noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
good
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Even Protestants - and the good Lord knows how mistaken they are - have something to hold on to.
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Then the boy ran up the stairs and slammed his bedroom door. Good Lord !
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But I've a talent for the antiques, though the good Lord alone knows how I came by it.
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Thank the good Lord I was able to nurse her back to health and bring her here.
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Though why the Good Lord didn't strike Durham itself beats me, instead of causing us all this trouble.
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Besides, I think we ought to be content with what the good Lord gave us.
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Thank the good Lord for that Aga, for its comfort.
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I feel like this: The good Lord takes care of all of it.
■ NOUN
chancellor
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The Lord Chancellor has three constitutional roles.
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These are the most outrageous in a long line of similar remarks by the Home Secretary and the Lord Chancellor .
law
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Investors affected by the Law Lords decision should have some legal way of challenging this unfair outcome.
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But if the case gets to the Law Lords , how could they conclude other than in Mr Straw's favour?
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The Law Lords upheld that judgment.
time
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Another of the Fellowship slowly moved towards the battling Time Lord .
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Pool has an inkling of the great learning locked in your head, Time Lord .
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A couple of blows rained on the crouching Time Lord .
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But how could you tell with a Time Lord ?
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Blake had tried to advise him to relax, and when that hadn't worked had shouted at the Time Lord .
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Blake felt sad for the Time Lord .
■ VERB
ask
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Wednesdays Ask the Lord to raise up intercessors for the Collict and Meikle families.
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Thor asked the Lord of the Unerring Spear, who had given an eye for wisdom.
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But I forgave myself and asked the Lord to do the same.
call
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Everyone had called him Lord fitzAlan.
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For the slave called by the Lord is a freedman of the Lord.
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In 1992 police launched Operation Playground against a gang called the Vice Lords .
praise
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One thing, for which I must praise the Lord , is that he has never put spots on me.
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But just in a matter of a few minutes, they called in the Navy. Praise the Lord for the Navy.
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What was it about the name that made them want to funk on down and start praising the Lord ?
pray
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We pray and discuss the Lords work.
thank
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It won't last, thank the Lord .
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Then his cab got stuck in traffic, for which I thanked the Lord .
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She thanked the Lord there had been none since Lily.
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He went back into the kitchen. Thank the good Lord for that Aga, for its comfort.
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Then they sank back into armchairs, thanking the Lord that never again in their lives would they move house.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Grant them for ever the joy of your presence. Lord , in Your mercy Hear our prayer.
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One is said to be for the Lord and the other for Azazel.
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Thank the good Lord for that Aga, for its comfort.
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The apostles and the communities of the faithful were driven by the Spirit, faith and the knowledge of the Risen Lord .
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When a man prophesies, it is because the Spirit of the Lord comes upon him and communicates a message through him.
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When we turn to the Gospel we encounter the disciples trying to understand the mission of our Lord .