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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a result, the magpie population dropped dramatically: in one village, from 259 birds to just 77.
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As she stepped out into the moonlight, two magpies landed on the thatch.
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As they reached the edge of the clearing Philip saw the dead magpie .
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He and his silly birds would have to go eventually, of course, because he made the magpies nervous.
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One of these birds is depicted as a magpie .
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There were blackbirds and thrushes and skylarks and ravens and starlings and jays and magpies and many kinds of small finches.