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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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hours
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The Victorians spent countless hours on trains and passed many of them reading books.
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We spent countless hours lying on a blanket spread in the sun on the fragrant grass.
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Daily it devours whole forests and countless hours of sweated labour.
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During the time I was bedridden, I spent countless hours writing encouraging letters and praying for others.
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But people in Great Groups are different from those who spend countless hours in thrall to video games or other trivial pursuits.
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Even though Rice despised fund-raising, he would spend countless hours at it in his years at Black Mountain.
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Wagner, Roberto, Hugo, and the others had obviously spent countless hours together.
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Each of the educators and programs in these pages developed over countless hours of experimentation and trial and error.
millions
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Insects number countless millions , and perform vital ecological functions.
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The lives of countless millions of people have been made a misery through the conflicts arising from prejudice.
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Its life-cycle starts with a spore, of which there are countless millions in the atmosphere.
occasion
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If the legend is true, he kept his word for he was seen on countless occasions over the years.
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I have been reassured on countless occasions that a hypnotist can not make me do anything against my will.
other
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And there are countless other examples of women giving up their career dream to make a relationship work.
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Since then Savas has studied other services and reviewed countless other studies.
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There are countless other examples, but I can't go on, it's depressing me too much.
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Voting patterns, survey responses, and countless other signs showed that they had not.
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He was sacked four times and faced heavy pressure on countless other occasions.
others
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Revered by millions, he is detested by countless others .
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Perella, Wasserstein, and countless others apart from Drexel relished the turn of events.
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Not for that man or the countless others like him.
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It had happened to Mr McPhetson, the boat captain, and to countless others .
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The attacks also instilled fear in countless others throughout the city.
people
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It has the power to reform and transform lives ad through it countless people have been given new strength.
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Being labeled abnormal has determined how countless people feel about themselves.
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Gunmen have driven countless people from their villages and seized or burned their homes.
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That made it impossible to identify her; countless people had moved away over the years.
thousands
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His previous books have become classics and have been read by countless thousands .
times
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He'd wondered countless times , ever since that first call it had played on his mind.
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This view has been expressed countless times in the past four centuries.
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Kathleen had warned her countless times in the past, but this time she had had enough.
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So, countless times she gave up her own food when an unexpected guest arrived at dinnertime.
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I have observed this countless times in a number of beetle groups.
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The celestial bodies than proceed to pass through the same series of configurations as they had done countless times before.
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She had been to Nice countless times .
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This mental dimorphism was remarked upon countless times throughout RajasthanRabari women were clever, shrewd, outspoken and wise.
ways
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A problem person may cause you a headache in countless ways .
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These upheavals have shaken and shaped the twentieth century, and in countless ways they affect our lives still.
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That is not really surprising; from the moment the board is set up, chess mimics humankind in countless ways .
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These can be used in countless ways , several of which are shown in the illustration.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We had to peel back countless layers of paint and wallpaper.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An old rocking horse beside the window has given countless rides to the Pages' children and five grandchildren.
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As soon as the ideator's feet hit the floor in the morning, he or she starts to generate countless possibilities.
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At length he returned to the boarded-up shell which had been his family seat for countless generations.
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Every year, countless agonising deaths occur through the pollution of rivers from factories or oil spillages at sea.
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Since then Savas has studied other services and reviewed countless other studies.
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There also are countless hiking trails near the lake and in the surrounding mountains.
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Thousands of mental states, endless varieties of love, and countless supernormal powers are dramatized in the lives of the saints.
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Travel agents can help with arrangements and suggest countless more.