noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
eat
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At breakfast time Matilda sat quietly at the dining-room table eating her cornflakes .
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Then he went into the kitchen, ate a bowl of cornflakes , and smoked another cigarette.
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I am trying to get a sighting of them eating cornflakes and drinking twelve - fourteen - sixteen nineteen bottles of wine.
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Patricia was at the table in her dressing-gown, eating cornflakes - her favourite food.
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He went ahead and wore them all the same, and sat eating his cornflakes with steam slowly rising from his legs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Having tried bran flakes you might well find that you like them just as much as ordinary cornflakes .
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I eat tremendous amounts of bread and jam and bowls of cornflakes with cold milk - delicious!
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Reid in London A bowl of cornflakes can kill you-not to mention a ham sandwich or a T-bone steak.
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She bought bread and orange juice and cornflakes and porridge.
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Then he went into the kitchen, ate a bowl of cornflakes , and smoked another cigarette.
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Where a cereal is very light, like cornflakes , an ounce will comfortably fill the usual breakfast bowl.