noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drug runner
long-distance runner
runner bean
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
front
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The new front runner is New Zealand, co-hosts of the inaugural 1987 World Cup.
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During the fourth round he wavered, the way tournament-long front runners invariably do.
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The consensus seemed to be emerging: it was an open race but Samuel was clearly the front runner .
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When Gore was the Democratic front-runner for the presidential election, his satellite drew a sharply mixed reaction.
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Aunt May is only the front runner .
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Victory at the Dell today would keep Rangers among the early season front runners .
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The First Division front runners made an alleged £3.3m cash move for Ferdinand before Christmas.
good
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Shirley was a good runner , and she caught Heather up a few yards from the fire.
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Mills makes big plays and is a very good runner after the catch.
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The usual illustration is a car dealer stating that one car is a better runner than another.
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He knew he was not as good a runner as she, but he had a plan.
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The van was old but a good and reliable runner .
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I needed to make better pitches with runners on base....
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Pedestrianism remained a source of extra money for good runners , who were willing to sacrifice the more socially prestigious amateur laurels.
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Good painter, maybe. Good runner , good reader, you bet.
great
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Like the rest of Britain's many great long distance runners Zarei has this ability to ignore the pain and keep going.
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Johnson is big and a great runner who is tough to bring down after the catch.
other
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There were only seven other runners .
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We can always pass the message on to other runners .
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If you are friendly, it is likely to try to bite other runners .
■ NOUN
bean
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In spring and summer last year, pollination of the runner beans was generally poor.
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Add the runner beans and season lightly.
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In anticipation that the same problem might recur this summer I tried sowing some sweet peas with the runner beans .
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Tomatoes leaned on stakes, runner beans twined round a wigwam of canes and rambling roses rambled over their appointed places.
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Freezer: Pack of steaks, beefburgers, fish-fingers, peas, runner beans , ready cooked curry meal, cod.
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Anna started to slice up runner beans .
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Everything was lush; the lawn needed mowing; the geraniums needed dead-heading; the runner beans needed picking.
distance
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No other athlete is more revered than the distance runner .
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Top-flight gymnasts practice eight hours a day for decades. Distance runners run up to 200 miles a week.
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Like the rest of Britain's many great long distance runners Zarei has this ability to ignore the pain and keep going.
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I, too, was a distance runner .
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For the average distance runner fat is about as much use as a pocket watch.
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Finishing the race is the rite of passage of the distance runner .
marathon
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Weaver and marathon runner Tom Jennings operates eight looms simultaneously during his shift.
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The man had been a famous marathon runner in his day.
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Tom is also a keen marathon runner .
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Get set: Marathon runners will take on four- legged competition in a long distance run at Llanwyrtyd Wells, Powys.
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Since his tragic mishap, the former marathon runner has accomplished many projects including an outward bound course, abseiling and canoeing.
■ VERB
send
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Tell him to get his men into the Rorim, and to send a runner to Luib on the gates.
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Was he limping, were they deciding to send out a runner ?
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We send a runner for you.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a red table runner for Christmas
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And they are offering tasty incentives to runners who answer their call.
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As it stands, few serious runners are likely to take up the challenge to turn it on.
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It was in the 70s, and lots of people dropped out, even elite runners.
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It was very disappointing that there were only three runners.
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My idea of good style is to arrive at the stance with a minimum of runners.
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Propagates by the plantlets produced on the runners.
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The ring leaders, using runners to deliver their goods on the streets, sold about 100 phones each month.