noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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Four surviving children, 12 grandchildren , 26 great grandchildren and six great, great grandchildren helped mark the milestone in style.
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If relatives survive they would be great , great, grandchildren of General Maude.
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Tonight the seventy eight year old's being comforted by her great grandchildren .
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Tomorrow a big party is being held for friends, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
■ VERB
see
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With 12 months to live, it's his only chance of seeing his grandchildren again.
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And yet I think I would like to be around to see grandchildren and to live to be a funny old man.
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Annie has become the subject of her daughter-in-law's revenge by being forced to pay her money to see her grandchild .
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But you want to live to see your fifth grandchild , I think?
tell
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You can imagine him telling it to his grandchildren .
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You can cross George Bush and live to tell your grandchildren about it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And his grandchildren will transfer to inferior schools.
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I was the fifth grandchild , and as there were seven more after me, I stayed familiar with the tarantella.
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Maria had lived to see the birth of twenty grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
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Married with three children and several grandchildren, John Ryan now lives and works in Rye, Sussex.
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Most of the dough is funneled into a trust fund for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Nowadays my grandchildren come here for the same family festival.
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Sixty-seven people were killed, including her son-in-law and three grandchildren.