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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the cut-off time for the coursework an electronic drawbridge goes up: students are no longer allowed to write to their directories.
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But at night the Duke locked the door of her room, and pulled up the drawbridge .
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He heard the hollow thudding of hooves and the duller sound of feet constantly tramping the timbers of the drawbridge .
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Its drawbridge lowering, he would ride across it to a joyous welcome.
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Mackey drove across a drawbridge over the Miami River.
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People already burdened with anxieties and fears should not have to cross this drawbridge too.
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The drawbridge was raised, of course, but it was a narrow moat.
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The sergeant felt uneasy while he and Blanche stood on the drawbridge .