noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fire brigade
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
commander
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The senior military advisor to the film was Colonel Joseph Conmy, brigade commander at the actual battle.
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I had the brigade commander over-head offering me encouragement over the radio.
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The brigade commander was able to assess the situation and take proper courses of action.
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Lee had anticipated this attack, and had told the brigade commanders that the center must stand firm at all costs.
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He blames the brigade commander , Col.
fire
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Then about five or ten minutes after that the fire brigade turned up.
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One might assume the fire brigade had put everything it had into keeping that shack from burning down.
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A further outcry from consumer groups and fire brigade unions is expected over the dangers from fire.
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Here, some bright spark thought Windsor Castle was on fire and called the fire brigade !
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The police arrived, took one look and called the fire brigade .
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The alarm was raised by the boy's friends who called the fire brigade .
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Age Concern now wants elderly people worried about keeping warm to contact its officers or the fire brigade for advice.
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First contact the Chief Fire Officer at the headquarters of your local fire brigade .
■ VERB
call
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The alarm was raised by the boy's friends who called the fire brigade .
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Anyway, they had to call the fire brigade , the house was full of smoke.
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And officers had to call in the fire brigade to put out the blaze.
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A university porter saw the smoke and called the fire brigade .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In the Midwest, snowmobile brigades delivered food and medicine.
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the back-to-nature brigade
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was 35, married with 2 children and had been in the brigade for 11 years.
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I bend down and resume sorting and lifting rocks to the other men and women in the brigade .
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The troops were organized into brigades and divisions.
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There would be an attack but his brigade did not have to advance.