noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
candle/cigarette/test-tube etc holder
cigarette butt
cigarette holder
cigarette lighter
cigarette paper
cigarette/cigar/tobacco smoke
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The air was thick with cigarette smoke.
forget your keys/money/cigarettes etc
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Oh no, I’ve forgotten my wallet.
ground out...cigarette
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He ground out his cigarette on the window ledge.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
advertising
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Britain bans cigarette advertising on television, but, with tough restrictions, allows other tobacco advertising.
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In addition, government policies need to be believable; banning cigarette advertising would almost certainly cut consumption.
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This suggests they tend to pay more attention to cigarette advertising .
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Michel Charasse has put forward an amendment which would allow cigarette advertising at the Grand Prix.
ash
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It is subject to grease and grime from the hands, occasional coffee spills, cigarette ash , dead flies and sandwich crumbs.
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It was unlike Jasper not to object to cigarette ash , in ravioli.
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It feeds largely on ants whose remains can be found in the birds droppings, which resemble cigarette ash .
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Madeleine put down her pen and knocked her cigarette ash into a blue Limoges dish like a saucer.
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For example, the cigarette ash referred to above remains in place some 24 hours after being discovered!
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He tapped his cigarette ash on the floor.
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He smoked constantly and his clothes were always smeared with cigarette ash .
brand
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Do you know of any discos or clubs in your area listing events under a cigarette brand name?
burn
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They showed a young man whose swollen back was a mass of cigarette burns and bruises.
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One matinee jacket arrived with a cigarette burn in the middle of the back.
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During his 18-month ordeal Ryan regularly went home covered in cigarette burns and bruises.
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The Formica-topped tables were scarred with cigarette burns and discoloured by spilled coffee.
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Hermes or Ermenegildo Zegna were dotted with cigarette burns .
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He was castrated and his body bore extensive cigarette burns and bullet and knife wounds.
butt
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He nodded his thanks as he took it and flipped another cigarette butt into the toilet.
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She had a cigarette butt between her lips and a genial look on her face.
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An earlier cigarette butt smouldered in the grate.
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Some had cigarette butts , ground glass and bits of cloth glued to their inside surfaces.
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She thought ruefully of the cigarette butt , and of Johnny's small handful of apple tree leaves.
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I scraped cigarette butts and bloodied mashed potatoes off plates, dumped half-eaten steaks and broken lobsters into bins.
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Food and cigarette butts had been trodden into the precious carpet.
case
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The door closed, and Renwick could safely stow away his cigarette case .
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The cigarette case then falls and she grasps it.
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Plummer put down his glass and reached into his inside pocket for the monogrammed cigarette case .
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Dominic pauses to open his cigarette case .
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He took out his cigarette case .
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In the same swoop they took my father's silver cigarette case .
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Dominic has had this same silver cigarette case for almost twenty years.
company
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The cigarette companies started to issue cards once again in the middle of 1922 and they quickly became a craze.
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Punitive damages potentially could be much more costly to cigarette companies than compensatory damages.
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If upheld on appeal, that decision would mark the first payment of damages by a cigarette company to a smoker.
end
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Sadat pitches his cigarette end through the window, gets out of the car and strolls to the gate.
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The soldier, becoming bored with the game, laconically reached out his cigarette end and burst the balloon in my face.
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Being a fanatic nonsmoker and health freak, he made us enact the ritual funeral of a cigarette end .
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Maltravers turned to flick his cigarette end on to the roadside.
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But where on earth did he manage to find that cigarette end ?
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I have not found one cigarette end or one piece of waste paper.
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She sucked, and the cigarette end glowed.
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I go colour of rump steak, feel like burning cigarette end all over shoulders, thighs, feet.
holder
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He took the cigarette holder out of his wide mouth and beamed at his visitor, his Roosevelt smile, warm and toothy.
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There was a joint in the cigarette holder .
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He was carefully not displaying his cigarette holder and wore a floppy khaki drill jacket and baggy trousers of the same material.
lighter
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She heard the hiss of a cigarette lighter , and opened her eyes.
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There were two auxiliary power sockets next to the cigarette lighter .
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It's a portable car phone that can be plugged into the socket of a cigarette lighter .
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There was a silver cigarette lighter in the desk drawer, he remembered, rarely used now that he'd almost given up.
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Traditionally, the rare earths have been used as catalysts in the chemical industry and in flints for cigarette lighters .
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Angry fists waved up, and some one threw something-a cigarette lighter ? - at me, striking my knee.
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Wristwatch, wallet, tie, cigarette lighter .
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Forensic evidence showed the fire had been started in two places, possibly by a cigarette lighter or match.
maker
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The Castano settlement marks the first time that a cigarette maker has paid out as a result of smoking-related litigation.
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The latest rumors are separate from actual talks between cigarette maker Liggett and state attorneys general.
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That pleases the cigarette makers , who invested heavily in his election.
manufacturer
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For many years cigarette manufacturers survived the accusation that cigarettes killed you.
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That damaged the cigarette manufacturers more than you might imagine.
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I challenge the cigarette manufacturers rather than support them.
pack
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He fished out his crumpled cigarette pack and lit up.
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So the red lighter and cigarette pack had just been props for the pub scene.
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Campaigners, for example, are demanding strong warnings on cigarette packs .
packet
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Napkins and old cigarette packets did not, sadly, put in an appearance.
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Then he searched his pockets and took out a cigarette packet and shook it, but it was empty.
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He crunched pea-nut shells under his feet and waded ankle-deep in ice-cream cartons, paper bags, cigarette packets , half-eaten apples.
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Bodie upturned the waste bin and sorted through the small pile of chewing-gum wrappers, empty cigarette packets , and cigarette butts.
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He taps the cigarette packet round and round on the table surface.
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You can't just discard me like an empty cigarette packet .
sale
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But before the plan gets under way tobacco sellers will be sent a letter advising them of cigarette sale rules.
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Clinton is the first president to challenge tobacco companies to halt cigarette sales to teen-agers, Lewis added.
smoke
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Catriona decided not to mention that she hated cigarette smoke .
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When she returned after midnight she smelled of beer and cigarette smoke .
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The car had a bench seat in the front and smelled of warm leather and old cigarette smoke .
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She sensed that mummy was growing tense with all the heat and noise and cigarette smoke .
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It began to seem that the room smelled like cigarette smoke .
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The smell was similar to the Essoldo's smell: of Jeyes' Fluid and old cigarette smoke .
smoker
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A cigarette smoker has two to three times the risk of having a heart attack than a nonsmoker.
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The data suggests that it is a bad idea if you are heavy cigarette smokers .
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Examination of case notes of patients officially recorded as dying of asthma showed that many were aged over 60 and cigarette smokers .
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Why are cigar smokers cool and cigarette smokers scum?
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Yes, mortality rates among cigarette smokers are way higher than among cigar smokers.
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Fifty one percent of the patients were cigarette smokers .
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Meadows was a longtime cigarette smoker , Allen said.
smoking
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Heart attacks and lung cancer are directly linked with cigarette smoking .
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These days all that seems innocent stuff - occasional cigarette smoking isn't enough for schoolkids in the Nineties.
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Lastly, as part of general health care, it is extremely important to discourage cigarette smoking .
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The anti-smoking lobby then switched to point out that cigarette smoking was anti-social and could harm friends and family.
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Secondly, cigarette smoking might produce a local immunological defect.
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Perhaps this is one reason why cigarette smoking is so attractive in adolescence.
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On balance the better controlled studies have shown that cigarette smoking promotes gall bladder disease.
tax
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The proposed cigarette tax was abandoned.
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Federal and state governments add cigarette taxes , big lawsuits and more.
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Smokers would pay an additional $ 1-a-pack cigarette tax .
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Congressional leaders left open the question of whether to raise the cigarette tax .
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Sharp disputes remain over the structure of the program and whether the cigarette tax should be raised to help pay for it.
■ VERB
ban
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Britain bans cigarette advertising on television, but, with tough restrictions, allows other tobacco advertising.
blow
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The woman pulled on her cigarette , then blew the smoke away straight up into the air with an exaggerated abandonment.
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By the end of the evening she was puffing her cigarette and blowing the smoke at Miss Poole in the darkness.
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Newman lit a cigarette , blew smoke rings, watched them float up, collapse against a heavy wooden beam.
draw
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He drew deeply on the cigarette and stared out at the darkening sea.
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Madame Gautier watched them for a moment, drawing deeply on her cigarette .
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He drew deeply on a cigarette and flipped open his thumb-worn Bible.
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The waitress drew on her cigarette and studied the photograph intently.
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He drew deeply on a cigarette , stubbing it afterwards in an ashtray which held an extraordinary number of butts.
drop
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Willie dropped his cigarette and ground it out carefully under his boot.
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He dropped his cigarette into his burrito.
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I dropped my cigarette on the floor and put my foot on it.
grind
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He ground his cigarette underfoot and walked slowly towards the Fiat.
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He grinds the cigarette into the gravel with his heel and puts his other hand on the handlebar.
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Coolly Adam ground out his cigarette on the hearth.
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He ground out his cigarette and glared at Litchfield.
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He ground out the cigarette and watched her, the burning need in him too fierce to ignore.
hold
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And then holding the cigarette in front of his face he snapped the tip like some breaker of bread.
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You learnt how to smoke, how to hold a cigarette .
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His body and amused gaze point at the camera, and he holds a cigarette in his free hand.
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Patrick held his cigarette in one gloved hand.
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He was holding his cigarette , looking for a place to dump the long smoldering ash.
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Christine held a cigarette between the fore and middle fingers of her left hand.
light
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I lit a cigarette and looked at him; tried to determine him.
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Eulah Mae saw her sharply strike a match against a square match box to light a cigarette over a fresh beer.
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Surkov's hand trembled as he lit another cigarette .
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McMurphy lights another cigarette and offers it to him.
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She lit a cigarette and closed her eyes.
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He sat in the wooden chair before the desk and lit a cigarette .
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Then, pulling a large white ashtray towards him so it would be within easy reach, he lit a cigarette .
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He stared through the windshield at Spider as he leaned against the hood and lit a cigarette .
offer
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I offered her a cigarette and a drink of coffee from a flask I had.
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First, she offers him a cigarette .
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When Madeleine offered him a cigarette , he hesitated, then took one.
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Langford offered him a fresh cigarette .
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McDunn finally offers me a cigarette .
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A man offered Marina a cigarette from a black-and-white case.
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Nicholas offered his host a cigarette but he declined.
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She offered him a cigarette from it.
put
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Nobody would dream of coming in uninvited, and telling me to put my cigarette out.
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I watched him put out his cigarette .
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Bethany said softly, putting out the cigarette .
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Alice hurriedly put out the cigarette and got up to empty the ash tray.
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He put out the cigarette just as the matron thundered past us down the aisle, looking for the perpetrator.
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Impatiently she put out the cigarette and got up to move restlessly about the room.
reach
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Exercise consisted of getting up in the morning, reaching for a cigarette and climbing into the car.
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When the door closed, Penelope reached for a cigarette in her drawer.
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I reach for a cigarette but he withholds the lighter, tight in his fist.
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Instead, she reached for a cigarette .
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The. flesh of her upper arm hung down when she reached for a cigarette , but it scarcely mattered.
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Letia reached for a cigarette and automatically Toni picked up the table lighter and flicked it alive.
roll
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With a lifetime of practice behind him he rolled a passable cigarette in his fingers and lit it.
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Dunne rolled another cigarette , running his tongue slowly along the glued edge of the brown paper.
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He took off his shoes, climbed into a chair, rolled a cigarette and poured himself a coffee.
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He began to hum a tune, dissociating himself, rolling a cigarette with easy movements.
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And he rolled up a cigarette and he says, I want you to pray with me.
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Odd-Knut rolled a thin cigarette and poured himself yet another coffee.
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Dunne rolled another cigarette and lit it.
take
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The major's hand trembled slightly as he took the cigarette .
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The farmer took a cigarette for his pains and refused food.
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Byrne had taken a cigarette from his pocket and was sucking on it.
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She flopped down on an unmade king-sized bed, staring at me as she took up a cigarette and lit it.
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Then he searched his pockets and took out a cigarette packet and shook it, but it was empty.
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He took out a cigarette and lit it, finding it hard to look into her probing eyes.
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When he'd done that he took the cigarette out of his mouth, tapped some ash off and studied the glowing end.
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She took a cigarette from a monogrammed case and held it between her teeth, grinning.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
draw on a cigarette/cigar etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a pack of cigarettes
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The ashtray was full of cigarette butts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If Clarence had lit a cigarette and that caused the explosion, then the Trust would be under no liability.
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Mattie looked in confusion at Alice, watching her cooly smoking a cigarette .
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She was sitting on a grassy bank, leaning forward a little, a cigarette between her fingers, and she was speaking.
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There was a silver cigarette lighter in the desk drawer, he remembered, rarely used now that he'd almost given up.
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They shared the same cigarette and frolicked in the pool.
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To put a kid like Delia in eight-hour isolation for accepting a cigarette from a friend is bizarre and outrageous.
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When he'd done that he took the cigarette out of his mouth, tapped some ash off and studied the glowing end.
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When Madeleine offered him a cigarette , he hesitated, then took one.