After my temperature was taken my blood pressure was checked.

Example of collocation in grammar. Could you please do me a favor and stop smoking. Do a quiz on collocation. Strong smell strong sense strong denial.

From English Grammar Today. Learn a list of combinations between Adjective Preposition. Take sb To court.

Heavy rain heavy sleeper a heavy drinker heavy snow heavy traffic. Chain smoker and burning desire. Below you can see seven main types of collocation in sample sentences.

There are several different types of collocation. Examples and Observations. Deep feeling deep pockets deep sleep deep trouble.

He asked her out to dinner. Ive got to get into town. Have a quick look at different types of collocations to understand them better.

John was complaining bitterly about the poor attitudes of his staff. More examples of sentences with English collocations. However if you do not use a strong collocation it will sound funny to native speakers.