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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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other
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Said I was distracting other motorists .
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On a busy road, though, an extra car adds to congestion and so reduces the benefits other motorists are enjoying.
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The bays should ensure other motorists visiting the street will avoid the most convenient parking space for a disabled resident.
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Problem Surveys suggest that other motorists could do much more to make life easier for disabled drivers.
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Several other motorists had near misses.
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Like other motorists ahead of me, I drove past.
passing
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These shy creatures may sometimes be seen and have been known to stray on to the road, startling passing motorists .
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He died in the arms of a passing motorist .
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He was taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital by a passing motorist and is being treated for leg and arm wounds.
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Sam stood guard over his blood-covered friend and tried in vain to flag down passing motorists .
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The gunman had stopped shooting and made off after a passing motorist arrived on the scene, the court heard.
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And there he was he was held up and shown to passing motorists .
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Her attacker ran off when a passing motorist stopped.
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The five soldiers prove, as always, to be quite a spectacle for passing motorists .
speeding
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Read in studio Police are parading a range of race and rally cars in an attempt to make speeding motorists slow down.
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Traffic officers claim the new gun can't be picked up by speeding motorists who use radar detectors to avoid being caught.
■ VERB
drive
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Lights risk: Police say they recorded 170 motorists driving through red traffic lights in York in just one month.
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Last week, police arrested a motorist in Houston for driving a car with Republic of Texas license plates.
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Altogether six vehicles were involved and police say some motorists may have been driving to close.
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Alternatively, it is claimed, such a system would be inequitable since poorer motorists would be driven off the roads.
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Mr Foster pleaded for motorists to drive more carefully and called for increased police surveillance to tackle speeding drivers.
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But after flagging down passing motorists , Mrs Fenton drove off in a friend's car.
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But the police blame the tailbacks on motorists driving too fast through the contraflow and causing accidents.
kill
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It kills more than runaway motorists and the luckless in their way, too.
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A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hits southern Oregon, killing a motorist whose pickup was hit by falling rock.
pass
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They have taken to increasingly seductive gimmicks, to the point of thumbing down passing motorists .
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Smiling residents stroll along a cozy, old-fashioned street; the police chief stops and chats with passing motorists .
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Peter Hardcastle of Ridgehill, Dartmouth, was taken to hospital after passing motorists gave him first aid.
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And the extra production costs will undoubtedly have to be passed on to the motorist .
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Meandering wildly, I provoked yells of annoyance and remonstration from passing motorists .
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After receiving a donation from a passing motorist , one of the beggars enters a nearby Burger King to buy food.
stop
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This does not stop motorists damaging the environment but only stops them destroying it quite so violently.
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Police are stopping motorists who use the road in their search for clues.
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Residents have fought a long campaign to stop some motorists using the roads as a race track.
use
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But motorists using it today had mixed opinions.
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The closure prevents motorists from using the street to travel between Carlsbad and Oceanside.
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Traffic officers claim the new gun can't be picked up by speeding motorists who use radar detectors to avoid being caught.
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Attempts to persuade motorists to use buses have failed.
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Police are stopping motorists who use the road in their search for clues.
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Residents have fought a long campaign to stop some motorists using the roads as a race track.
warn
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Automobile Association spokesman Terry McAllister warned motorists to reduce speed in the wet and windy weather.
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Signs posted along the narrow road that leads through sloping pastures to the cliff-framed beach warn motorists to watch out for birds.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Motorists are developing the habit of buying a new car every other year.
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Motorists in the mountains will need tire chains this weekend.
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Safety needs to be improved, not only for motorists but also for pedestrians.
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The countryside is being destroyed for the benefit of the motorist .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A motorist on Interstate 70 near New York Mountain had reported seeing smoke coming from the slope last week.
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About 1,200 motorists were also stopped for speeding in the crackdown.
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Also patron of bachelors, bus drivers, motorists, porters, and travelers.
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Also patron of bachelors, bus drivers, motorists, travelers, truck drivers; he is invoked against nightmares.
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She managed to climb out of the chilly water and flag down a motorist on the Embarcadero.
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Thames Valley Police welcome the campaign as more effective than chasing motorists through the courts.
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Their mutilated bodies were found by a motorist on Monday.
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This will help motorists to see you if you are walking after dark.