noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
ex
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Lisa, Phil's ex-girlfriend .
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Staley is serving a 15-to 25-year state prison sentence for stalking his ex-girlfriend .
new
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Trying to impress his new girlfriend .
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I liked his new girlfriend .-Apple pie was invented in Irondale.
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Your new girlfriend appears on the centrefold of Sub-aqua Answers.
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The Press'll expect that if you're my new girlfriend .
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Harry had been suspicious from the moment Jack had introduced him to his new girlfriend .
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Uh, my new girlfriend , I think.
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Each new boyfriend or girlfriend sent a frisson of anxiety through the group that grew into a wave of revulsion.
old
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She also found it intolerable to have her husband's old girlfriends around.
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Sure, he ensconced his old girlfriend Wendy Linka out there.
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My old girlfriend Happy Klein gets a lead.
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According to Bloomington, Ind., police, Wilkerson struck his 20-year-\#old girlfriend in the face.
pregnant
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The court had already heard how Westmore James went to Banbury to see his pregnant girlfriend .
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A FATHER-to-be kicked and punched his pregnant girlfriend in a row.
steady
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Now at 16 Steven has a steady girlfriend of 15, who he has been going out with for several months.
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Then, he started getting interested in banger-racing and got a steady girlfriend .
■ NOUN
former
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The most publicized was Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips, who is on probation after assaulting a former girlfriend .
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He meant that the manager of I.. Magnin was a former girlfriend .
■ VERB
bring
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He has struggled on social security to bring up Louis with girlfriend Debbie Blount.
kill
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On bail: A man accused of killing his 21-year-old girlfriend has been released on conditional bail by Sedgefield magistrates.
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The crescendo of firearms climaxed when a 20-year-old man accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend .
meet
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They met some girlfriends of Jessica's, and ended up having cakes and coffee and a laugh.
split
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His father died, he lost his job and he split up with his girlfriend , Darlington magistrates heard.
tell
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He told his girlfriend he thought he had run over a box.
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I rushed off to tell my girlfriend at her Catholic convent in Berkshire.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
steady boyfriend/girlfriend
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In any case, life was much too enjoyable to think about steady boyfriends.
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It would have to be with a steady boyfriend.
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Now at 16 Steven has a steady girlfriend of 15, who he has been going out with for several months.
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The first year at university I had a very steady boyfriend who was doing a similar course as me but mechanical engineering.
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Then, he started getting interested in banger-racing and got a steady girlfriend.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an ex-girlfriend
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Does Mark have a girlfriend ?
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I met my brother's new girlfriend last night.
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Katherine is his first girlfriend since breaking up with Maggie.
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Seth is bringing his new girlfriend to Heidi's party.
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Wendell hasn't had a steady girlfriend in years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I rushed off to tell my girlfriend at her Catholic convent in Berkshire.
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I wish I had a girlfriend who'd hug and kiss me when I was going to catch a train.
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Stumped for ideas and bewildered over all those girlfriends who lacked belief in him, Henderson decides to psychoanalyze his problems.
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The cottage on the left here was bought by some business type who was going to weekend here with his girlfriend .