I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
swivel chair
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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He just swivelled around in the middle, while she danced.
round
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Sighing, she swivelled round , looking at the cabin properly for the first time.
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She swivelled round in her chair.
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He closed the diary and swivelled round in his chair to unlock the wall safe.
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He was about to swivel round into the hall when he heard the sound of a car starting up outside the house.
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Then he swivelled round to a side-table and started to write his report.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He swivelled the camera on the tripod to follow her as she crossed the yard.
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Kovitsky swiveled around to look at her.
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Mr Tench swivelled round in astonishment as the men burst through his office door.
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Ralph swivelled in his chair and looked directly at Meg.
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She swivelled the computer screen around so that I could see it too.
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The satellite has difficulty swiveling its antenna toward Earth.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As Agnes looked down Granny's eyes sprang open and swivelled from side to side.
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His eyes seemed to be trying to imitate a lizard and swivel in opposite directions.
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These swivel freely and act as weathervanes.
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These cover a wide field of view without having to swivel as human eyes do.
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When there was nowhere to go in that infernally small space, one could always swivel in the other direction.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
chair
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Did they have to sit him in a swivel chair that swung sideways with every movement of his body?
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I sat down in my swivel chair and propped my feet up, punching the replay button on the answering machine.
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The plastic-covered swivel chair had been torn.
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We got drinks from the waitress and sat in our swivel chairs in front of these ma-chines.
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She carried the Mayor's swivel chair , put it down over City Hall, and sat in it.
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He sat in his swivel chair and prayed as simply as he knew how.
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Behind the desk stood a sturdy swivel chair .
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On the other side of each desk, the applicant sits in a large, heavily padded, executive-type swivel chair .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Affixed to the wall at a considerable height is a small television on a swivel , facing the bed.
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She looks around her with a swivel of her huge head.