I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bus shelter (= a small covered area where you wait for a bus )
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Some kids had vandalized the bus shelter.
a sheltered upbringing (= one in which someone is protected from difficult or unpleasant experiences )
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I'd had a very sheltered upbringing, so going to college was a real eye-opener.
bomb shelter
bus shelter
fallout shelter
seek refuge/asylum/shelter (= try to find somewhere safe )
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They sought refuge inside the castle.
tax shelter
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
animal
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While he continued to paint, James had taken a low-paying job at an animal shelter .
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Fifteen years ago you never saw a Rottweiler in an animal shelter .
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Contributions of money will help the league build an animal shelter .
homeless
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Four out of five homeless people seeking shelter at a city centre night hostel are being turned away because of overcrowding.
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Last month, children accounted for 1, 412 of the 5, 299 people living in homeless shelters in the city.
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Everyone knew that would drive up spending on welfare and homeless shelters .
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They never had enough money, so they lived in various hotels, apartments and homeless shelters .
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They lived in hotels and homeless shelters .
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They enjoyed researching everything from homeless shelters to environmental advocacy groups.
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They lived in a homeless shelter until a room opened up at the Reiss Hotel.
temporary
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Her loving parental home, she knows, is only a temporary shelter .
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He also gave me temporary shelter .
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AT first they build temporary shelters by weaving a kind of palm branch into matting from which they make little houses.
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Red Cross volunteers are providing food, clothing and temporary shelter to the residents.
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Another 4,000 have been found temporary shelter with families.
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Could we have temporary shelter in Itado in case the weather grew worse?
■ NOUN
bomb
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Feb. 13 At least 300 civilians killed in allied attack on Baghdad bomb shelter .
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The only thing less suited to the big screen would be a movie set in a bomb shelter .
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Until church members complete a sewer system, they have been forbidden to use their newly hewn bomb shelters .
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They even went down to the basement bomb shelter and shook pillows.
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Every church compound has a bomb shelter .
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Bennett persuades his family to build a bomb shelter .
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The idea of turning the most historic room in the nation into a bomb shelter struck me as in exceedingly bad taste.
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Residents remained in the bomb shelters Saturday.
bus
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A bus shelter feet away was blown to bits.
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Damien writhed in anger as he stood penned in the bus shelter like an animal, with this herd of obnoxious Cockneys.
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When they're still young, girls hang around bus stations, leisure centres, bus shelters or each other's doorsteps.
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We will, however, investigate the options for altering the layout of the present advertising bus shelter .
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We propose to have a meeting with Adshel with respect to the two bus shelters .
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The traffic had started to move more freely now and he walked to the bus shelter at the roadside, and waited.
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It was starting to rain, so the three of us sat in a bus shelter .
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At a quarter to three I was in position behind the grime-sprayed glass of a bus shelter on the Banbury Road.
fallout
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He was on his way to a shopping center in Jeff Parish where a model fallout shelter was on display.
night
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The me who said she'd never stay in a hostel again was now on her way to a night shelter .
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People staying in some short-stay hostels or night shelters . 5.
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Mike Maxwell, a parishioner of St Teresa's, Blacon, works as a volunteer at the night shelter .
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So homeless organisations may have to rely on charity to provide the extra night shelter .
raid
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Village halls across the country become display areas for gas masks, air raid shelters and bomb disposal demonstrations.
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These apparently doubled as personal air raid shelters .
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From then we spent many nights in the air raid shelter .
tax
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The tax breaks which used to make mortgages an attractive tax shelter , such as Miras, are now long gone.
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Many deductions and tax shelters would disappear and in return, rates would be lowered under most flat tax plans.
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Nobody needed them, but they were lucrative tax shelters .
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Deductions would be eliminated in most cases to close loopholes and discourage the use of tax shelters .
■ VERB
build
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AT first they build temporary shelters by weaving a kind of palm branch into matting from which they make little houses.
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Unable to build substantial shelters , they were constantly drenched and vulnerable to disease.
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John had built a little shelter for it; he was so clever with his hands.
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Bennett persuades his family to build a bomb shelter .
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Contributions of money will help the league build an animal shelter .
find
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Mice had found shelter in the kitchen, and spiders spun their webs unmolested.
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Pegasus found shelter in the heavenly stalls of Olympus where the steeds of Zeus were cared for.
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But smaller creatures can find shelter enough in the unlikely setting of a scruffy grass tussock.
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He is holding out hope that his son ejected safely and has found shelter in the mountains.
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He found shelter in a cave, and there self-doubt plagued him.
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The Red Cross found shelter for most of those evacuated at a nearby Days Inn.
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If he does not need to do much to find food, shelter , and safety, little behavior will be generated.
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You want us to climb up this place, however far it is, and find shelter on the top.
give
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Holm oak and tamarisk withstand the wind and salt spray and give shelter to the birds.
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He also gave me temporary shelter .
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The roots, being so prolific, also give shelter to the fry.
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In return, we give our companion shelter and food.
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But the house was still of use, still gave comfort and shelter .
leave
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And what if she were to leave the shelter of the house?
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He shuddered slightly as he left the shelter of the van.
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Half an hour had passed since they had left the shelter of the culvert.
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He took a long look at the approaching man, who was obviously not keen on leaving the shelter of the trees.
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And what would happen to a rabbit who left the shelter of the holly tree and ran down the path?
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There are two buses a day from Whaddon which leave outside the nuclear shelter at 6.15 a.m. or 7.34 p.m.
live
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Last month, children accounted for 1, 412 of the 5, 299 people living in homeless shelters in the city.
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Some of those children live in the Crossroads shelter in East Boston.
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Tanya remained in Pennsylvania but went to live in a runaway shelter and then in a group home.
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They lived in a shelter until a room opened up at the Reiss Hotel.
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Lee-Cruz said living in the shelter is hardest for her when she and the children are in their room.
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I like the idea of living in shelters .
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They lived in shelters dug into hillsides.
need
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They need food, shelter , a space to live and they need to be protected.
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A horse in a field needs shelter - may be trees all around the edge of the field and/or a wooden shelter.
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Probably he needed a doctor, but certainly he needed warmth and shelter and a bed.
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But he'd need a lot of shelter to survive.
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The human species has three innate drives - we need sustenance, shelter and species reproduction.
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Removing caravans would make people homeless and there would be menageries of animals needing food and shelter .
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He hadn't yet made up his mind where to head for but he needed shelter .
offer
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As a result, no port would offer the boat shelter , and it ceaselessly traverses the Cape, seeking safe harbour.
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It offers shelter to every conceivable cause.
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The sweet murmur of their water can provide balm for troubled spirits and their banks offer sweet shelter to nurture true love.
provide
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The plants provide shelter for animals, trap silt and draw nutrients from the water.
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It provides food, shelter and case management for more than 70 families at one time.
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The long roots of Water Lettuce provide shelter for fish and fry.
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This variety is especially useful for planting in the corners of an aquarium, where it provides a shelter for refuge-seeking fishes.
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Who, in Sinead's world, would treat the sick? Provide shelter ?
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Twice now he had failed to provide shelter for them.
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But you are under the protection of the master, who provides food and shelter , protection and care for you.
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World Vision Director, Charles Clayton says the urgent need is to assist with providing food and shelter .
run
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We ran into the shelter of Murchison Fiord, which is on the west side of Nordaustlandet.
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Sister Connie Driscoll runs a nationally recognized shelter for homeless women and children in Chicago.
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Whether to do the sensible thing - chicken out and run for shelter from the bitter blast of the elements?
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Startled, the pack had run for the shelter of the trees, where they had milled about uncertainly.
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She will meet Mrs Jones who has spent twenty years running a shelter for battered cats, and Mrs Jones is there.
seek
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Hundreds of people were seeking shelter in the hospital complex and at police stations.
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Ash could accumulate on rooftops, causing them to collapse on people seeking shelter in the vicinity of the volcano.
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Late one night, he stopped at the gates of a Franciscan monastery to seek shelter .
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The survey of 11, 000 men seeking shelter in 58 missions in late October showed 32 % were veterans.
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The lizards can then rest on the warm substrate, and seek shelter for the rest of the day.
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They seek shelter in a Sunday night support group.
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He had to seek shelter - somewhere to lie up and heal.
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Might it be that Marx faced facts while others sought the dubious shelter of wishful thinking?
take
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They jointly chose to ignore their employer's orders and statutory safety regulations, by testing detonators without taking shelter .
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The other half might be taken by shelter .
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They had tents and took shelter during the sudden rainstorms, but they were frequently drenched.
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As soon as they were taken from shelter , they began to slide on locked wheels over the yard, and then to tilt.
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They threw themselves down on the street or took shelter behind cars and in doorways.
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This is one of the few places to take shelter from the streets that was safe to go.
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The Bar de la Marine was full as people took shelter .
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I wrapped guilt around me like a thick overcoat, wallowed in it and even took shelter in it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sheltered life/childhood/upbringing etc
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I lead a sheltered life out in the branch.
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Listen honey, d' you think I lead a sheltered life?
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We led a sheltered life out there in the suburbs.
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What a sheltered life she leads, in her self-built lavender ghetto.
sheltered accommodation/housing
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A regional study of difficult-to-let sheltered accommodation for older people Falshaw, Richard.
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Apartments opened A £725,000 sheltered housing scheme for the elderly was officially opened in Irvinestown today.
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For example, little sheltered housing has been constructed for the old and disabled.
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Shortly after buying it, Denega was refused listed building consent to demolish the chapel and develop 21 sheltered accommodation units.
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The sheltered housing is close to local amenities to allow residents easy access to shops and other facilities.
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The issue is to decide the extent to which sufferers may be supported and maintained in sheltered housing.
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We have sheltered accommodation, with understanding professional staff, for blind men and women who are unable to look after themselves.
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With it went planning consent for the sheltered accommodation units.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a shelter for battered women
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a bus shelter
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a homeless shelter
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an air-raid shelter
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They are in desperate need of food, clothing and shelter .
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We eventually reached the shelter of the caves.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And what if she were to leave the shelter of the house?
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Ash could accumulate on rooftops, causing them to collapse on people seeking shelter in the vicinity of the volcano.
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It is a good, hardy community fish, though a little shy, so provide plenty of shelter .
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It provides food, shelter and case management for more than 70 families at one time.
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Late one night, he stopped at the gates of a Franciscan monastery to seek shelter .
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Tanya remained in Pennsylvania but went to live in a runaway shelter and then in a group home.
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Then the Jesuit volunteers pushed open the shelter doors and the worshipers followed the cross into a misty rain.
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They jointly chose to ignore their employer's orders and statutory safety regulations, by testing detonators without taking shelter .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
house
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She was delighted with the high trees, privet and rhododendrons that protected and sheltered the houses .
rain
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It was at least pleasant to be able to shelter from the rain .
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An aging water tank rises above the sheds that shelter the sheep from rain and the sweltering summer sun.
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I took them into the byre so that they could shelter from the rain .
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This is where we might find somebody sleeping rough, or sheltering from the rain .
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He was telling his story to people sheltering from the rain .
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If nothing else, it'd give us somewhere to shelter from the rain .
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Several people over there, sheltering from the rain beneath the elevated section of the railway.
tax
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Another way of sheltering your returns from tax is within an offshore life assurance investment bond.
wind
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They do need a spot sheltered from wind , though; they're lightweight and tend to blow about.
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Otherwise we put the continuity of vital work in jeopardy by failing to shelter it from the winds of international currency exchanges.
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I was even sufficiently sheltered from the wind to notice the fresh, grassy smell of the cabbage crop I was crossing.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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An umbrella sheltered them from the sun.
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Federal agents knew the family had been sheltering criminals in their home.
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Police are appealing to anyone who may be sheltering the wanted man to come forward.
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They risked their own lives sheltering Jews from the Nazis.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Beyond this rose the green hill that sheltered Applegarth.
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But the final figure may never be known for the flats were notorious for sheltering illegal immigrants.
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But the shimmering white minaret, and the impressive dome, designed to shelter 3,500 worshippers, are deceptive.
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He had been sheltering under the eaves.
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He himself and his staff would certainly die as well, and Lobethal would no longer shelter anyone.
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Sometimes he would be away for two or three days, spending his nights in a sheltered nook known as the Cave.