noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
worker
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Many, like Ronnie Collyer, a retired shipyard worker , still live here and are still proud of the place.
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First, the shipyard workers were ex-posed to the deadly blue and brown varieties of asbestos, and in extraordinarily high concentrations.
■ VERB
work
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Her family originally came from Govan, where her father and her grandfather worked in the shipyards .
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Mr Walesa began working at the shipyard in 1967.
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It was wartime and your father was working in the shipyards .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Chemical smoke pouring off the shipyards and factories.
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Four big shipyards nearby and others further afield provided a ready-made market for its paints.
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Mr Walesa began working at the shipyard in 1967.
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She moved to Portland, Ore., where she worked several jobs until later working as a welder at the shipyards.
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The engineers and labourers would sometimes appear from the shipyards with their black faces.
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Washed his face and hands in the kitchen sink, threw away the name of the shipyard foreman.
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Without new orders, the shipyard would have run out of work by the end of next year.