noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dark
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The flat is rudely a furnished bedroom at the end of a dark hallway on the twenty-second floor of a downtown highrise.
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I was led down the dark hallway to a room in which a gas jet was burning.
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Anne closed the guest-room door and, in the dark hallway , she reached out for George's familiar arms.
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I think he liked his room but did not like the dark hallway .
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Minna had disappeared in the dark hallway where the rugs were piled on top of each other.
long
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The door was opened and Evelyn stood framed against a long hallway .
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A half-block-\#long hallway lined with white marble columns, arches and artwork.
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From it stretched a long , wide hallway with five flat, rectangular wings jutting to each side.
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His glinting nails swish and clink as he chases me down a long hallway hung with pictures of CEOs.
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A flash as far away as the horizon lit for an instant long hallways of clouds.
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You just have to be willing to walk down a long hallway and know where to look.
narrow
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The narrow hallway was littered with old newspapers and circulars.
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With the man holding her from behind, we moved slowly, agonizingly slowly, along the narrow hallway .
■ VERB
lead
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It led to a hallway , with stairs going up on the left.
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I was led down the dark hallway to a room in which a gas jet was burning.
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With damp palms he opened the door that led up into the hallway .
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Jess stands up and walks across the court, under the basket and over to an open door leading to the hallway .
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He remained there for a few seconds then slowly got to his feet and moved to the door leading into the hallway .
move
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As he moved into the darkened hallway he could see those conifers bowing deferentially to the strong breeze.
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There were traces of early light as he moved down the hallway to the kitchen.
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She stepped aside and I moved into the hallway .
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Bobby took my arm and the two of us moved out into the hallway .
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There was no answer, and after a second he nodded at Ruth and moved unsteadily down the hallway to the bedroom.
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Maybe instead, partly curious, partly something else, she moved down the hallway to the bedroom.
stand
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He was standing in a small hallway .
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The apartment door was already standing open and the hallway smelled of stale smoke.
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I stood in the hallway , fearful that Meir Ahronson would ask me for an account of how I had fared.
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He stood in the hallway puffing on it for a few seconds to make sure it was fully alight.
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A young man looked at Ozzie, who was standing in the hallway , smiling, in his shirt and dusty Jeans.
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Patrick suddenly found himself standing in the hallway , his heart tripping frantically, his breathing too fast to be comfortable.
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I stood in the hallway , listening.
walk
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Pascoe walked down the hallway , still feeling a little light-headed.
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We had to square corners as we walked in the hallways .
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As you walk the hallways , with their institutional floors and smudged walls, you can be transported half way around the world.
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I walked down the hallway , dragging my backpack behind me, to my old bedroom.
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You just have to be willing to walk down a long hallway and know where to look.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A door slammed and footfalls hammered the hallway floor.
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Coats on hooks in the hallway .
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I watched the hallways for some glimpse of Carolyn passing by.
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Matching moulding I want to get some more moulding to match that in my hallway .
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Our communal phone is on the hallway wall by the front door.
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The bedsheet white of the hallway was an anxious white I knew by heart.
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The rooms are small for so many people; sound carries easily down the front stairwells and inner hallways.
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They took off their shoes in the front hallway .