noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
civil
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Please also note General Exclusion 7b - no cover is provided for loss or damage caused by riots or civil commotion .
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Missed departure Strike, riot or civil commotion in respect of which a warning has been given prior to the date this insurance is purchased.
■ VERB
cause
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They stood in a tight bunch and craned their necks to see what was causing the commotion .
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Somebody else might have started a fight or caused a commotion .
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The recipe which was causing a minor commotion was for a lobster set ablaze with whisky.
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M., we were awakened by a large racket and went outside to see what was causing the commotion .
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Scared pelicans flapped away, and Ellen came up from the galley to see what had caused the commotion .
hear
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At four o'clock one afternoon he heard a commotion on the landing outside, and his door was flung open.
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A neighbor calls the police after hearing the commotion of two individuals prying open a window.
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Professor Cousins put his head round the door. ` I heard a commotion .
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Some time later, Brenda was cooking dinner when she heard a commotion in the street.
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From the hall behind them they could hear the commotion as their comrades and the invaders fought hand to hand.
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We had gone about forty feet or more when we heard a commotion and saw dark figures coming out of the station.
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I heard a great commotion in the hallway.
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By this time the adults had heard the commotion and were at the windows too.
see
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Sergeant laughed to see the commotion he'd caused.
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Half way through a number I've seen a commotion going on and it's Mum, trying to climb the barriers.
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Mrs Tibbs looked out from behind the tall mirror she was carrying to see what the commotion was.
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They look up from their table to see what all the commotion is about, and then continue to eat.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
set up a commotion/din/racket etc
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Crickets set up a racket in trees out in the yard.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I heard a commotion outside.
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Suddenly the whole street was in commotion .
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Suddenly there was a commotion by the front door, and two police officers marched in.
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We heard a commotion downstairs and ran down to see what was happening.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A right commotion was taking place.
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After a commotion , a wait and another commotion, my father appeared in the window above us.
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And it was true, she was finding breathing increasingly difficult, thanks to the wild commotion in her heart.
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As usual he brought with him a collection of friends and a lot of commotion .
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Suddenly there was a commotion behind me.
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There is a commotion behind me, some one motions him to leave, there is a brief scuffle and he is gone.
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They kept quite still, although all the commotion of the station swirled around them.