COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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Then he unfroze, pulled the trigger of the shotgun and leapt back into cover, all in the same movement.
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The man eyed the money, and leapt back on his cab.
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It leapt back into the air with an explosive flutter of wing and tail, warbling consternation, signalling alarm.
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Bold, she unlatched it. Leapt back .
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We both leapt back and stood there looking at each other through the glass.
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He leapt back into the cabin and locked the door.
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So much for security, Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive.
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As soon as I sat down Goneril leapt back on to me, kneading my chest with her claws.
down
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He leapt down to the floor and made two gigantic walls of books, trapping Mr Fractor between them.
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Their shadows stretched far ahead of them in the morning sun, and he leapt down on to the shadow of the leader.
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Dauntless leapt down from Contralto's back.
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They leapt down the car wrecks and legged it across the ground towards the girl.
forward
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Uttering a cry of disgust, Dauntless leapt forward and dragged Cleo up by the arm.
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It leapt forward as Delaney cried out and struck it a glancing blow with the torch.
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The Doctor leapt forward and became entangled with the archaeologist.
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It was brilliantly sunny, as though summer had leapt forward a few months.
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For one moment he looked as if he was raising his hands in surrender, then he leapt forward .
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The jeep dug dirt as it leapt forward .
in
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The keeper fumbled and defender Nigel Quigley leapt in to head home the equaliser.
off
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My heart leapt off the bedroom Windowledge.
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I leapt off the bed in excitement and found myself flat on the floor.
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The Trunchbull let out a yell and leapt off her chair as though a firecracker had gone off underneath her.
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Not only did I have loops at the edge, but seven or eight stitches actually leapt off the needles.
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Sammy leapt off the bed and started barking.
on
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As it squeaked past he darted out of his hiding place and leapt on to it, squeezing himself amongst the bottles.
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The Press leapt on to the story.
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He leapt on to a boulder, waving his weapon above his head.
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The man leapt on to the track at Victoria and raced into a tunnel.
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I leapt on to his back, fists flying, and sank my teeth into his shoulder, drawing blood.
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The fire leapt on to the wood and went on burning.
out
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Hot light leapt out from the damascened chromium steel nozzle in a dazzling silver thread.
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Hume may have leapt out of the fire of necessity but had he not landed in the pan of chance associations?
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A flame leapt out unexpectedly, caught on some dry grass, and raced across a half-dead meadow with frightening speed.
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They had leapt out , screaming murderously, but now they dropped all around us, dying and dead.
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A window was smashed with an emergency escape hammer and six prisoners leapt out as the coach slowed.
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Tracers leapt out of the jungle to a spot where they guessed he might be.
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They came to life and leapt out of their hiding places in little pots.
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It leapt out of the air into things and into children.
over
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The sandwich leapt over the doorframe and vanished into the chirping, velvety, dangerous night.
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A fully-grown stag leapt over the Toyota of Britain's Charles Golding in mid-stage.
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Argyll leapt over the clattering boards and rolling stools.
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She leapt over the ditch opposite the Martins' orchard wall and hurled herself into the undergrowth.
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With a whoop he leapt over a huge spreading puddle where a drain was blocked with litter.
then
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Republicans promised co-operation, then leapt to the attack yesterday.
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She brought her nose up to my hand, then leapt backwards, opened her mouth and tried to vomit.
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She floated above them then leapt into one of the bodies.
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My heart leapt , then sank, then leapt.
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Both guards broke clear, looked round for a moment and then leapt up the bank into the wood.
up
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Little Chef leapt up and licked her nose.
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Each ship in its turn leapt up and flew back over us.
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Her collection of outdoor treasures shot to the ground as in a single movement she leapt up and out between the trees.
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Junior said, and leapt up next to James.
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They leapt up and down the scale like mountain goats, dancing to their own pulsing rhythm.
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But the thing that leapt up in her when he asked it was a thing that had been lying there all along.
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He could feel the hall go tense, it was as if the demon king had leapt up beside Digby on the platform.
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First a short string of them, then a longer burst leapt up from the dark.
■ NOUN
air
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Again, Yanto managed to grab the tail, and yet again the fish broke free and leapt in the air .
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It leapt out of the air into things and into children.
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He ran off the cliff and leapt into the air .
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Flames leapt into the air , lapping up everything with their fiery tongues.
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It leapt back into the air with an explosive flutter of wing and tail, warbling consternation, signalling alarm.
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His disappointment had turned to joy and he leapt in the air , relieved the Bookman had escaped.
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The animal suddenly leapt in the air in a terrifying spasm of pain before collapsing, choking on its own blood.
bed
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And then I leapt out of bed and went to the window.
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Mavis leapt from bed and roamed the house.
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I leapt out of bed and dressed on automatic pilot.
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He too leapt from the bed , throwing off his covers.
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At about the half way point the Luggage leapt from its bed of splinters, gaped briefly in mid-air, and snapped shut.
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Finally I leapt out of bed , ran downstairs and out of the house.
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She leapt out of bed as he rubbed his head, cursing.
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I leapt off the bed in excitement and found myself flat on the floor.
car
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Ann, made of sterner stuff than the rest of her tribe, leapt from the car , determined to fish.
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Then he leapt into the police car , slammed it into gear and drove off.
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Read in studio Two joyriders leapt out of a moving car causing it to smash into a house.
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He leapt into the car and drove off like a maniac, but then she had expected that.
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They leapt down the car wrecks and legged it across the ground towards the girl.
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Seconds later he'd leapt into car with the kids, his bare torso on some one's lap on the front seat.
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At about the same instant the victim leapt from his shattered car and ran down an alley.
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Purser, 59, had injured an elbow as he leapt clear of the car .
foot
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David Laing had leapt to his feet again, spraying his neighbours with cold coffee.
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Laura leapt to her feet , a sign that she was about to deliver her own speech.
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He leapt to his feet , took Talbot's hand, and shook it vigorously.
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As she moved closer to him on the sofa, he leapt to his feet and began pacing the floor.
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Flames leapt hundreds of feet high, illuminating the jagged edges of the blocks.
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Duvall lashed backwards, but Jimmy had leapt to his feet , colliding with one of the hessian screens.
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She leapt to her feet with a cry which was instantly stifled by a mouthful of insects.
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Gilbert uttered a strangled cry and leapt to his feet with shadow reflections of crawling rain on his spectrally white face.