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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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railway
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The creamy yellow flowers grew in profusion on the slopes of an old railway embankment .
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Sniffing alone or in dangerous places, such as railway embankments and by canals, can be more risky.
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On a barbed-wire fence dividing the railway embankment from the meadow a lamb was caught.
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On his way drunkenly from the pub to the wood one night he fell down a railway embankment on to the line.
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Emotions have been running high in the community since James's body was found on a railway embankment .
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Back at the car, the two tarts still slouched against the wall next to the railway embankment .
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His mutilated body was found on a railway embankment in Walton last Sunday.
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Playing on the railway embankment was well beyond that tolerance.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cheek said one driver had lost control of his car and spun out, rolling down an embankment , but was unhurt.
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Hawthorn and oak had colonised the same embankment .
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He reassured the trapped deputies and climbed up the briar-covered embankment to get help.
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He went back down the embankment with him, telling Catherine to stay where she was and help with photographing the track.
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On a barbed-wire fence dividing the railway embankment from the meadow a lamb was caught.
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The grassed oval arena, with its high embankment against a background of slender trees, should be visited.
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The kilometre long cutting emerges on to a longer embankment with extensive views over the Tame valley and back towards West Bromwich.
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We paddled under a single track embankment linking North Uist with Benbecula, exchanging waves with the friendly local driving overhead.