preposition
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
early/mid/late eighties
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Hilda Simpson was a woman in her early eighties.
early/mid/late fifties
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He must be in his early fifties by now.
early/mid/late forties
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The woman was probably in her mid forties.
early/mid/late nineties
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My grandfather was in his early nineties when he died.
early/mid/late seventies
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Bill must be in his mid seventies now.
early/mid/late sixties
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I’d say she was in her late sixties.
early/mid/late thirties
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She must be in her early thirties by now.
early/mid/late twenties
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She was in her early twenties when I met her.
in the low/mid/high eighties
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The temperature is expected to remain in the low eighties.
in the low/mid/high fifties
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sunny, with temperatures in the mid fifties
in the low/mid/high forties
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The temperature was up in the high forties.
in the low/mid/high nineties
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Temperatures were still in the high nineties.
in the low/mid/high seventies
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sunny, with temperatures in the mid seventies
in the low/mid/high sixties
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a fine spring day, with the temperatures in the low sixties
in the low/mid/high thirties
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a hot day, with temperatures in the low thirties
in the low/mid/high twenties
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a warm day, with temperatures in the low twenties
mid Atlantic
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She spoke in a soft mid Atlantic accent.
the early/mid/late 18th etc century
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the industrial towns of the early 19th century
the early/mid/late eighties
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Their troubles began in the mid eighties.
the early/mid/late fifties
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The play was written in the late fifties.
the early/mid/late forties
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He spent several years in Paris in the late forties.
the early/mid/late nineties
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The industry received a lot of bad publicity in the early nineties.
the early/mid/late seventies
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In the early seventies, Sag Harbor was still a peaceful village.
the early/mid/late thirties
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The family sold the house in the early thirties.
the early/mid/late twenties
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The photograph was taken in the late twenties.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mid Atlantic accent