COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Does...mean anything to
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Does the name Bryce mean anything to you?
does...shop
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She always does the weekly shop on a Friday.
does...sit-ups
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Jerry says he does two hundred sit-ups a day.
How does that sound (= used to ask someone what they think of your suggestion )
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I’ll come over to Richmond and take you out for dinner. How does that sound ?
neither does/can/will etc sb
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‘I don’t have any money.’ ‘Neither do I.’
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Tom didn’t believe a word she said, and neither did the police.
What does...mean
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What does ‘patronizing’ mean ?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as is/was/does etc
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And as is the way of things in nature, given sufficient heat and hammering, the result is forged steel.
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For his contemporaries, Gloucester clearly filled a double role, as is illustrated by his dealings with the city of York.
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In fact, as is clearly illustrated by this data, inequalities are relatively consistent throughout childhood.
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It is as unique in its way as was the original White Paper.
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It was a small, intimate gathering that was assembled, as was the custom among nice Atchison families.
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Now he desires, as is but right, that my dowry should be returned with me.
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The classic Sinatra phrasing remains intact, as does that easy-breeze delivery.
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The human was now seen as a biomechanical machine, as was the entire universe.
easy does it
gently/gently does it!
how does sth grab you?
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How does going to Hawaii for Christmas grab you?
it does your heart good to see/hear sth
no more does/has/will etc sb
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In practice, this situation will arise only very rarely if a regime of symptom control and no more has been adopted.
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Men appear to be no more willing to support women in their traditional roles than women are to assume them.
that does it!
the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing
the minute (that) sb does sth
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The minute I say something is cute, she'll hate it.
the moment (that) sb does sth
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Been getting hold of a bit of meth, but it's fairly hard to come by at the moment .
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Does it enable them to make the right choice in the heat of the moment ?
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In the heat of the moment it does not usually look as if there is anything to be done about the heat.
there's no harm in doing sth/it does no harm to do sth
what does it matter?
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We'll do it tomorrow or the next day. What does it matter ?
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Hill people, valley people, what does it matter if gullibility remains unaffected by our environments?
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The same as what does it matter whether or not I was a virgin when I met Gillian?
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Well, what does it matter ?
what does sb care?
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He tells the chauffeur to go gas up the limo, and what does he care ?
what does sb know?
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I'm not going to listen to Martha. What does she know ?
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My chaplain snorts in derision but what does he know ?
where does sb/sth go from here?
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He has just turned 25 years old and the question is: Where does he go from here?
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So where does Dirk go from here?
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The question now is, where does UMass go from here?