is correct and commonly used when you are physically inside the lorry.

Use 'I am in a lorry' when you want to express that you are inside the lorry, such as when you are a passenger or driver.

Examples:

I am in a lorry on my way to the warehouse.
She was in a lorry when the accident happened.

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I wish to support all the amendments on the ramp and the pigs, because I have watched the horror of trying to get pigs into a lorry.
I've just seen three or four blokes on the top of the cab of a lorry.
She walked straight into a lorry.
Our family tree looks like it was hit by a lorry.
He walked out in front of a lorry.
Something's bound to have fallen off the back of a lorry.
This is an annoying time to be stuck behind a lorry.
There you are, parked on a lorry.
He walked out in front of a lorry.
Don't really call that a lorry.
During one of the company's shipments, within Italian territory, illegal immigrants were discovered in the back of a lorry.
I'm not surprised in your lorry.
I think you've actually caught your own lorry.
I used to work at Customs, weighing lorries.
I'll make some tea while you wait for the lorry.
I've got a big provisions lorry.
I have myself worked in the transport industry, driving heavy lorries.
Mr Cramer, nor can I share your simplistic demonising of the lorry.
Second, if there's as many bags of cash as the Ulsterman's suggesting, we'll need extra hands to get them all off the train and onto a lorry.
appears to have been taken from a lorry.

Alternatives:

I am inside a lorry.
I am in the back of a lorry.
I am riding in a lorry.
I am a passenger in a lorry.

I am on a lorry.

This phrase is correct and commonly used when you are physically on top of the lorry.

Use 'I am on a lorry' when you want to express that you are on the top of the lorry, such as when you are fixing something or sitting on the roof.

Examples:

He is on a lorry fixing the engine.
The kids were playing on a lorry in the yard.

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There you are, parked on a lorry.
I wish to support all the amendments on the ramp and the pigs, because I have watched the horror of trying to get pigs into a lorry.
I've just seen three or four blokes on the top of the cab of a lorry.
She walked straight into a lorry.
Our family tree looks like it was hit by a lorry.
He walked out in front of a lorry.
Something's bound to have fallen off the back of a lorry.
This is an annoying time to be stuck behind a lorry.
He walked out in front of a lorry.
Don't really call that a lorry.
During one of the company's shipments, within Italian territory, illegal immigrants were discovered in the back of a lorry.
I'm not surprised in your lorry.
I think you've actually caught your own lorry.
I used to work at Customs, weighing lorries.
I'll make some tea while you wait for the lorry.
I've got a big provisions lorry.
I have myself worked in the transport industry, driving heavy lorries.
Mr Cramer, nor can I share your simplistic demonising of the lorry.
Second, if there's as many bags of cash as the Ulsterman's suggesting, we'll need extra hands to get them all off the train and onto a lorry.
appears to have been taken from a lorry.

Alternatives:

I am on top of a lorry.
I am sitting on a lorry.
I am standing on a lorry.
I am fixing something on a lorry.

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