noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a window/aisle seat (= one next to the window or the space between seats, for example in a plane )
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I'd prefer a window seat, please.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
center
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Slowly he and his acolytes processed up the center aisle , carrying the small ball of flame.
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Some one had the grand idea of placing gardenia trees at the end of each pew at center aisle .
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When Rowena and Frodo were gone, Marge started down the center aisle toward the back door and the parking lot.
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It seemed strange that there was no center aisle .
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She and her uncle left by the center aisle .
narrow
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No more than thirty to forty feet away, at the head of the narrow aisle , was the tiny altar.
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The first time Cantor attempted to visit him, the narrow aisles were blocked by serving carts.
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Trash cans blocked the narrow aisles .
■ NOUN
choir
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He turned to the right and made for the north choir aisle .
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Now the choir and the south choir aisle were empty except for the Chapter clergy and the cathedral policeman.
seat
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Bill is in the aisle seat .
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They always chose an aisle seat so that Sweetheart could slip away to talk to her friends without disturbing anyone.
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He was in an aisle seat beside two tough-looking men with vaguely familiar faces.
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A Cadillac compared to an aisle seat on the bus.
■ VERB
look
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The pew creaked when Keith sat down, and Stella looked across the aisle .
move
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I move among the aisles and walkways, which are a scented, winking, shimmering, crooning riot of Christmas.
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Like a chameleon, it moved out of the aisle between machines, then stopped, and became utterly motionless.
roll
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The man screamed, fell off his seat, and rolled down the aisle to the front.
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I never saw anyone roll in the aisles .
run
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She remembers running up the aisle , but mass had ended.
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A shadow ran down the aisle , thumping a loose board under my head.
stand
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Singers stood in the aisles , beggars grumbled past them; a leper thrust a fingerless hand at Alan for alms.
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He stands in the aisle , beckoning to me.
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The fourth and fifth were already jam-packed, people standing in the aisles , body to body.
walk
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The wedding was off, because no way was she going to walk down the aisle looking like an eejit!
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The man who had been walking the aisles approached the counter but was empty-handed.
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As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles.
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Sangfroid then walked up the aisle .
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Early the following month a radiant Lucy walked up the aisle on her father's arm.
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Together, they walked down the aisle behind the crucifix, toward the rear of the church.
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Inspector Miskin was walking down the aisle .
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I tremble as I walk up the aisle with the policeman.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be rolling in the aisles
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Across the bleachers, the Oregon band puts down its instruments and starts dancing in the aisles.
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An aisle of steps ran through the room, front to back.
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Last year the musical had the audience dancing in the aisles so tickets are selling fast.
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Primo waves his hand at his own reflection and that of the empty seat on the opposite side of the aisle .
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We paraded down the aisle , tapping loudly with our canes and shouting and whistling to the crowd.