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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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tree
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Behind him the minister stood as straight and shadowy as a cypress tree .
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Tom Kitain to its freshly dug grave by a grove of olive and cypress trees .
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Situated on the eastern shore of the lake with a backdrop of terraced vineyards, olive groves and cypress trees .
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Old cypress trees rose up in silent sentry this afternoon, and the entrance to the tomb looked shut.
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It stands in a small square, now some five feet below the present ground level, surrounded by cypress trees .
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The largest of them is the Monastery of Kaisarani, which has a beautiful situation surrounded by cypress trees .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Behind him the minister stood as straight and shadowy as a cypress tree.
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Crickets were singing loudly up here, and a gentle breeze stirred the leaves of the cypresses.
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From January to early May the biggest sources are evergreen trees such as juniper, cedar and cypress .
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In its deepest recesses, Hellhole Bay and Warnbaw Swarrip, there were virgin stands of tupelo and bald cypress .
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Last year, because it rained frequently during cypress season, pollen levels stayed relatively low.
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She rested now and then under the shade of the cypresses and watched other tourists labouring in the heat.
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The cypresses, the olives, green to grey to green in the ever-changing light.
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Tom Kitain to its freshly dug grave by a grove of olive and cypress trees.