noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sealed envelope
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Jenkins handed Talbot a sealed envelope.
stamped addressed envelope
stamped, self-addressed envelope (= with your address on it so it can be sent back to you )
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Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
addressed
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Please send the attached booking form to the above address with a stamped, addressed envelope .
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They also enclose stamped addressed envelopes so that these samples can be returned to the Institute with little trouble.
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Only pictures with a stamped addressed envelope will be returned.
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Deliberately - very deliberately - he had enclosed no stamped addressed envelope .
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We enclose a stamped, addressed envelope for the courtesy of your reply.
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For a free copy send a large stamped addressed envelope to Jos Joslin, Ridgeway Officer,.
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Checking charts for Belfast Telegraph Plan 82 are available if you write to me enclosing a stamped addressed envelope .
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Letters requiring a personal reply must be accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope or a self addressed envelope and international reply coupons.
brown
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When he brings his hands out of his pockets, the newspaper masks the brown envelope that he is holding.
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The salary was packaged in a small brown envelope .
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Each one was labelled with a box number and contained a large brown envelope .
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The finished manuscript was placed in seven brown manila envelopes and quietly delivered to the Bobbs-Merrill Company.
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It was a brown envelope with a Yale key inside.
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He got out the brown envelope and spread the photographs on his lap.
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That night at the meeting, Karen had a big brown envelope in her bag.
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This time it was discovered in a brown envelope at the foot of a box.
buff
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Sherlock Holmes held up a small buff envelope .
large
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Each one was labelled with a box number and contained a large brown envelope .
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Reluctantly but dutifully, I arrived at her office with a large manila envelope full of photos.
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For a free copy send a large stamped addressed envelope to Jos Joslin, Ridgeway Officer,.
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Two days later Richard was having coffee in Hudson's room when Gimmelmann arrived clutching a large manilla envelope .
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The Feldwebel took it into a corner and pulled out a large envelope which he threw on to the table.
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Entries will remain copyright of the entrant but can only be returned if they are accompanied by a large stamped addressed envelope .
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That evening a large envelope was brought to my room.
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It was hard to see and Delia Sutherland walked, sheltering her eyes with the large brown envelope Rosen had given her.
manila
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A secretary worked at a desk piled with green stock certificates, stuffing them into manila envelopes .
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Reluctantly but dutifully, I arrived at her office with a large manila envelope full of photos.
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Three are plain manila envelopes , two are Federal Express.
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The finished manuscript was placed in seven brown manila envelopes and quietly delivered to the Bobbs-Merrill Company.
nuclear
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Telophase then brings meiosis I to a close: the nuclear envelope starts to form again.
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Injection of InsP 3 can trigger breakdown of the nuclear envelope in sea urchin embryos.
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So now we need to ask, what prompts the nuclear envelope to appear and disappear?
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When the nuclear envelopes re-form, the licensing factors are trapped inside, exactly as would be the case during mitosis.
old
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And not just any old envelope , but a special luxury brand with a griffin watermark.
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She opened it, slipped her hand inside and pulled out an old frayed envelope .
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The backs of old envelopes may be good enough for shopping lists but scrappy notes are worse than none.
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And what he said his mistress jotted down on the backs of old , torn envelopes .
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She finished scribbling her details on the back of the old envelope that she had extricated from her bag.
plain
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And what is she peddling, post feminism, post modernism, post your answers in a plain pink envelope ?
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Cockled white paper in a plain white envelope .
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He saw his own name on a plain white envelope .
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It came in a plain white envelope with a New York postmark and had no return address.
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My name and address were printed in a bold black type on a plain white envelope .
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Three are plain manila envelopes , two are Federal Express.
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He took up the file and studied the plain white paper envelope the letter had been posted in.
sealed
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And all documents are sent in special bank sealed envelopes .
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They divined the contents of sealed envelopes by the simple expedient of opening the staples at the other end of the envelope.
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At the bottom, five sealed envelopes with smaller quantities of cocaine inside come to light.
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Disclosure of the contents of the sealed envelopes carried the risk of a five-year prison sentence.
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Tzann toyed with the sealed official envelope containing the briefing orders.
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Maxim offered the sealed envelope , Bruno took it, broke it open and passed it to her.
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At the back of the book would be a set of sealed envelopes in various colours.
small
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He almost missed another, smaller envelope , addressed to Riddle in a round, childish hand.
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Verdugo hands guests small white envelopes soliciting donations for funerals and reconstruction of the shrine.
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There was a short letter and a smaller envelope , which had also been opened.
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Foster picked up a small , bulky envelope .
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Lorton passed a small brown envelope across the table.
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Sherlock Holmes held up a small buff envelope .
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The small green envelope with the harp generally came with news of sudden death.
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The salary was packaged in a small brown envelope .
stamped
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They also enclose stamped addressed envelopes so that these samples can be returned to the Institute with little trouble.
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Only pictures with a stamped addressed envelope will be returned.
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Deliberately - very deliberately - he had enclosed no stamped addressed envelope .
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We enclose a stamped , addressed envelope for the courtesy of your reply.
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For a free copy send a large stamped addressed envelope to Jos Joslin, Ridgeway Officer,.
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Checking charts for Belfast Telegraph Plan 82 are available if you write to me enclosing a stamped addressed envelope .
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Letters requiring a personal reply must be accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope or a self addressed envelope and international reply coupons.
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Readers requiring a reply should enclose a stamped addressed envelope or an international reply coupon.
thick
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He took out of a thick envelope a sheet of thick paper.
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He dug into his coat and handed Miguel a thick envelope .
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She saw the thick envelope immediately.
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Then a thick envelope arrived in the mail, containing something that looked suspiciously like airline tickets.
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Dowd reached inside his jacket and pulled out a thick brown envelope .
white
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He saw his own name on a plain white envelope .
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He folded it into its white envelope .
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Finally he came up with what had started life as a white envelope .
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Verdugo hands guests small white envelopes soliciting donations for funerals and reconstruction of the shrine.
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As soon as she'd entered the hotel she'd been handed a white envelope containing a fax message.
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Cockled white paper in a plain white envelope .
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My name and address were printed in a bold black type on a plain white envelope .
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It came in a plain white envelope with a New York postmark and had no return address.
■ VERB
address
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I waited behind him a moment, looking at the Bonnards again while he addressed the envelope .
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An address book makes addressing envelopes easy after writing letters.
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He'd even addressed the envelope , bought the stamp by himself and posted it.
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I addressed the three envelopes , folded the letters, and slipped the sheets inside.
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Also, when you are addressing an envelope to a man alone, would you use Mr or Esq?
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Individuals seeking first-day cancellations of the new stamps should purchase them at a post office and place them on addressed envelopes .
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William photocopied it for her while she addressed an envelope .
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He addressed the envelope to the Chief Constable of Hampshire.
bring
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Mrs Nishimae goes to a cupboard and brings forth an envelope for Christine.
contain
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The envelope did not contain a letter.
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The other bulky envelope contained the invitation to the formal Sunday banquet in the City Hall.
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As soon as she'd entered the hotel she'd been handed a white envelope containing a fax message.
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Savings account £4820.27. 101 envelopes have been returned containing the sum of £201.50.
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She had a good idea of what the envelope would contain , and she was already feeling faintly irritated.
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She opened her bag to take out the envelope containing Elise's account and her own cheque.
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Merrill's fingers closed over the bulkier envelope containing her curriculum vitae and references.
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Tzann toyed with the sealed official envelope containing the briefing orders.
drop
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Picking up her bags, she dropped an envelope with her rent on the dresser and left without a backward glance.
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He dropped the envelope into the box marked Local Letters and looked at his watch: it was nine thirty.
enclose
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Printed on thin single sheets, suitable for enclosing in an envelope , they were a considerable success.
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Specify which countries' sheets you desire, and enclose a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage attached.
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Deliberately - very deliberately - he had enclosed no stamped addressed envelope .
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I enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope .
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Checking charts for Belfast Telegraph Plan 82 are available if you write to me enclosing a stamped addressed envelope .
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Readers requiring a reply should enclose a stamped addressed envelope or an international reply coupon.
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Or write to the association enclosing a stamped-addressed envelope to:.
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He enclosed a stamped addressed envelope the size of a small knapsack.
find
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Detectives found envelopes identical to those used to post the letters.
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That search, Norman acknowledged, is aimed more at finding envelopes stuffed with narcotics than bombs.
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When he got downstairs he found an envelope from his dad, so he opened the envelope and took out the note.
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He was thrilled to find the cream-colored envelope near the bottom of the pile of greeting cards.
hand
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As soon as she'd entered the hotel she'd been handed a white envelope containing a fax message.
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He dug into his coat and handed Miguel a thick envelope .
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Kevin had handed Fat Freddy an envelope on the steps of the bank.
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Verdugo hands guests small white envelopes soliciting donations for funerals and reconstruction of the shrine.
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He then hands Primo a letter-sized envelope .
hold
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She held the envelope with both hands.
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I held up the giant envelope , which induced her to cross the room.
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She held the envelope to the light, squinting at it with one eye while she tried to read the first paragraph.
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For a long time he had held the envelope in his chubby fingers and close to his face.
leave
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She left the envelope on her dining table while she prepared her evening meal.
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I asked my cleaner to post four chapters of my book on Roman agriculture and she left the envelope on a bus.
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Then it was gone, leaving a weighted envelope Iying on the wet black asphalt at his feet.
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What they will do is leave an envelope for you in one of the lockers at the airport.
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She left the padded brown envelope until last.
open
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With trembling hands Mr Utterson opened the envelope .
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You essentially have to read the verdict before you open the envelope .
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Yolanda mimics their father opening an envelope .
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But this is a novelty book and many of the pages can be opened like envelopes to reveal all sorts of goodies.
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One day I open an envelope and discover the most articulate Tonelli I have ever come across in my life.
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Claimed she hadn't opened the envelope .
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The news director goes to his desk and opens the last envelope .
pick
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He picked up the envelope and gave it a bit of a shake.
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He picked up the envelope and began to take out the sheet of paper inside.
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At last, shakily, she picked up the envelope and ripped it open, taking out the single sheet of paper.
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Idly, Tzann picked up another brown envelope , addressed to him in crudely fashioned capitals.
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He then picked up the second envelope from the side table.
place
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I placed the envelope in my jacket pocket and left him to join the corporal in the corridor.
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There, I thought, hastily folding the sheet of paper and placing it in the envelope .
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Just complete the enclosed Multipoint Application Form and place it in the envelope , together with a cheque for a minimum of £1.
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Individuals seeking first-day cancellations of the new stamps should purchase them at a post office and place them on addressed envelopes .
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He placed the envelope in Revelation and returned the Bible to the shelf.
push
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It needs some one who understands its basic talent, some one who will help it to push the envelope of its artificial intelligence.
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In one entrapment incident when he was in the Assembly, some one pushed an envelope under his door.
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Both were known to push the envelope of life.
put
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Then she wrote out a cheque in payment of the forgotten parking-ticket, put it in an envelope and went out.
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He put the envelope down and dialed the fourth telephone number, one in the 202 area.
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There was no time to look at the cuttings he had given her, and Loretta put the envelope in her bag.
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I put the envelope , and one of the first pots my sister made, into the casket.
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He clipped the sheets together and put them into an envelope .
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The clerk put change into the envelope and handed it to Neta.
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She left cash for the telephone, erring in favour of overpayment, and put it in an envelope by the phone.
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Emily refolded the letter and put it into the envelope .
return
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Satisfied, he returned the envelope to the wallet.
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I pocketed the bills and returned the empty envelope to the drawer.
seal
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I shall now seal the envelope .
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His assistant hands me the diagnosis in a sealed envelope and also departs.
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Vincent Lee, of Manchester, said the number was still sealed inside its original envelope .
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The mustard came in a gelatinous sealed plastic envelope that he had to open with his teeth.
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Also, do not use large amounts of sticky tape to seal envelopes , as this can render them unusable.
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She took it and sealed it in an envelope .
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Later that day, at the poolside restaurant, a sealed envelope arrived by waiter.
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She wondered how she was going to repair it and seal the envelope up properly again.
send
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I remember Nora's first postcard - which she sent in an envelope secretly to my office.
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She insisted that the boys vote as Avonites by absentee ballot and send the envelopes to her for transmittal to polling officials.
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Please send a stamped addressed envelope to the Alumni Office for further details.
stamp
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Here there were piles of newspapers, heaps of books, manuscripts, labels, rubber stamps , envelopes .
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I enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope .
stuff
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She doesn't think that stuffing envelopes for the Democrats once every four years makes her an activist.
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A secretary worked at a desk piled with green stock certificates, stuffing them into manila envelopes .
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Finding volunteers to stuff envelopes for the local theater may be relatively easy.
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She also worked in abortion clinics stuffing envelopes or providing counseling over the phone.
take
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Rosalind gladly let the police-sergeant take away the envelope and hurried off, singing, to telephone to Richard.
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She took the envelope , thanked me for it.
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Donna took the envelope upstairs with her and laid it on the bedside table.
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Before Charles left the house in Pangbourne, he took the envelope of photographs out of his inside pocket and looked at them.
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Even inmates in Colorado prisons got in on the drive when Ross took envelopes to them to be addressed for mail solicitations.
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I took the envelope out of the left-hand saddle-bag and held it across my chest.
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She opened her bag to take out the envelope containing Elise's account and her own cheque.
tear
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He tore the envelope open, his mind full of various pleasing conjectures.
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Sometimes you get the torn envelope ....
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Amelia tore the envelope open and laughed.
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She started to tear open the envelope .
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She tore open the envelope , ignoring the paper knife Penman laid ready for her each day.
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Puzzled, he tore open the envelope .
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She took it out, not looking at it as she walked into the kitchen, tearing the envelope as she went.
write
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There was no writing on the envelope and it was unsealed.
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A veteran of four deployments, Shuart listed such items as exercise gear and extra writing paper and envelopes .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
push the envelope
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Both were known to push the envelope of life.
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It needs some one who understands its basic talent, some one who will help it to push the envelope of its artificial intelligence.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cornelius sat himself down and regarded the envelopes with suspicion.
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Entries must be on the back of a postcard or envelope no bigger than 5in × 6in. 2.
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That night at the meeting, Karen had a big brown envelope in her bag.
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The small jet wallowed in the sky, on the edge of the envelope of control.
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The solution is also obvious - please check envelopes are not too tightly packed, if in doubt use a bigger envelope!
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With trembling hands Mr Utterson opened the envelope .