noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
crazy paving
paving stone
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
crazy
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Outside in a triumph of properly-laid crazy paving pathways and terraces, to give several levels.
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The worn crazy paving provides a soft and very unobtrusive backdrop.
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The crazy paving slabs came up easily enough.
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From there the long straight pathway of decorative crazy paving led past the houses to a matching gate at the far end.
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Crazy choice Where is the best place to buy crazy paving and how is it laid?
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Similar in construction to ordinary paving , the popular crazy paving path or drive suffers the same problems.
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Mrs Maugham did not like crazy paving , because the stones worked loose, and she wanted it done in asphalt.
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The tension of the wire will secure the hooks against the crazy paving permanently.
■ NOUN
slab
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The crazy paving slabs came up easily enough.
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All old stone paving slabs deserve retention, as do granite kerbs.
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The most satisfactory arrangement is to have the cable connector concealed beneath a small paving slab .
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Special paving slabs , which make it easier for blind and partially-sighted pedestrians to distinguish the crossing have been introduced.
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The lighter paving slabs are easy to lay, but heavy ones can be difficult to handle.
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Steps can also be made from paving slabs and bricks or blocks.
stone
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As they do so they step on a large paving stone , one which differs from its fellow stones by being black.
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Rhizoids of jungle creep between the paving stones .
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Back alleys and building sites, a concrete subway dripping cold, paving stones lurching in sand and black water.
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He sounded as enthusiastic as I might have been if talking about paving stones in Manchester.
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He waited for a moment while Mr Hellyer removed another paving stone and added it to the growing pile in the hedge.
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But good intentions make notoriously treacherous paving stones .
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He started walking again, treading carefully on the cracks between the paving stones .
■ VERB
lay
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It can supply and lay paving , and will clean stonework.
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Crazy choice Where is the best place to buy crazy paving and how is it laid ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Concrete paving blocks are a more flexible and more versatile alternative to slabs.
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He sounded as enthusiastic as I might have been if talking about paving stones in Manchester.
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He started walking again, treading carefully on the cracks between the paving stones.
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He waited for a moment while Mr Hellyer removed another paving stone and added it to the growing pile in the hedge.
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His mutterings might have been prayers, his long gown a monk's habit, sweeping over the rough paving .
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Tables are installed at gateways and usually comprise distinctive paving materials.
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The crazy paving slabs came up easily enough.
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The worn crazy paving provides a soft and very unobtrusive backdrop.