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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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large
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It looks on to a pretty ordered garden with a small lake, large terrace , and summer pavilion.
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There's a swimming pool and large sun terrace and guests are welcome to use the facilities of the Montanamar hotel opposite.
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The bright bar leads out on to a large terrace at the front of the hotel.
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The hotel pool is 15 metres in length with a large terrace for sunbathing, making it an ideal suntrap.
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There is a large terrace and a garden with deckchairs.
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Guests have the use of the spacious ground-floor living room with direct access to the large south-facing terrace .
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The hotel has its own pool with a large sun terrace , ideal for sunbathing.
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There is an excellent pool with a large sunbathing terrace with sunbeds and the beach is a short walk away.
long
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The long terraces of stuccoed houses - how self-sufficient and unattainable and urban they seemed!
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The wide eighteenth-century street running down to the riverside has grass verges in front of two long terraces of brick cottages.
small
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A small , terrace house in a dingy street.
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She led them on to a small covered terrace running the full width of the house.
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The company needed workers, and so began building small terraces of houses for its labourers to live in.
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There is a small stuberl for alacarte meals and a small garden type terrace where snacks and drinks are served.
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Our suite included a separate kitchen area beautifully appointed with microwave, dishwasher and a patio window leading on to a small terrace .
swimming
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There is a swimming pool with terrace set amidst the sunny garden.
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There is a lovely swimming pool and terrace cleverly landscaped in amongst trees.
victorian
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To the south lay a vast area of redevelopment, relieved only by the remains of a Victorian terrace .
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He thought the name singularly inappropriate: either side was lined with a wall of Victorian terrace villas.
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There was a vigorous life, both commercial and family, carried on in the basements of large Victorian terraces .
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Council houses started immediately behind Woolworth's. Victorian terraces butted up to the side of Marks and Spencer's.
■ NOUN
football
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On the football terrace , however, the other groups mentioned serve as side channels to the main career framework.
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What is most striking about such groupings is that they provide for careers on the football terraces .
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Perhaps a few adverts round the football terraces would spread the net a little wider.
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Anyone who listens to the language of our lager louts on the football terraces could not help but agree with them.
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What the football terraces offer young working-class males is a chance to escape the boring world of their everyday life.
house
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The ugly little terrace house was her husband, her lover and the child she had never conceived.
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A small, terrace house in a dingy street.
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Basically an unremarkable set of Regency terrace houses , it was notable only for having 350 windows.
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He had a small flat in a converted terrace house .
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It lived in back streets of terrace houses and on sprawling housing estates.
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The Institute will be housed in a Regency terrace house in central London and will be funded by private capital.
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Our street was just a row of brick terrace house , and we didn't have gardens at the front.
restaurant
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The hotel also has its own terrace restaurant .
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In the evening guests dine by candlelight in the terrace restaurant .
river
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Often the Viking chiefs decided that their villages should be built on the river terraces .
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What is there about the river terrace site in the drawing which met each of Chief Onlaf's requirements?
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In Wapping there are poorly maintained public spaces adjoining expensive new developments with their own private courtyards and river terraces .
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Patches of the old floodplains remain as dry river terraces .
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How many of them are on the drier river terraces ?
roof
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You can have an instant garden for a windowsill, balcony, roof terrace , or even your doorstep.
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Back then, their roof terrace was an inhospitable, asphalt-covered wasteland.
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There is a superb panoramic roof terrace .
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It has a large terrace , a bar overlooking the sea, and a fourth-floor roof terrace.
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Meals are buffet-style and special evenings are held on the roof terrace .
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A similar stretched canopy is used on the roof terrace over the exhibition spaces.
sun
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There is a roof-top sun terrace with panoramic views of the town and the sea, a lounge, bar and restaurant.
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It's a friendly relaxing place, with a good sun terrace and pool, and only 200 metres from the beach.
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A sun terrace with deck-chairs and umbrellas surrounds the swimming pool.
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The swimming pool is also surrounded by a great sun terrace .
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Outside, there is a sun terrace , small pool, children's pool and whirlpool with sea views.
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There's a swimming pool and large sun terrace and guests are welcome to use the facilities of the Montanamar hotel opposite.
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There is an attractive pool and children's pool set within landscaped gardens and surrounded by a sun terrace with sunloungers.
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The hotel also has a large garden with deckchairs, table tennis, a children's playground and sun terraces .
■ VERB
lead
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Our suite included a separate kitchen area beautifully appointed with microwave, dishwasher and a patio window leading on to a small terrace .
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The simple restaurant also leads off this terrace .
open
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There are lounges, restaurant and a bar which opens on to a terrace .
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The bar opens on to a terrace and, during the high season, music is provided by a pianist or trio.
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Rooms Rooms in both hotels have private facilities, and about half have their own balconies or open on to quiet terrace areas.
overlook
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The dining-room at the Lion d'Or had a modern, glass-walled extension which, like the terrace , overlooked the Mauzère.
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The hotel has a terrace overlooking the lake where you can enjoy delicious cakes and ice cream.
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Portia's family house was in one of the Nash terraces overlooking Regent's Park.
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A pleasant feature of the boardroom is the open terrace , overlooking the concourse, with its terracotta tiled floor.
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It has a large terrace , a bar overlooking the sea, and a fourth-floor roof terrace.
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Not exactly five star, but the food's okay and it's got a pretty terrace bar overlooking the river.
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There is a restaurant for lunch and dinner, but breakfast is generally served out on the terrace overlooking the sea.
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They ate outdoors, under a vine pergola on a wide terrace overlooking the sea.
serve
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There is an excellent restaurant and, weather permitting, meals can be served alfresco on the terrace .
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Breakfast is served on the garden terrace , and the restaurant offers varied cuisine.
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There is a restaurant for lunch and dinner, but breakfast is generally served out on the terrace overlooking the sea.
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The restaurant offers a choice at dinner, and a lunch buffet is served on the terrace or from the bar.
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Breakfast is served on the large terrace , weather permitting, and a lunch time grill is sometimes held by the pool.
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Meals are personally supervised by the owner, Signor Camera, and can be served on the terrace .
sit
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So, for the next two hours, they sat on the terrace , and Edouard talked.
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We sat on the outside terrace and cooled ourselves with a beer until our swordfish sandwiches and fries arrived.
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Molly and Hugh sat on the terrace unable to concentrate on anything else.
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Go sit on the terrace and soak up this unexpected sunshine.
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I could even see Conchis, who was sitting where we had sat on the terrace the night before, apparently reading.
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The night before they move Howard sits on the terrace looking down upon the city for the last time.
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There they all sat on the terrace at Bubo's: Joe, Jeff, Jim.
sitting
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Grown men were made to cry. Sitting on the terrace or in gloomy corridors to hide their shame.
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At nine o'clock on his second evening at Plumford, he was sitting on the terrace of the Ferry Inn.
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She replaced the receiver and joined Stephen, who was sitting on the terrace looking at the sea.
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From the far side of the swimming pool they caught sight of Dora sitting on the terrace , reading.
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Martin went first, then Oliver, then Nick. Sitting on the terrace steps, Emmie watched him down the path.
stand
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They were standing on the western terrace , where I had talked with Arthur.
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A minute later he had wrenched open the door and was standing on the terrace .
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She found herself standing on a wide terrace , with steps that led away from the house.
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From the rooftop terrace the Mellors gazed across lilac and bougainvillea bushes to the sea.
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More mischief awaits on the garden terrace .
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Outside in a triumph of properly-laid crazy paving pathways and terraces, to give several levels.
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She ate breakfast alone on the terrace in the morning.
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Snacks and afternoon tea can be enjoyed on the sun terrace facing the Jungfrau mountain.
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There was speculation on the Feethams terraces even before Alan Noble took over as chairman.
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To the south lay a vast area of redevelopment, relieved only by the remains of a Victorian terrace .
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Twin rooms have a terrace with side sea view.