COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ashes were scattered
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His ashes were scattered at sea.
I should...if I were you
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I should stay in bed if I were you .
I would...if I were you
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I would talk to the doctor if I were you .
Times were hard
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Times were hard and they were forced to sell their house.
were going cheap (= were being sold at a low price )
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He bought me some CDs which were going cheap .
were made of sterner stuff (= were more determined )
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Surely you’re not going to give up? I thought you were made of sterner stuff .
who were...trying to kid
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We thought we could change the world. Just who were we trying to kid ?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as it were
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He became famous, as it were , for never having a hit record.
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He cornered the market in heroes, as it were.
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He was there, as it were, in reflection.
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Maps to particular places allow one to penetrate the maze, by appointment as it were.
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That made me, by birth as it were, a member of the Strauss family.
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The basic chords, as it were, are there.
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The basic signals are the same but each area has, as it were, its own dialect of calls.
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Um, the computer guru, uh, the wizards as it were, is going to be there for emergency calls.
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We do not have to try to remember ourselves in a vacuum, as it were.
his/her etc eyes were popping (out of his/her etc head)
if I were you
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If I were you, I'd sell that car.
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Here's your money -- if I were you I'd put it in the bank right now.
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I wouldn't do that if I were you.
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But if I were you I'd give him his wife back and find yourself some one more suitable.
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But I shouldn't bother if I were you.
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But I wouldn't put any money on it, if I were you.
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I would go, if I were you.
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I would not impose thusly on a stepson if I were you.
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Meanwhile, I'd get ready for a little visit from the police if I were you.
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Shit, she said, I would have liked some one doing that if I were him.
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Well if I were you I'd get in touch with me if anything turned up.
sb's worst fears were realized
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My worst fears were realized when I saw the test questions.
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His worst fears were realized and he was arrested.
there I was/there they were etc
was/were to do sth