noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cot death
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
death
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The New Zealand cot death study was a nationwide case-control study carried out from 1 November 1987 to 31 October 1990.
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The royalties go to Birthright; let's hope they find a way to prevent tragic cot deaths .
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Although the number of cot deaths is now falling, three babies still die unaccountably each day in the United Kingdom.
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The results of this study suggest that the incidence of cot death can be reduced.
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The family had a history of cot deaths , and the baby had a heart condition.
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The specimens resulted from therapeutic abortions, miscarriages, and cot deaths .
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He appears to have removed entire systems of organs from cot death children, but most were never used in research.
■ VERB
lie
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Her son had been stabbed twice through the back with a carving knife, as he lay in his cot .
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Her cellmate said nothing as she lay motionless on her cot , staring at the ceiling.
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Two-year-old Bethany Hudson's alarm started to smoulder and smoke as she lay in her cot .
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Gandhi lay on a white cot in the prison yard under a spreading mango tree.
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I lie clueless in the cot until - until when?
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So each night was full of expectations as I lay on my cot .
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Feeling hopeful rather than confident, Kirov lay back on his cot and fell into a deep sleep.
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You stumbled over them in the living room in the mornings; they lay on canvas cots in the hall.
sit
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Theresa left them to their business, and retired to sit beside the cot .
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I sat on my cot , playing cat's cradle with handcuffs, and kept quiet.
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He sat by Abigail's cot , not wanting to remember, but knowing that now he must.
sleep
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Now they slept with Timmy's cot wedged between the partition and his bed.
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Larry slept on a cot in grubby clothes but made it a point to shave every day.
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But at least the snapper was quiet, sleeping in its cot .
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Part of the mess were 2 dead medics who were sleeping on cots in the building.
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Let me tell you something about sleeping on a cot .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cots were set up in the local high school for flood victims.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After recovering from an attack of shallow breathing he recovered and one nurse said he was smiling and cooing in his cot .
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Children's playground; playroom; paddling pool; children's section of main pool; cots and high chairs.
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Gandhi lay on a white cot in the prison yard under a spreading mango tree.
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Grandfather clocks, davenport desks, cots, piano, mangle, even silhouettes in tiny oval frames.
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She plops down on the empty cot and lifts a curtain to peer out the window.
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The daughters slept in one bed, the parents in another, the son on a cot .
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Tlere was no way to keep the two cots curtained off; they were always being exposed to serve as sofas.
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Where stated a baby's cot can be supplied at a charge of £5 per week.