adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
appear
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Matthew appeared occasionally in riding clothes, and what was more, kept horses somewhere at the back of the house.
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There would appear occasionally , in his talk and press releases, hints and bits of intellectual phrasing.
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Yet old farmers say that Frederick does still live, and that he occasionally appears disguised as a pilgrim.
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He had an office on the fortieth floor, he appeared occasionally in the newspapers, but one never actually saw him.
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Thankfully the floating grey pods which occasionally appear contain handy weapon power-ups and extra lives.
break
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Outside there are scudding clouds, but they are high up and the sun occasionally breaks through.
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The silence was broken occasionally by a muffled gasp or a quivering sigh that was more like the hiss of air brakes.
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The only sound was her father's heavy breathing, occasionally broken by a snore.
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Still, even there lightness would occasionally break through.
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A marriage occasionally broke up because the wife asked for too much.
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Dogs began to bark, triggering a rallying cry, a droning chorus broken occasionally by one or other's high-pitched howling.
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This is broken occasionally where farm tracks cut into the fields.
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Unfortunately coaches are not infallible and do occasionally break down or need replacing and certain on board facilities may occasionally fail.
find
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You may occasionally find you drop quite a bit of weight fairly suddenly.
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But his ideology was unconfined by party lines, occasionally finding him allied with the likes of Sen.
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Larger and more ambitious binoculars can be found occasionally .
occur
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Jejunal secretion is, however, known to occasionally occur in healthy subjects.
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Yet our system could not work without judges to correct the miscarriages of justice that occasionally occur in a jury trial.
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It contributes to the syndrome of parasitic gastroenteritis and only occasionally occurs in sufficient numbers to cause clinical disease on its own.
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L3-4 herniated disks occur occasionally , but levels higher than this are exceedingly rare.
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The Eriophorum is frequent or abundant in bog pools dominated by Sphagnum species in which other vascular plant species only occur occasionally .
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Seizures occasionally occur in patients taking theophylline for control of bronchial asthma.
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Perhaps, as in humans, immunisation occasionally occurs during the first pregnancy, and the 8 percent refers to these foals.
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Nausea, visual impairment, or headache occasionally occur .
stir
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Cook, stirring constantly until thickened; about 2 minutes. 4 Cool, stirring occasionally to prevent a skin forming.
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Cover and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally , 10 minutes or until tender but not brown.
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Place in a hot heavy-based pan or wok and cook until lightly browned, stirring occasionally .
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Reduce heat to low; cook 3 to 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally .
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Stir in milk and soup and heat until bubbling, stirring occasionally .
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Cook over medium-low heat 3 to 4 minutes, or until well-blended, stirring occasionally .
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Continue cooking, stirring occasionally , until all the water from the beans has evaporated.
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Add peanuts and cook to 280 degrees. Stir occasionally and continue cooking to 305 degrees.
use
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Its toxicity has severely limited its use as an antiulcer drug but either it or its analogues are occasionally used clinically.
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Monamine oxidase inhibitors are used occasionally in migraine patients who are refractory to other prophylactic drugs.
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Smile sweetly and use the Press when you need them, smile sweetly and grit your teeth when they occasionally use you.
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Another strategy that Cooley uses occasionally is the analogy between things that are very different in most respects.
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The firm now concentrates on search, only occasionally using selection.
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The Ducks and Kings for the game each debuted new jerseys, which will be used occasionally .
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At the other end, a training manager may occasionally use some basic sampling methods and various evaluation techniques incorporating statistical methods.
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They had in mind a back entrance occasionally used by delivery trucks in the dead of night.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Occasionally we go out to restaurants, but mostly we eat at home.
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He lives in Australia now, so we only see him very occasionally .
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He still occasionally goes out to bars.
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Kay's moods sometimes made life difficult, and occasionally impossible.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Add seitan and spices; cook, stirring occasionally until seitan is browned, about 3 to 5 minutes.
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He just climbed up into his cabin, still grinning, occasionally giggling, and started his engine.
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He made friends easily though he occasionally collected the odd hanger-on who I felt sure was only waiting for a Sheikhly hand-out.
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Let stand 2 hours or preferably longer, blending occasionally .
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My stomach still bothers me occasionally .
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Reduce heat, and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally , until volume is reduced by half, approximately 20 minutes.
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Sometimes this would be a church hall, sometimes a Territorial Army drill hall, occasionally even a London Transport recreation room.
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The prefects also kicked you, as a rule with the inside of the shoe, but occasionally you felt the toe.