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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A signalman passed by, motioning with his green flag.
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A factor in this was excessive overtime with many signalmen working 7 days a week for a month.
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After his demobilisation from the Navy he was accepted by the railway authorities to train as a signalman .
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All the same, signalmen can be a fund of unexpected tales and it is always interesting to hear their stories.
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Never again would a signalman give the signal that all was clear.
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The signalman in his isolated box tells the narrator of an apparition he has now seen three times.
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The conditions under which signalmen had to work can only be imagined.
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The narrator, returning to the box shortly afterwards, finds that the signalman has been run over by a train.