noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
oxygen tent
pup tent
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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They merely pointed where they wanted everyone to go, which was into the big tent .
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And those that can afford it have an even bigger tent .
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I see the big blue-green tent , created with sterile sheets, but it mostly hides Neil.
large
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The men ate in a large tent outside the perimeter of the fence.
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Because of a shortage of facilities at Lockheed, he put a lot of his design engineers into a large tent .
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The show takes place in a large tent that seats 100 to 150 people.
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We had a fairly large tent city, with some improvements, within a matter of two or three days of arrival.
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Another day and they passed the large green tents of the Red Cross.
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They followed the stretcher until they arrived at a large tent which had a hastily painted sign slung across its front.
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Stability: for such a large tent , its stability was good with all the guys pegged out.
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The cheapest beds in London either in your own tent or in dorm accommodation in fourteen large tents.
small
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In an effort to boost club funds, a small tent will soon be found on the far side of the ground.
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It would have required a quantity of material sufficient to make a small tent .
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A small grey tent was inexpertly pitched in a field just outside the town.
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And Oxfordshire's Harry Taylor, here on the left, is relying on a small tent for shelter.
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Before I knew it, she was lying beside me in the small white tent .
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Mr. Docherty told me that he was sleeping rough either in his car or in a small tent .
white
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The rows of white tents are numbered like a council estate.
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Impermanence reigns in Atlanta, where white tents dot the landscape like so many mushrooms on the forest floor.
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She indicated another mountain in the distance, dotted with cattle and white tents and suggested we try there.
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Before I knew it, she was lying beside me in the small white tent .
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Monday, the family erected a white tent of mourning outside their house in Rimal, on the outskirts of Gaza City.
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The once crowded white and khaki tents sagged emptily over mud.
■ NOUN
beer
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About 25 of us arrived and went straight to the beer tent , where we spent quite some time.
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The fight in the beer tent hardly gets a mention.
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Much to my surprise, he led me towards one of the public beer tents .
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Rows in the beer tent were quickly suppressed by the militia.
city
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Mobs of Right-wing thugs set ablaze a tent city housing refugees outside Leipzig and torched a hostel in Zielitz.
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We had a fairly large tent city , with some improvements, within a matter of two or three days of arrival.
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By nightfall, Oklahoma City was born on the prairie, a tent city of 10, 000.
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This was fine compared to the moldy tents and dirt floors at tent city .
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A few miles below, Southern California Edison was building a project and had erected a tent city for 140 men.
hospital
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The circular plan was derived from the hospital tents of the Crimea, where improved ventilation helped reduce the risk of cross-infection.
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We went by the tower like a flash and landed on the red cross near the newly set-up hospital tent .
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That week Leese and I flew more than a hundred wounded to the hospital tent .
oxygen
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And the idea of this odd man, his chimpanzee and oxygen tent in tow, running a business is bizarre.
pole
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We threw out a dummy made from sandbags and tent poles .
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It looked as if there was a tent pole underneath it.
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The parachute opened okay, but the tent poles smashed on landing.
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He referred to my rods as stepped-up fly rods, and his I called tent poles .
pup
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On our perimeter, some grunts hid in their pup tents trying to sleep while others stared into the gray foliage watching.
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Among the trees below I saw hundreds of pup tents .
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You have to set up a pup tent for the time being.
■ VERB
erect
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As we erected the tent Tony became wistful again.
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And, as is customary, the families would erect a mourning tent .
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The ganja farms increased in rapid frequency, with hastily erected tents dotting the hillsides.
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Monday, the family erected a white tent of mourning outside their house in Rimal, on the outskirts of Gaza City.
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The tent will then be held to the ground while you insert the poles and erect the tent. 5.
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If it were a horse race, they might be erecting tents right now on the first turn.
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The defendant's employees erected a tent over a manhole and surrounded the tent with paraffin lamps.
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A few miles below, Southern California Edison was building a project and had erected a tent city for 140 men.
find
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Her hand wanted to rise: he found and made a tent for it with his own.
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As Riker and I trudged off to find our tents , his voice faded to silence.
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Peter Jones, 19, was found in a tent where a group of young people had gathered for a party.
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I find only an empty tent with empty benches inside.
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Two weeks later, they found a tent .
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We found a tent where they were cooking omelettes filled with clams.
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Porches, also known as bellends, can be found anywhere on the tent , depending on the design.
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I know you found your tent , but perhaps you thought this might be a more comfortable bivouac than my cottage?
fold
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People say it should now fold its tents and steal away.
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Does that mean Starr must fold up his tent and go home?
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They clearly did not have the votes in 1992, and they agreed to fold their tent again this time.
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The itinerant peddlers had packed away their beadwork and knickknacks, folded their tents or shut their booths, and departed.
leave
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Don't leave your tent pitched all day for a prolonged period - this will degrade the flysheet.
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Fascinating, he said thoughtfully as he left the tent .
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Bring your sleeping bag but leave your tent behind.
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Fairfax leaves the tent and walks over to the fire.
live
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When Abdulrahman Bu Riziq explained why he lived in a tent he remarked the absence of policemen.
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Ever try living in a tent through a Dakota winter?
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Instead of living in a tent on the grassland, he lives in a sparse two-room flat in the city.
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Terry said we could live in tents on the job.
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It's like living in a circus tent under trainee trapeze artists.
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The thought of living in a tent and picking grapes in the cool California mornings hit me right.
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At one side of the hospital refugees living in tents and under corrugated iron were also cooking.
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During that pilgrimage, they lived in tents and booths, otherwise known as sukkot.
pack
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But perhaps they should all just pack up their corporate tents and go home.
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In Episode Two, they pack a tent and sleeping bags a weekend at a nearby state park.
pitch
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In which wilderness have they pitched their tents ?
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If he keeps blossoming at this rate, too, basketball coaches soon will be pitching tents in his yard.
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Joel arrived in time to pitch my tent .
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That was how Master Yehudi came to pitch his tent in Kansas.
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After pitching their tents , the travellers held a rave party that went on for 3 days and nights.
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Troops could scarcely find dry ground on which to pitch their tents .
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It was late by the time we had finished chatting and they cycled off to find somewhere to pitch their tent .
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We trailed off into the canyons, and pitched tents under the conifers.
put
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Practise putting your tent up in the garden several times.
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To wit: Around 1920, Jess Swicegood put up a barbecue tent in Lexington, making himself one of the originals.
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I was past putting the tent up, celebrating and wondering why my arms did not drop off.
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They put him out of the tent to await transport to the casualty clearing station or death, whichever should come first.
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I don't know why the fairs don't put up their tents on a permanent basis.
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This year a travelling circus put up its tent and offered the public a horse-riding show.
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I enjoy putting up a tent , I like campfires and food for me tastes so much better outside.
set
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We sat down on the little grass patch where the strolling players set up their tent .
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After they left Koju and I set up a tent a quarter of a mile from the village.
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Mobs of Right-wing thugs set ablaze a tent city housing refugees outside Leipzig and torched a hostel in Zielitz.
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You have to set up a pup tent for the time being.
sit
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Many of the men who sat outside the tents were stripped to the waist and some of them were barefoot.
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Achilles sat by his tent waiting for Patroclus to return.
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Billy Stewart sits outside his tent and watches flies.
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Achilles sat alone in his tent , brooding over his wrongs.
sleep
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Going to camp is like going on Pack holiday but everyone sleeps outside in tents .
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The latest shocks caused panic among some 50, 000 people sleeping in tents , campers and public buildings.
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A 16-year-old girl was raped as she slept in her tent at the Reading music festival, Berkshire.
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Remember, all her life she had wandered from place to place, sleeping in a tent or under the stars.
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I could sleep inside the tent , just on the outskirts of the flock.
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In recent Grand Prix events, up to 200,000 people have slept in tents and trailers in the centre of the track.
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We slept in rough tents with cots in the mud.
stay
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Nobody had any good ideas, the best one being to stay in our tents until the fog cleared.
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While Achilles stayed in his tent a fierce battle followed, the hardest yet fought.
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Mr Lennox grumbled and glowered. Stay in a tent or caravan!
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pitch a tent/pitch camp
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As we erected the tent Tony became wistful again.
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In her winter coat she appeared to be little more than a central pole with a tent draped from her shoulders.
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Resler and I were alone in our corner of the tent .
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So stick to your own tent if you want a snog.
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Tackle boxes and tents are being tossed into car trunks.
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That night, in their tents, they nearly died of cold.
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This was fine compared to the moldy tents and dirt floors at tent city.
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We made camp about 5 p. m. each night, using tents and gear provided by Amr and our own sleeping bags.