COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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Then she leant back and narrowed her eyes with concentration.
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Martin decided to abseil from the peg but as he leant back it came out.
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Steven folded his arms and leant back , feeling triumphant.
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I closed the door and leant back against it.
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I leant back against the stone balustrade and lit a cigarette.
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Philip leant back and picked them up.
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I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers, checking that I had brushed off the mud.
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Taczek leant back , slung his arms behind his head and stretched his chunky arms as if waking from a deep sleep.
forward
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Then she leant forward - they were almost the same height - and caressed his cheek with her lips.
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Benton pulled the knife free of his belt, leant forward and touched the blade to Donna's left knee.
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A shiver passed through his whole body and then he leant forward and wept, head between his knees.
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Myeloski leant forward and put his hand on her arm to comfort her.
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He leant forward on the table, emphasising the points with a thin finger.
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He was wearing an overcoat and leant forward to protect himself against the biting wind.
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Neville leant forward to replace the glass and his nose cleaved through the veil of shadow, a stark white triangle.
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Dimly making out figures, he leant forward on his mount, and a volley of fire tore him to the ground.
over
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He leant over the church wall and Uncle Walter's helmet tipped forward.
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As the truck filled we leant over the side and talked about our trips.
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I sat up and leant over him and grabbed my bag.
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She leant over to him as he fastened it around her throat.
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Miss Fogerty leant over the low dry-stone wall which separated the playground from the school-house garden.
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Alice leant over the carrying cot.
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I leant over to get a better view.
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Sergeant-Chef Gibeau leant over , tapped me on the forefinger with a table knife and told me to do them up again.
■ NOUN
chair
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Jack leant back in his chair , put his feet on the desk and stared out of the window.
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Celia leant back in her chair .
desk
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He leant across the desk in a confidential manner, scanning the room shrewdly.
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I leant on the desk , using one arm, hand clenched.
table
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He leant forward on the table , emphasising the points with a thin finger.
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Dexter leant forward across the table to hear better what was about to be said.
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He leant earnestly across the table .
wall
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The woman leant heavily into the wall .
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I sat down and leant against the wall , trying to decide what to do.
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He leant over the church wall and Uncle Walter's helmet tipped forward.
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It's because I leant against the wall at the end of the corridor and watched them.
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I just leant against the wall by the door.
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His chest felt intolerably tight, and he leant against the passage wall to allow the tension to subside.
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In the moist warmth of the evening, she leant against the wall which encircled the Palazzo.
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She closed her eyes and leant against the wall waiting for the wave of dizziness to subside.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But she leant up on her elbow and looked down into his face and knew the truth of it.
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He leant over the church wall and Uncle Walter's helmet tipped forward.
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I just leant against the wall by the door.
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In the moist warmth of the evening, she leant against the wall which encircled the Palazzo.
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Martin decided to abseil from the peg but as he leant back it came out.
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She leant over to him as he fastened it around her throat.
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Then she leant back and narrowed her eyes with concentration.
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They leant against the gate, not expecting trouble as they joked between themselves.