noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
exchange
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Oblivious, Mr Straw exchanged pleasantries with hand-picked prisoners.
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I leave them after exchanging pleasantries , taking the garbage downstairs with me.
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She and Sting were still on good terms - they actually sat beside each other throughout the court case, exchanging pleasantries .
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Word is she and McDermott exchanged pleasantries and greetings and watched the goings-on.
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Bedford knew them all by sight but had never exchanged more than pleasantries .
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This must be her idea of exchanging social pleasantries .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After a few pleasantries and the shaking of many hands, I accompanied the column for a short distance along the road.
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I leave them after exchanging pleasantries, taking the garbage downstairs with me.
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I stood on the truck, smiling pleasantries, talking about where we were in the war and what the pitch was.
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If only he could unbend and relax, even give a genuine smile or make a pleasantry .
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No one ever caught a glimpse of his furrowed face smiling over innocent pleasantries.
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Oblivious, Mr Straw exchanged pleasantries with hand-picked prisoners.
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Whereas all else had been a matter of pleasantries, he was ribald.
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Word is she and McDermott exchanged pleasantries and greetings and watched the goings-on.