noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
narrow
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Beyond them other streets with narrow rear alleyways and outside lavatories stretched all the way to the main road.
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A beggar lad showed us the house in a dank, narrow alleyway where Mistress Hopkins lived.
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The narrowest , poorest alleyways glow with flames, lighting up the hillside paths.
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It is a town of simple charms and colourful history, where winding narrow streets and alleyways present surprises at every turn.
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They scrambled from the police car and headed down a narrow alleyway , their hands resting lightly on their sheathed batons.
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The gunman looked around him wildly and the crowd parted as he darted up a narrow alleyway .
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An old City institution tucked away down a narrow alleyway .
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As Tom made his way to the door he noticed a particularly evil-looking group lurking at the entrance of a narrow alleyway .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A beggar lad showed us the house in a dank, narrow alleyway where Mistress Hopkins lived.
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A motor car was parked in the alleyway about three metres from the bakery door and alongside the Alliance building end wall.
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Beyond them other streets with narrow rear alleyways and outside lavatories stretched all the way to the main road.
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It was identical to the one thrust into my hand in the alleyway .
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She walked briskly through the teeming streets and alleyways which lay behind the main thoroughfares of Bridgetown.