noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
baby
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Probably they couldn't get a baby sitter .
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As a consequence, Marcia has had to hire baby sitters .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A sitter will help a patient to the bathroom, and deliver a meal.
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A microchip in a couch will sense the presence of a sitter and turn the heat up in the room.
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I have no interest in the psychological interpretation of my sitters, I want to convey their physical appearance.
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It wasn't a case of missing sitters and throwing away chances more of being so near and yet so far.
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The conventional format and heroic pose of the sitter are perfectly offset by the incongruity of the costume and title.
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The growing use of sitters reflects the turmoil in health care during the 1990s.
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They are also quite intimidating, as they confront sitters with three-foot icons in their own image.
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We talked a lot about art - he couldn't have been a better sitter .