I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
docking station
dry dock
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
company
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The firm told the dock company to deal with the timber according to the instructions of a clerk of the firm.
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I am satisfied that this reference did not emanate from anyone representing the ports authority or the dock company .
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It decided to do this through the dock company , a wholly owned subsidiary which was incorporated on 24 March 1982.
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The dock company could not operate a commercial port at the dockyard without disturbing nearby residents.
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In my view the dock company is not entitled to any statutory immunities which may attach to the port authority.
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The dock company went into occupation on 1 January 1984 and thereafter commenced operations.
worker
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It owes its second chance of life to an alert dock worker .
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He stopped the seamen and dock workers joining the strike, but he did not take too hard a line.
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Over 2,000 dock workers immediately walked out despite the judgment and despite the advice given by their leaders not to do so.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cyril sat on the dock and stared out over the water.
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The boat crossed the bay and let them off at the dock , directly below the hotel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cyril sat on the dock and took a long puff.
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Hard by the docks, the Cunard Building was the site of a special drop-in centre for veterans of the battle.
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I imagined I could feel my feet getting wet as the dock sank with shame into the bay.
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Moving on, Ishmael comes to a dim sort of light near the docks.
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Small boats under sail don't use the docks.
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So many defendants have been squeezed into court that extra benches were needed to make one large dock .
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The town already has one cruise ship dock .
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Two more docks were added in 1852 and 1856.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
pay
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The company plans to dock the officers' pay and is threatening disciplinary action.
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Read it, late for work, got docked an hour's pay , can I have a refund?
ship
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Karr's ship was docking even as Tolonen rode the sealed car out to the landing bay.
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Patients could watch trains load and unload cargo from the ships docked at the waterfront.
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Sailors from the hunter class minesweeper are due to visit Hurworth from March 7 to 9 while their ship is docked at Hartlepool.
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On April 4, two days after the ship docked , the passengers disembarked.
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For instance in Ensenada, where the ship was docked for three days two weeks ago.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The repair ship docked with the space station Mir last night.
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The ship docked in Honolulu on November 1.
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We finally docked in Portland, Maine, happy to be on dry land again.
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When the ship docked at Southampton its cargo was immediately inspected.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A trained work elephant then moved up on either side, rather like tugs docking a ship.
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Patients could watch trains load and unload cargo from the ships docked at the waterfront.
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The boat docked at Ancora, where Scottie was accepted and allowed to land.
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The transfer began immediately after Atlantis docked late Saturday.
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When the right neurotransmitter docks with the appropriate receptor, the physical structure of the receptor molecule changes.