I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pet cat (= one that you care for in your home )
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Lucy had a horse and a pet cat of her own.
a pet dog (= that you keep in your house )
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Some owners give their pet dogs too much food.
a pet theory (= a personal theory that you strongly believe )
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Each of them had his pet theory on what had caused the uprising.
heavy petting
pet door
pet name
petting zoo
teacher's pet
toy/pet/shoe/gift etc shop
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Her brother runs a record shop in Chester.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
domestic
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As well as looking after the welfare of domestic pets , the society plays a vital role in the care of farm livestock.
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The foxes cause little nuisance, whereas domestic pets befoul the streets, parks and gardens.
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Nowadays there are three partners in the practise specialising almost exclusively in domestic pets .
■ NOUN
food
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One call to pet food company Eukanuba and the expensive quarantine and complicated paperwork were taken care of.
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They have also been successful in encouraging many traditional pet shops to sell pre-packed pet foods , rather than loose from a sack.
household
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Even household pets , as MacIver reminded us, can be accorded similar if less formal privileges.
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Raised with their litter mates, greyhounds love becoming the center of attention as household pets .
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Rats, moles, and household pets were implicated.
shop
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Why didn't he walk down to the Market and have a chat with old Bulldog at the pet shop ?
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It was to be hoped that Joanna didn't let out details of their various clients and the pet shop .
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The 76 year old pensioner was beaten to death last Thursday in the pet shop where he worked part time.
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How do we represent the zoo, ship, town, pet shop or mayor's office?
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Before it was only pet shop owners who were entertained!
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Technology Teacher requests children's help, as experts, in designing a supermarket, pet shop - plans and model making.
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They even managed to cram in a visit to Notre Dame and the delightful pet shops along Quai de la Megisserie.
■ VERB
allow
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You are not allowed to bring pets into or 50 cigars; or 250 grammes of loose tobacco.
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Be careful, too, about allowing pets .
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We weren't allowed to keep pets at school.
bring
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You are not allowed to bring pets into or 50 cigars; or 250 grammes of loose tobacco.
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Howard Johnsons cheerfully refunded the $ 50 deposit it requires for people who want to bring a pet into a room.
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Can I bring my pet with me?
keep
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Some people buy rare or difficult to keep animals as pets and donate them to zoos.
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The little robber girl: A feisty and spoiled robber girl, she kept many animal pets but mistreated them.
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It must be mentioned, too, that there is an ever-increasing tendency for ferrets to be kept purely as pets .
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Relatively small and stocky, short-tailed and beautiful, all 28 species of Amazona have been kept as pets .
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We weren't allowed to keep pets at school.
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Young of many animals are kept as pets , notably macaws and other birds including chickens.
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And people do keep them as pets , I believe.
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A second example is keeping wild animals as pets .
make
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He was made a great pet of by Edouard's manservant, George, and by his cook.
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Another makes a pet of a snowball, which wets the bed then runs away.
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Helen, who had longed to make a pet of Ben, was now able to love Amy.
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Not sufficient study, to my mind, has been made of the pets which were kept at Croisset.
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Anyone wanting to make their pet a star should go along to an audition at the theatre on March 16 at noon.
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Very few exotic animals make good pets .
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In short, they will not be true cats, but they will undeniably make more convenient pets .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Do you have any pets?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A third would think twice about moving home if it would upset their pets.
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Amelia had a wonderful time piloting her pet .
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Cat owners often notice that their pet will suddenly and for no apparent reason make a headlong dash through the house.
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Experts will cover topics such as disaster planning for pets and pet first aid, as well as horse nutrition and care.
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Late evening is also the best time to feed a pet .
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No smoking upstairs, no pets, no visitors, and there was a cleaning rota.
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One morning, Tony tells his Dad he wants a pet .
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The 76 year old pensioner was beaten to death last Thursday in the pet shop where he worked part time.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Do you want to pet the kitty?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Gentle petting made him sit down and close his eyes.
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He allows Lennie to pet mice and was going to let him keep one of Slim's new pups.
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He did not pet it, or stroke it: he stood staring.
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The student had formed a relationship with the rabbits she could reach and accompanied their feeding with petting and talking to them.
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The temptation was to pet it.
III. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bird
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Beside her stands a child, who nurses a pet bird on her lap.
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I was like Kiki, my pet bird in Saigon, tongue untwisted and sloughed of its rough and thick exterior.
cat
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Now they are campaigning to be allowed to take their pet cat with them.
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It was only as my sister reopened the front door to let out her pet cat that I was noticed.
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A Glaxo unit bought the formula to use on pet cats .
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Some cat manuals solemnly instruct their readers in how to take their pet cats for a walk.
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The village cat owner sets off from home and finds the pet cat tagging along.
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Her parents were alerted by their pet cats and the family escaped unharmed.
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It was purring, like a pet cat .
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This acoustic ability of pet cats explains why they sometimes appear to have supernatural powers.
food
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Spillers pet foods had a resilient first half despite the continuing pressure on pet food margins.
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Peter Brabeck, Nestle chief executive, has shown a preference for pet food over people food.
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Most of the beef exported ends up as hamburgers, pet food , processed meats and baby foods.
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Spending on pet food was up more than seven percent in 1991.
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Particularly popular with customers were the canned nuts, home remedies, pizzas, pasta, cereals and canned pet foods range.
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Save-a-Can banks accept all metal tins including drink, food and pet food cans.
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The deal would significantly boost Nestle's position in the pet food market.
name
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It's only a pet name for Henry.
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He had never called her by her family pet name , Fifi, even when she lived at home.
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Reaney also deals with other interesting varieties of surnames based on relationships - those formed from pet names and diminutives.
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Mattie asked, still using the confidential pet name for her woman.
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Some Floozy Named Flo: he even had a pet name for her.
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I observed Bea putting her arm around me with a detached curiosity and listened to the pet names she whispered to me.
owner
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They say pet owners should recognise their responsibilities and stop abandoning their pets.
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But often, companies will fine-tune their policies to help responsible pet owners .
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During hot summer days, pet owners should keep their indoor animals in a well-ventilated area.
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Why do pet owners do this?
project
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No organization likes being told that it has got to hold back its expansion or abandon some pet project .
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Even as the trajectory of his thought kept rising in the early seventies, the clock was ticking on his pet project .
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The proposals are seen as a pet project of the right wing of the Conservative Party and Conservative students' groups.
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Both grants represented pet projects of two council subcommittee members.
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His pet project is a biotechnology institute in which state funding will be matched by contributions from the Schering drug company.
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Monitoring the telephone conversations of the Kremlin hierarchy had become one of his pet projects over the last few years.
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Stirling also had a pet project up his sleeve.
rabbit
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Even the nursery's pet rabbit is being tested as a possible carrier of the organism that causes the illness.
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If they have their own pet rabbit , make the bunny in an appropriate colour.
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In 1856-7 his niece Caroline has a pet rabbit .
shop
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She was uneasy about going to the pet shop .
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Packets are available at gyms, athletic stores and pet shops throughout Tucson, or by calling 647-7572.
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This is sold, alongside Omega cat food, through specialist outlets such as pet shops , garden centres and agricultural merchants.
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We went to three pet shops before we found a pair of gray Brussels griffons.
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Suitable designs which clip together are available especially from larger pet shops .
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Frozen adult brine shrimp have been on the market for quite some time and are available through almost any pet shop .
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Your local pet shop is likely to have a variety of different collars available.
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You can obtain suitable tablets for this from your vet and most pet shops .
store
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While I was choosing it, the kids vanished into a nearby pet store where they discovered a nice little iguana.
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I cajoled John into agreeing then set off to the pet store to select the appropriate creature.
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The first was at a pet store a block or so away from my house.
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At 22 inches and hoofprints the size of half- dollars, the full-grown bay pinto has appeared in several pet store commercials.
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For this, they phoned the pet store for more information.
theory
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Different chemists prefer different pet theories , and there is no shortage of theories.
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Even those Hippocratic treatises which inveigh against Presocratic dogmatism are themselves just as dogmatic where their own pet theories are concerned.
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One pet theory of mine is that the decline in the study of Latin has accentuated this interest.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But they did begin researching various pet service business ideas.
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Pfizer is developing many of its human medicines, such as the antibiotic Zithromax and an arthritis drug, for pet use.