noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bus driver
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She asked the bus driver where to get off for the Botanical Gardens.
a cab driver
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Many cab drivers fear being robbed.
a car driver
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Every year 1500 car drivers and passengers die in road accidents.
a coach driver
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He worked as a part-time coach driver.
a learner driver
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Learner drivers often tend to grip the steering wheel too tightly.
a taxi driver
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He paid the taxi driver and got out.
a train driver
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The train driver apologized for the late departure.
designated driver
driver's education
driver's license
hit-and-run driver
long-distance lorry driver
pile driver
pilot/driver error
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Investigators believe the crash was caused by pilot error.
safe driver
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Women are safer drivers than men.
slave driver
the driver's seat
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He climbed into the driver's seat.
truck driver
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a truck driver
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
other
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It was in that respect that James differed most radically from the other drivers I was getting to know.
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The other driver was also only shaken.
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Voice over Other drivers described how the Metro overtook a caravan and then started weaving from side to side.
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Each was questioned on driving behaviour, experience, attitude to other drivers , the influence of others and leisure activities.
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Using the correct position and signals really helps other drivers .
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He spent much of the time swerving and cursing other drivers .
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For no apparent reason he had collided with a car coming in the opposite direction, killing the other driver instantly.
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The other driver , Douglas Ward, 48, of Yedingham, Malton, suffered shock.
racing
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The couple were introduced by Steffi's racing driver brother Michael.
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Second, in making occupational and recreational choices, for example being a racing driver or going climbing, people do take risks.
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Until 1979, Ward worked as a racing driver .
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The racing driver one, after all.
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Company men, like former world champion racing driver Jackie Stewart believe it's a world beater.
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Racer raided RACING driver Derek Bell had trophies and mementoes worth Pounds 10,000 stolen from his home.
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Clark, twice world champion racing driver , was the first honorary freeman of Duns.
young
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Shock tactics to drum safety into young drivers .
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The leading prize was the Grovewood Award which went to the outstanding young driver of the year.
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Read in studio Shock tactics are being used to make young drivers more aware of danger on the roads.
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It has to find a way to appeal to younger drivers .
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It seems the young drivers like to play up to an audience.
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We got change for a £5 note from a young taxi driver recently.
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This video has been put together by Oxfordshire ambulance service to warn young drivers of the dangers of getting behind the wheel.
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He recruits young drivers from their results on the karting and lower formula racing circuit.
■ NOUN
bus
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After several decades of cyclists being terrorised by the bus drivers , the seeds of a counter-movement are taking shape.
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This bus driver has driven us to the promised land.
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They also care about trainspotters and bus drivers .
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State and local governments hire teachers, bus drivers , police, and firefighters.
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My bus driver , in the morning, spoke in a guttural Derry accent.
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Also patron of bus drivers , motorists, porters, travelers, truck drivers; he is invoked against nightmares.
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School route: Durham county council has reminded school bus drivers that they should not use the narrow Roundhill Road route.
cab
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Male cab drivers in Gloucester said running a female only business would give an unfair impression of men.
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Coffee grounds and cab drivers tend to be less precise than computers.
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I told the cab driver to wait and watched Jules as he went up to the house.
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David P.. Schneider is a cab driver in San Francisco.
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Worked as a cab driver , plumber, and studio assistant to the sculptor, Richard Serrs.
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Andy Brown, the gullible foil and friend of Kingfish, and Amos Jones, a salt-of-the-earth cab driver .
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Simm's cab driver recognises him.
car
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Sports car drivers might prefer less body roll when cornering.
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The typical conjecture is that if you protect car driver from their mistakes you encourage bad driving.
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Race car drivers are, by their very nature, entrepreneurs.
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The same would apply to the abstracted car driver .
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The distracted car driver who arrives at her destination without mishap ipsofacto saw where she was going.
device
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More complex services - from device driver interfaces up will be handled by the operating system personality on top.
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This, in turn, relieves the software houses of the problem of having to write and test numerous device drivers .
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It is now said to have completed the main porting work and is now wading through the device driver work.
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It will provide updated device drivers for the next release of Windows For Workgroups.
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Specific device drivers are required for each relational database.
lorry
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He was working as a lorry driver but was no longer enjoying it.
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He now works as a lorry driver .
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Former lorry driver Leonard Marder finds it difficult to walk because of an infected leg caused by varicose veins.
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E.g. A lorry driver may sustain an injury which will prevent him from ever driving a lorry again.
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For six weeks a jury has heard the callousness with which the lorry driver treated his human cargo.
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And lorry drivers don't sheet their loads, so the dust streams off the backs of the lorries.
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Dalton was a lorry driver , Fox didn't even have a driving licence.
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The public did not blame Opec, the oil companies, the lorry drivers , or Uncle Tom Cobbleigh...
taxi
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Angry taxi drivers responded by boycotting a planned workshop on treating customers courteously.
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Because as part of their battle plan the taxi drivers are offering them free rides.
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It all seemed to depend on the maneuvering skills of the taxi driver and the state of the tides.
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Kim had worked as a taxi driver for about five years.
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He even asked the taxi driver to go via an off licence.
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Harpenden police confirmed that a unit had been called out to resolve a dispute between Andy Linighan and a taxi driver .
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As it turned out, he was the only taxi driver not to try to cheat me.
train
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A spokesman said the freight train driver spotted the danger but could not prevent the collision.
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In the extreme case of train drivers , there is no transfer into the hierarchy above the entry grade.
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They were joined by underground train drivers in the capital.
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So you're both going to be firemen, not train drivers ?
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First, a strike by even a proportion of core workers such as train drivers or signalmen can paralyse the network.
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So ticket collectors would strike while train drivers worked normally.
truck
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If you are a dentist or a forklift truck driver it is easy to tell others what your skills are.
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These rank-and-file members, truck drivers , or waitresses, or whoever, are they capable of running the local?
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Fork truck driver not looking where going. 24.
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At first glance, he resembled a truck driver , or perhaps a mercenary soldier.
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The sailor was by then a truck driver .
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Also patron of bachelors, bus drivers , porters, travelers, and truck drivers; he is invoked against nightmares.
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The truck driver survived with injuries, firemen said.
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The truck driver Gurjit Singh, 27, was not injured.
■ VERB
allow
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A To help alleviate the personal security fears of lone lady drivers , and allow drivers to make business calls whilst enroute.
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At about 7: 50 the stoplights were working along Market Street, once again allowing drivers to run them.
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A dashboard-mounted lever allows the driver to make easy direction changes.
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The automatic transmission also allows the driver to select either of two sets of shifting points to emphasize power or economy.
ask
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Note that an officer who is not authorised to test and inspect will have to ask the driver before his examination.
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The roadblocks were really drunk-driving checkpoints at which police simply would ask drivers if they had a gun in the car.
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He even asked the taxi driver to go via an off licence.
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Why did I not ask Koju, my driver , to drive?
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He had asked the driver to wait two minutes whilst he saw whether or not I was through customs and in the foyer.
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Park your car in the middle of the road and ask a passing driver for help.
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She asked the driver to take her to the estate agent.
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As I turned back, I regretted not having asked the driver if he had seen our Land Rover.
hit
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When I was hit by a drunk driver in 1980, crossing the road in Los Angeles.
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With the fairway firm and running, players who hit drivers left themselves with pitch shots into the green.
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They hit coshed the driver and made off with two and a half million pounds in used five pound notes.
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He hit the driver well, leaving himself 221 yards for his second shot.
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You don't need to hit driver .
kill
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For no apparent reason he had collided with a car coming in the opposite direction, killing the other driver instantly.
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Drunk drivers My 16-year-old son, Louis, was killed by a drunk driver on 13 July, 1992.
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The freight train that ploughed into it, killing its driver , will then be moved.
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And some criminals pretending to act on my orders have been killing drivers and then stealing their cars.
license
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Notes Note A. About yourself For driver licensing purposes you are asked to declare your main forename.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Sunday driver
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He has the settled attitude of the Sunday driver.
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Too many Sunday drivers for my liking.
back seat driver
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A lot of truck drivers stop at this restaurant because it's open all night.
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Car drivers now pay more than ever for fuel.
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Foreign investors think that Latin America's need for them puts them in the driver 's seat.
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Harry asked the cab driver to stop outside the store for a couple of minutes while he bought a paper.
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He got into the driver 's seat and started the engine.
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Many drivers suffer from backache.
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Some women drivers are concerned about their personal safety.
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The car was almost torn in half in the crash but amazingly the driver was unhurt.
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The limousine pulled up outside the church and the driver got out.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For example it monitors driving times and can tell a driver when he needs to take a break.
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The driver climbed lazily out of the Jeep and walked up holding an army canteen whose yellow surface was peeling.
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The driver of a third car also lost control and went into a skid.
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The driver was already pulling away in the Rolls, and Edouard already striding towards the house.
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The car was unmarked, there were no military or diplomatic plates, no official driver , no bodyguard.
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Two years ago tomorrow a family of four died when a driver fell asleep on the A420 and collided with them.