adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a good/great/wonderful etc feeling
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It's a great feeling when you try something new and it works.
a good/great/wonderful etc opportunity
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It's a great opportunity to try new things.
a good/perfect/wonderful companion
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For older people a pet cat can be a very good companion.
a wonderful excuse (= a very good excuse )
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A wedding is a wonderful excuse to buy a new outfit.
great/wonderful news
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They're getting married? That's wonderful news!
spectacular/magnificent/wonderful etc (= very impressive )
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Tourists come for the winter sports and the spectacular scenery.
weird and wonderful (= very strange )
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They sell all sorts of weird and wonderful products.
wonderful/magnificent/spectacular/breathtaking
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There are breathtaking views from the top of the hill.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
how
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So sad, when you remember how wonderful she was, and how much she's always done for the village.
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There was no denying, in any way; shape or form, just how wonderful it was.
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In the lead-up to the trip I had been telling Nat about the Northern Lights and how wonderful they were.
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How incredibly hard it is, how wonderful and how awful-often in the space of a few minutes.
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He was telling people how wonderful things would be in the future.
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See how wonderful I am doing despite the Bureau of Mines being closed.
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She just lay thinking how wonderful it would be if she could actually make Pete notice her.
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I can not express how wonderful it is to be sometimes told, rather than always doing the telling!
more
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His mind is a wand more wonderful than the touch of Midas that could turn all things to gold.
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This will still apply regardless of how much more wonderful the paraphernalia of science continues to become.
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But the life that is devoted to the finding of beauty is far more wonderful .
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It all simply remains wonderful-and will seem even more wonderful when answers have been provided.
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Here are to be found experiences more wonderful even than mukti, moksha, sartori, or grace.
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And what is even more wonderful , they all think the world of each other.
most
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In another pocket there was a most wonderful engine, at the end of a long chain.
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But I still think of this as the most wonderful meal of my life.
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It will probably be among the most wonderful experiences you've had in any theatre.
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Sighing at the wonderful smells from her kitchen, he apologized for being late, but the most wonderful thing had happened.
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She has designed the most wonderful costumes for me and she's been a good friend.
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But before she died, she had the most wonderful visions visions of a beautiful house, visions of her deceased grandmother.
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During the whole of the great day we had most wonderful food.
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I still believe the cafe in Datil is the most wonderful place on Planet Earth.
really
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There was a really wonderful rocket.
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I had a really wonderful time.
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What was really wonderful was that the paper swallowed the hoax whole.
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Well now we come to West Birk Hatt and the Fawcett family, and really wonderful people they were.
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Gee, this is really wonderful .
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It sounds really wonderful with a big choir.
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Why settle for mediocre goals when you could achieve something really wonderful ?
so
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Yes, I'd like to, it looks so wonderful at night.
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Ah, so wonderful , thought Hansel and Gretel.
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All the others thought it was so wonderful and I couldn't understand what I was missing.
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But numbers on economic growth that look so wonderful for the emerging world tell only half the story.
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Anabelle had never tasted anything so wonderful .
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That is probably why Andrade's foods taste so wonderful: They're filled with clean, lively flavors.
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I never saw the views so wonderful .
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In fact, I felt so wonderful that I glanced back at Old Red.
■ NOUN
day
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And we did not want to miss the opportunity of having such a wonderful day , complete with the white wedding car.
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It would be the fearful as well as the wonderful day of the Lord.
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Or so I thought, in the good days , the wonderful days, before I felt it.
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It will be a wonderful day when somebody picks up the Oscar and does the same thing.
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All reported having had a wonderful day and causing much comment and amusement wherever they went.
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That first terrifying, wonderful day .
idea
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Yes, it's a wonderful idea , computer!
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Children are encouraged to have and pursue their own wonderful ideas .
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I have a wonderful idea for a restaurant ... all I need is the money.
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But I thought it was a wonderful idea .
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Not a minute to wait Isn't lastminute.com a wonderful idea ?
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It's a wonderful idea , of course!
job
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If you set unobtainable objectives you will be seen to have failed even if you do a wonderful job .
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He said Minneapolis did a wonderful job in 1992, despite the freezing cold.
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He said he'd done a wonderful job in very difficult circumstances.
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The players, meanwhile, are doing a wonderful job of not overselling the new ballpark concept.
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And it was, of course, a wonderful job .
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You saw the owner as a fortunate person-some one who had created a wonderful job for himself.
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For example, he reels out evidence that the Government are doing a wonderful job .
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Mr John Sumsion, the original Registrar, did a wonderful job .
man
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After his untimely death, she had passed the figure on to Carla as a memento of a wonderful man .
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He was a husband in a million, a good kind man , a wonderful man to his friends.
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A wonderful man and a fine teacher.
news
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It was mostly about the child and the wonderful news that he had accomplished an A and a G all by himself.
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Cassie shook her head, her mind full of his wonderful news .
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They are wonderful news for all of us.
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Female speaker It's wonderful news for the poor person.
opportunity
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Walking offers wonderful opportunities to get close to wildlife.
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This is a very wonderful opportunity for you.
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It is a wonderful opportunity to see the major suppliers and decide on the lists you want to consider.
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The second salesman excitedly explained that there were wonderful opportunities with an almost unlimited market because no one had shoes yet!
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He has built a good team and has a wonderful opportunity and the will to see it through.
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And the garish casinos were wonderful opportunities for failure.
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This gives him a wonderful opportunity to articulate why he wants to be president.
people
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They think they're wonderful people who can never do anything wrong.
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They were wonderful people who had the full gamut of emotions.
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I met some wonderful people in that place.
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And all of the wonderful people I have known.
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Well now we come to West Birk Hatt and the Fawcett family, and really wonderful people they were.
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There were so many wonderful things and wonderful people connected with it.
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What a privilege it has been to share that trip with so many wonderful people .
person
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Aunt Dorcas, or Auntie Dor as we called her, was a wonderful person .
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The reason she is able to deal with this is because she was a wonderful person before this accident ever happened.
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And she is the most wonderful person I have ever known.
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She was such a wonderful person .
place
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In summer it is a wonderful place for picnics and for children to paddle in the stream.
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The Palace Hotel was a wonderful place because it had about twenty-five stores and six different restaurants.
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He said the vibe was perfect, a wonderful place to work in as it's so free.
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This is a wonderful place to daydream and dawdle.
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She had taken him by the hand and they had walked in this wonderful place full of lights.
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And there are so many wonderful places for it.
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The acting is superb but the backdrop, this wonderful place , will take your breath away.
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If we take you out of the equation that is this strange and wonderful place , how different would the place look?
thing
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To discover a new species would be a wonderful thing .
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They had many wonderful things to teach Earthlings, especially about time.
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It was the most wonderful thing to hear Jake finally say such things.
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But while dignity and honor are wonderful things , they do not put food on the table or pay the rent.
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He was telling people how wonderful things would be in the future.
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And I have seen some wonderful things about life as well.
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The little things that drive our family mad and the wonderful things that make them love us.
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Obviously, you go into hospital to have kids - a wonderful thing , by and large.
things
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The North will not get that investment if certain influential people keeping banging on about how wonderful things are.
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They had many wonderful things to teach Earthlings, especially about time.
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And I can see you making wonderful things out of the tails.
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But while dignity and honor are wonderful things , they do not put food on the table or pay the rent.
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Now Walter Chrysler was an important collector with a marvellous eye who bought some wonderful things .
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And I have seen some wonderful things about life as well.
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He was telling people how wonderful things would be in the future.
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I see this position as giving me a chance to say what wonderful things are going on in Texas.
time
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She's obviously having a wonderful time .
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You and your boyfriend have a wonderful time .
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Ma and Father shake hands with everyone and look as if they are having a wonderful time .
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Amelia had a wonderful time piloting her pet.
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She had had a wonderful time and took an extra turn of the floor.
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Had a wonderful time , thanks to a generous, patient and chivalrous companion.
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A: It is true we had a perfectly wonderful time .
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For fans of irony, these are wonderful times .
view
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Then it began climbing again to give wonderful views over the tilting layers of rock and lush green land behind us.
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The rooms are spacious and luxurious, with wonderful views of the Devon countryside.
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Near Balbriggan, there was a wonderful view of sea and river.
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At the summit there is a wonderful view of the mountains of four countries.
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A wonderful view of most of the Cuillin skyline.
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One of the highest gardens in Kent, with wonderful views across the Weald.
way
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The terrace is small and the plants aren't great-but it overlooks London in a rather wonderful way .
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There is a wonderful way the world will take you at your word.
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It is a wonderful way of assuring the presence of core stock and building up stock in Dillons stores.
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The Holy Spirit moved and worked through you in a wonderful way this morning.
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The old Craven Way is a wonderful way of coming into Dentdale from Ribblesdale.
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I should like to see his frank expression and hear his wonderful way of speaking.
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Oil burners are wonderful ways of filling a room with a relaxing aroma.
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Because, if it's going well, it's a wonderful way to live.
world
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And there was that wonderful world of smells!
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And what a wonderful world of myth one finds in celebration of this universal mystery!
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The wonderful world of reprints One happy way of making a series is by reprinting earlier works in a standardised format.
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In fact, her affection for the wonderful world in which she lives has helped her survive.
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The wonderful world of dreams had better go.
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The Labour party approaches all economic matters on the basis of the new wonderful world of cost-free pay.
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Step out of reality - and into a wonderful world of fantasy.
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It was a wonderful world , and the aunt was locked out of it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a good/wonderful/terrible etc cook
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As a result, the adult John is obsessed with food, has an overstocked fridge and is a good cook .
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Franca, said to be a good cook , was not a good cook, just an ingenious cook.
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He is a good cook , isn't he?
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My aunt and I are good cooks .
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Nils may be a good cook , but his time will be better spent away from the galley.
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Of motivation to get good grades in school or to be a good cook ?
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To be a good cook you have to do a lot of things precisely, but it requires no understanding.
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Zelah was a good cook and he enjoyed the meal.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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You're lucky you have such wonderful kids.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the Dispensary the doctors and nurses are wonderful .
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I always had a wonderful time when we went, and not just because I was with Lois.
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In others, central research laboratories produce wonderful results which are of no use to the business.
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It's wonderful to have something ancient returned to use.
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It reminds me of those wonderful times when a play comes together and it is larger than its individual parts.
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Little Billy waved back and laughed and thought how wonderful it all was.
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The southwest tower is a wonderful instance of late Gothic work.
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Then, my dear Summerlee, it is that most wonderful of devices: a perpetual motion machine!