verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
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So preoccupied was the general that he had scarcely uttered a word in the five hours since his plane had left Washington.
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If she were not so preoccupied with her equity case, Jody might even be happy right now.
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In other words, traditional governments get so preoccupied with rowing that they forget to steer.
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Approaching when Sammler was so preoccupied , Bruch, his idiosyncrasy, got a very special reception.
too
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For the first and last time in her life, Amelia was too preoccupied to interact with her peers.
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Mainly because, as a child, I was too preoccupied with Chanukah to care what my gentile friends were doing.
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My husband was too preoccupied to talk.
■ VERB
become
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Instead, he became preoccupied with civil service and tried to put more and more city employees under its protection.
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Businesses have become less preoccupied with outcomes and more focused on process.
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These forced the Soviet masses to become preoccupied over the daily struggle to make ends meet.
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They also became preoccupied with routine.
seem
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Sarah seemed completely preoccupied by the last mouthful of toast.
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A retired executive from Polaroid seems to be preoccupied with his own reading in another room nearby.
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Even as a child, he seemed preoccupied with money and the symbols of status associated with it.
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But they worry that more reforms could be thwarted by a few workers who seem preoccupied with exerting their authority over patients.
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The legislated-excellence movement seems preoccupied with keel ing all learning within the four walls of the school.
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She seemed preoccupied , or nervous, or something in between.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And though I tried to respond, I was mostly preoccupied with my pain.
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He got preoccupied with my left hand and the right hook came in over his shoulder.
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Kent was silent, preoccupied, deep in thought.
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Mainly because, as a child, I was too preoccupied with Chanukah to care what my gentile friends were doing.
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Much of the discussion in the 19705 was preoccupied with global cooling, not warming.
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Remember: throughout the book Don Quixote is preoccupied by the question of posterity.
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The experience was enough to keep him preoccupied for some time.
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These questions have preoccupied fine minds for centuries, with interest intensifying from the late nineteenth century to the present day.