noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bus lane (= a part of the road where only buses are allowed to drive )
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You can be fined for driving in a bus lane.
a cycle lane (= part of a road that only cycles can use )
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Cars are not allowed in the cycle lanes.
bus lane
crawler lane
cycle lane
diamond lane
fast lane
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Brenda is a lady who loves life in the fast lane .
HOV lane
lane closures
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On the M40, there are lane closures near Oxford.
life in the fast lane
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Brenda is a lady who loves life in the fast lane .
sea lane
shipping lane
slow lane
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The country is expected to remain in the slow lane of economic recovery.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
back
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The back lane , roughly on the line of the original through road, is exactly that.
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Wolfenden had come and gone, but persecution was still abroad in the streets and back lanes of Tyneside.
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Petitions for lighting in the back lanes of the Denes area and in Great Stainton were handed in.
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The back lanes in the North Road area have been atrocious, people were dumping their rubbish in them.
fast
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And yet he was happy in his lot, his circular fast lane .
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One thing about driving a truck: it really is the fast lane into old age.
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I pictured a man taking leave of his motor; wobbling from the fast lane towards the hard shoulder.
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Many gay men rejected these connections and found long-term partners, often away from the hubbub of the emerging gay fast lane .
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M2 from Dunsilly to Ballygrooby - fast lane closed in both directions.
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For swimmers in the fast lane , it was 600 meters.
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Change tack immediately and take urgent action to get some talented protégés into your fast lane .
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Clive Phillips, the council estate dodger who had got on his bike and into the fast lane , had fired me.
green
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They suspect the trap may have been laid by people who want to stop motorcyclists from using green lanes .
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Cross the road into a green lane following it to the Ffwddog road.
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The path leads into a green lane .
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The age and original purpose of this road, like that of many similar green lanes , are puzzling.
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And the route passes through wooded river valleys and along green lanes .
inside
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Huge jams built up behind the 74-year-old pensioner as he crawled for five miles along the inside lane of the dual-carriageway A1.
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But this time I was prepared, hiding in the inside lane .
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I was given the inside lane and I was furious and protested.
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When they got out they saw a Vauxhall Astra, its front badly damaged, directly behind in the inside lane .
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A single-decker yellow-and-black bus was travelling fast in the inside lane , its headlights dipped and no traffic immediately in front of it.
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The repairs are being carried out to the bridge at Knayton and the inside lanes of both carriageways are closed.
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Myeloski was trapped in the inside lane .
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Traffic tailed back fourteen miles after police were forced to close the inside lane of the northbound carriageway.
leafy
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The weather is glorious, so we trot through the suburban roads and leafy lanes , and find a hitherto undiscovered park.
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The village church, tucked away at the very end of a winding leafy lane , is dedicated to St Mary.
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About three miles beyond the town we turn into a leafy lane leading to a farm.
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In summer the dappled light of leafy lanes awaits you, while the rich colours of autumn are always worth enjoying.
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Yanto's mind was busy as he meandered slowly through the leafy lanes towards Purton.
middle
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The Yugo finally skidded to a halt upside down and straddling the middle lane .
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She drove in the middle lane , skimming past lorries.
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There he was, making a name for himself after all those years in racing's middle lane .
narrow
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I walk across the field to the gate and out into a narrow lane .
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It confined transoceanic vessels to a few narrow shipping lanes that promised safe passage.
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There is no bumping into the man in front as we cross the fields and move along the narrow Normandy lanes .
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Peace in the squares and the narrow lanes , where hibiscus and bougainvillea climbed over sleepy walls.
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They were now walking along a narrow lane that was no more than a rutted cart-track.
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To the right, on the narrow dusty lane , lay the village school behind a row of white palings.
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This pretty little village of narrow lanes and attractive cottages is in fact a Royal Village.
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They fled after calling at a house where the vehicle was blocking a narrow country lane .
outside
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Voice over On the M40, our police driver struggles to keep up with a car in the outside lane .
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Allan was allowed in as a guest in the 200 metres, but was given the outside lane .
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She was waiting in the outside lane of a busy road in St Helens to turn right when the accident happened.
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In Sunday's final we were drawn in the outside lane .
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At worst they see the future as two motorway lanes blocked with slow lorries with just the outside lane for the car driver.
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In the final, I again had a good outside lane , which was important on this very tight 164 metres track.
quiet
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Julia smiled with delight. she was enjoying her walk down the quiet country lane towards the riverbank.
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To me they would only ever belong among the gentle hills and quiet , winding lanes of Upper Killington.
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It had happened in a quiet Nottinghamshire country lane .
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Freddie felt his fear growing and he was running now through the quiet riverside lane .
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There are quiet lanes and mountain paths, sunny terraces and beaches.
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Our hotel, the four-star Elea Beach, stands off the main drag at the end of a quiet lane .
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In this quiet lane there was an extravagance of wild flowers, a riot of colour.
right
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This extra width would also allow for right hand turning lanes to be incorporated at the junctions on to adjacent military land.
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Jean got into the right hand lane to cross the bridge.
slow
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As always since the Government came into power, we are in the slow lane .
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Would you expect him to poke along in the slow lane ?
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It accelerated and moved into the slow lane , as he passed.
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It was her decision to join me out here on the slow lane .
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She tried to concentrate on driving, she got the car into the slow lane and looked down at her stomach again.
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Old fogey that I am, after that I stayed in the slow lane , poking along at 80 or 90.
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It was time to ease back over to the slow lane , take another off-ramp, let the car cool.
winding
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The village church, tucked away at the very end of a winding leafy lane , is dedicated to St Mary.
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Gubberford Lane is a winding country lane and for about a mile it is without footpaths.
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I put my foot to the floor and screamed down the winding lane , standing on my brakes like a boy racer.
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The van was already rolling along the winding lane out of sight.
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It is a district of small houses set amidst winding lanes , quite cut off from the world.
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The winding lanes and grey stillness of early autumn combined to soothe her spirit.
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The head-lamps flashed over bushes and trees lining the sides of the narrow winding lane .
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She peered out through the windscreen into the eerie blackness of the winding lane .
■ NOUN
bus
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A report by development services director Stephen Tapper says bus lanes produce considerable time savings by allowing public transport unrestricted access.
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We don't want bus lanes on motorways and we don't want traffic jams.
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They spent their time hiding behind low stone walls and leaping out at motorists travelling in bus lanes .
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Extensive bus lane and priority traffic signalling is approved for Manchester.
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The successful firm will also have to provide a contraflow bus lane for the authority.
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Because the council has turned the whole damn place into a bus lane and you can't move any more.
country
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Julia smiled with delight. she was enjoying her walk down the quiet country lane towards the riverbank.
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A far better alternative was to walk the back roads and country lanes .
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A course that mixes open pasture, bridleways, forest tracks and country lanes undeniably favours the horse.
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A country lane surrounding the house was sealed off and police from throughout the county were called to the scene.
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Fancy taking in the quaint country lanes of Hampshire?
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Grip and balance are remarkable for such a heavy car but this isn't one to hustle down country lanes .
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This family lived between two farms up a narrow, deeply rutted country lane .
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The traffic was quite heavy on the country lanes to Downshurst.
cycle
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Providing more pelican crossings, cycle lanes and residents' parking schemes.
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Additionally, there are occasional examples of cycle lanes being carried in streets against the flow of one-way traffic systems.
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Encouraging local councils, assisted by a special budget we have set aside, to introduce pedestrian priority areas and cycle lanes .
memory
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Have a word with your Mazda dealer and take a test drive down memory lane .
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Talk about a wondrous stroll down one whacked-out memory lane .
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Today we're taking a stylish trip down memory lane .
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We had a real trip down memory lane , talking about your grandmother as she was years ago.
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Taking you down memory lane time and time again.
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But the memory lane he points the audience down isn't one that starts in Britain.
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It was a glimpse of the old Connors, fighting and refusing to walk down memory lane .
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This will be a trip down memory lane for the right hon. Gentleman.
pit
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His misery was compounded when he was fined for speeding in the pit lane .
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The pit lane , though, reckons Red 5 will return.
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But a pit lane full of Longines-Olivetti computer gear and Desert Storm-style motor-homes has reduced the role of these companions.
sea
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Freighters, tankers and a modern fishing fleet trafficked the old sea lanes .
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The disputed area also is part of an important sea lane for both commercial and military ships.
■ VERB
block
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They were telephone poles that had fallen from a lorry, blocking both westbound lanes of the motorway and smashing a car.
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In doing so, the rear trailer of the big-rig flipped over, blocking all lanes .
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They fled after calling at a house where the vehicle was blocking a narrow country lane .
change
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H., for, he figures, changing lanes without flashing a warning sign.
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I was just trying to change lanes to pass.
drive
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Then she turned the car and drove off down the lane .
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He drove across the five lanes toward the little sign.
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The town ended sharply, and we were driving along a bumpy lane through the jungle at reckless speed.
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Peoples, however, claimed he avoided the deputy by driving across both lanes of the highway.
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Soon we were on our way to the city, driving down the centre lane reserved for official cars.
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She drove in the middle lane , skimming past lorries.
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She drove down the lane and past the pub, turning at last into her own drive.
lead
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Now he could see to the lane that led to the pavillon.
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About three miles beyond the town we turn into a leafy lane leading to a farm.
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A gang of workmen put a fence up across the private lane leading to the house in Beaconsfield.
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Three lanes lead off from it, four if you count the short length from the hospital.
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She waited by the window to see if they would reappear in the lane which led into the woods.
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The nearby lane leads to Sommerwell House, originally the family home of the powerful Playne clothier family.
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Smaller paths and lanes frequently lead off the main holloway, but even this may be narrow and insignificant by modern standards.
pass
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He passed through the lane at half-past one this morning, on his way home.
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They passed down the lane between high hedges.
run
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He repeated his suicide run across the lanes again to take the Bradford exit.
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I should have run , dark lane or no dark lane, and next time shall.
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To his left ran a modest lane which meandered northward to several small villages.
ship
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It confined transoceanic vessels to a few narrow shipping lanes that promised safe passage.
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By 6 p. m., we were out of the shipping lanes .
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We trudged across the main shipping lane with tankers and coasters hooting irritably at us to get out of the way.
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The icebergs have a long journey south to the shipping lanes .
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The moment we were across the shipping lane , we dropped the tow.
turn
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The van had turned into the lane to Applewick - the lane that was crossed by the low bridge!
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This extra width would also allow for right hand turning lanes to be incorporated at the junctions on to adjacent military land.
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About three miles beyond the town we turn into a leafy lane leading to a farm.
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They turned through lanes , and joined a motorway and left it.
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She turned up a lane which was even steeper than the road she had just left.
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By the time I turn into the little lane where I live it has become so intense that I usually slow down.
walk
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This time I am the one walking along the lane and he is the one standing outside the gate.
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You could smell prosperity as you walked down the lanes .
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They were now walking along a narrow lane that was no more than a rutted cart-track.
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I shall walk up the lane .
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She walked towards the lanes of shops, the wind fluttering the ends of her scarf.
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At some point during this silent debate Summerchild came walking up the lane .
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At ten o'clock that evening, she walked back along the lane .
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They walked down the lane and climbed over the stile to the footpath which led down to the river.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a walk/trip down memory lane
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So if anyone wants company for a walk down Memory Lane, I will gladly go with them.
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The doctor calls it a panic attack, I call it a trip down memory lane for big bro.
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This will be a trip down memory lane for the right hon. Gentleman.
back street/lane/road etc
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A far better alternative was to walk the back roads and country lanes.
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And this was how many such agents lived, in rooms in the back streets of cities.
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I have found one must speak slowly to people who live in the back streets of London.
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Iain and Tommy drank together on the back streets of Pinner.
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Now they left the main road for the quieter, dimmer back streets.
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People always honk at me for that so I try to take the back roads.
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That afternoon I drove nonstop over the back roads of Ames and Bern townships.
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The back lane, roughly on the line of the original through road, is exactly that.
in the slow lane
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As always since the Government came into power, we are in the slow lane.
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Old fogey that I am, after that I stayed in the slow lane, poking along at 80 or 90.
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Would you expect him to poke along in the slow lane?
the fast lane
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Cars in the fast lane were traveling at over 80 miles an hour.
the inside lane
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A single-decker yellow-and-black bus was travelling fast in the inside lane, its headlights dipped and no traffic immediately in front of it.
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But this time I was prepared, hiding in the inside lane.
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Huge jams built up behind the 74-year-old pensioner as he crawled for five miles along the inside lane of the dual-carriageway A1.
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I was given the inside lane and I was furious and protested.
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Myeloski was trapped in the inside lane.
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The repairs are being carried out to the bridge at Knayton and the inside lanes of both carriageways are closed.
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Traffic tailed back fourteen miles after police were forced to close the inside lane of the northbound carriageway.
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When they got out they saw a Vauxhall Astra, its front badly damaged, directly behind in the inside lane.
the outside lane
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Allan was allowed in as a guest in the 200 metres, but was given the outside lane.
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At worst they see the future as two motorway lanes blocked with slow lorries with just the outside lane for the car driver.
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In Sunday's final we were drawn in the outside lane.
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She was waiting in the outside lane of a busy road in St Helens to turn right when the accident happened.
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Voice over On the M40, our police driver struggles to keep up with a car in the outside lane.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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busy shipping lanes
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That idiot changed lanes without signaling.
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The last stretch of road is a narrow lane bordered by trees.
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The Russian swimmer in lane 6 is in the lead.
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We rode our bicycles along pretty country lanes.