English Collocations

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Database with over 2 million collocations for 43 thousand English words
relations filter:   V:obj:N
basisword collocation significance relation examples sentences
touch to touch someone 31937 V:obj:N Suddenly I started , for a hand touched me .

Why do you hardly suffer me to touch you ?

Do n't you see I 'm not going to touch you ?

touch to keep in touch 24375 V:obj:N Oxford expect to be led but must keep in touch .

Helen , probably , would never have thought of keeping in touch .

During these years , both women continued to keep in touch .

keep in to keep in touch 24375 V:obj:N Oxford expect to be led but must keep in touch .

Helen , probably , would never have thought of keeping in touch .

During these years , both women continued to keep in touch .

get in to get in touch 19410 V:obj:N If anything comes up , I 'll get in touch .

You know , just in case I need to get in touch .

And if we want to talk to you again we 'll get in touch .

touch to get in touch 19410 V:obj:N If anything comes up , I 'll get in touch .

You know , just in case I need to get in touch .

And if we want to talk to you again we 'll get in touch .

touch to touch heart 16659 V:obj:N Thou hast touched my soul , hast touched my heart .

But grim realities are not required to touch all hearts .

But your account of the poor man 's distress touched my heart .

heart to touch heart 16659 V:obj:N Thou hast touched my soul , hast touched my heart .

But grim realities are not required to touch all hearts .

But your account of the poor man 's distress touched my heart .

touch to touch ground 14566 V:obj:N The standard of Scotland had never touched the ground .

Do n't allow the muzzle to touch the ground .

The clock started the moment the dog touched the ground .

ground to touch ground 14566 V:obj:N The standard of Scotland had never touched the ground .

Do n't allow the muzzle to touch the ground .

The clock started the moment the dog touched the ground .

touch to touch it 12277 V:obj:N Why did you try to prevent my touching it ?

But do you think any paper in town touched it ?

The degree of a node is the number of edges touching it .

touch to touch hat 7762 V:obj:N But why should you touch your hat when you went ahead of me just now ?

The man hauled up short and touched his hat .

The groom at the leader 's head touched his hat .

hat to touch hat 7762 V:obj:N But why should you touch your hat when you went ahead of me just now ?

The man hauled up short and touched his hat .

The groom at the leader 's head touched his hat .

touch to touch hand 7680 V:obj:N Now , I am sure I touched a hand .

Monsieur , monsieur , now will you touch my hand ?

Did you ever touch a dead man 's hand ?

hand to touch hand 7680 V:obj:N Now , I am sure I touched a hand .

Monsieur , monsieur , now will you touch my hand ?

Did you ever touch a dead man 's hand ?

touch to touch arm 7337 V:obj:N At the same instant a hand touched Bud 's arm .

We were just preparing to go when the hunter touched my arm .

Ah , villains , dare you touch my sacred arms ?