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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A subplot plays in the background, where two men meet, light a cigarette and separate.
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He has a second reason, spelled out in one of several stagy subplots.
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He keeps wandering into minor subplots, about a flamenco dancer and a dancing doctors demonstration.
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In between the storms, a mix of subplots puddle up the movie.
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The first scene of the subplot also opposes and discriminates its protagonists.
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The story of water and Los Angeles divides itself into countless subplots.
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When subplots or scenes of local color are introduced, they relate to the main plot in a fundamental way.