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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But some boatmen fear the new regulations could destroy their livelihoods.
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He summoned his boatmen and his private piper.
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He wasn't going to accuse her of being a fair-weather boatman .
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Individual boatmen should also be honoured through clubs nominating skippers for their ability to find fish and their helpfulness towards anglers.
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The boy who had carried our bags up to our room so eagerly was of course a boatman .
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While the canal boatmen were away without their families the women who remained were drawn together for mutual support.
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Without fish, insects become the dominant species and acid-loving insects, such as water boatmen, proliferate.