noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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border
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Almost all breeds are here ... although Border collies tend to dominate the proceedings.
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A border collie mix, she explodes with energy.
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His head said not even his faithful border collie could survive a horror like falling down a manhole.
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He had a border collie in his lap and the world at his feet.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A collie on a leash nipped me on the heel, going through the skin.
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A border collie mix, she explodes with energy.
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A huge, beautiful collie in his luxuriant prime, mouth gaping, tongue lolling, eyes staring lifelessly at nothing.
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A rough-coated collie called Tip, he was offered to me by some relatives down the dale whilst I still had Chip.
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A Smithfield is a leggy type of collie of the sort that bullock drovers used when working cattle half a century ago.
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However, such restrictive exercise would not satisfy the ethological requirements of breeds such as dalmatians, dobermanns and collies.
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Some will be smooth-coated, after the greyhound, while others will be rough-coated, after the collie .
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Then Jess - collie from Canine Defence, had to be put down eventually.