I.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bin bag/liner (=that you use inside a bin to keep it clean)
▪ We need some more bin liners for the kitchen bin.
a golf bag (=that holds the clubs)
▪ I put the golf bag over my shoulder.
a sealed container/box/plastic bag
▪ The specimens he collected were sent back to London in sealed containers.
bag lady
bag of chips
▪ a bag of chips
be a bag/bundle of nerves (=to feel extremely nervous or worried)
▪ I was a bag of nerves during the interview.
body bag
bum bag
carrier bag
clutch bag
diplomatic bag
doggy bag
duffel bag
garment bag
▪ I packed the dresses in a black garment bag.
grab bag
▪ The treaty covers a grab bag of issues.
Jiffy bag
kit bag
overnight bag
▪ He packed an overnight bag and left.
pack a bag/case
▪ You’d better pack your bags. We’re leaving in an hour.
packed...overnight bag
▪ He packed an overnight bag and left.
saddle bag
shopping bag
shoulder bag
sleeping bag
sponge bag
toilet bag
tote bag
unaccompanied bag/luggage etc
▪ The airport X-rays all unaccompanied baggage.
used...as a punching bag
▪ a young wife whose husband used her as a punching bag
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
▪ The envelope was too big for the bag, so everyone could see it.
▪ Pretty much every day I have a big bag of popcorn and an apple for lunch.
▪ The cyclist had a big leather bag strapped on the bicycle frame and they kept the set in there.
▪ But for the last week or two he's had to use a bigger bag.
▪ Even the passing policeman was giving out liquorice sweets from a big bag in his pocket.
black
▪ You can barely dump your black bag in the bin before the rubbish regulars pounce.
▪ A couple of inmates were collecting fallen leaves and stuffing them into black bags.
▪ To find out, I marked some green flowers and covered some white ones with a black plastic bag.
▪ She carried a large black leather Gladstone bag in her hand.
▪ The azalea bushes were draped in green and black bags.
▪ It was a black plastic dustbin bag.
▪ Marge was going through her black plastic carry bag, checking the contents.
brown
▪ A white towel hung over its back and on the seat rested a brown canvas bag, its zip open.
▪ Put the peppers in a brown paper bag and seal the bag to steam them.
▪ He was carrying a brown paper bag.
▪ He left and came back with a brown bag that he threw the bundles into.
▪ Packaging materials consisted mainly of greaseproof paper and brown paper bags.
▪ They used to keep the gate receipts in a brown paper bag.
▪ He opened it carefully and extracted a padded brown Jiffy bag.
▪ A brown bag staple, a sandwich is easy to pack and easier to eat, requiring no forks or knives.
diplomatic
▪ Without ciphers and diplomatic bags, espionage and counter-espionage actions were likely to be circumscribed.
▪ The Foreign Office had a contract with the prison to launder diplomatic bags.
▪ It arrived via the diplomatic bag on Saturday morning.
duffel
▪ It took more effort to carry a duffel bag than I had ever en-countered before.
▪ I stepped on to the reef, reached for my duffel bag, and lofted it to my shoulder.
▪ While soldiers piled duffel bags into buses, i held Patience, and she cried.
▪ He is lifted from the hammock to the canoe and his harpoon, food and duffel bag are placed beside him.
▪ He had all of the stuff in a footlocker and in his duffel bag among his clothes.
large
▪ Louise was carrying a large bag which she had managed to balance on the handlebars of her scooter.
▪ Near where he was standing, some one had left a large carrier bag full of clothes.
▪ In our lounge we had two large bean bags and an old sofa with a blanket on it.
▪ Then she buys rice in large bags and some bread, daily you understand.
▪ The movement exposed the very thing she had come expecting to find: a large jute bag.
▪ She waved, but Dawn didn't see her, being too engrossed in stuffing the flowers into a large carrier bag.
▪ It saves throwing away the remains of a large bag of cement, too.
▪ I put them all in a large bag with some heavy stones.
old
▪ He handed Eleanor's book to a moralistic old bag he had once done a writing workshop with.
▪ One crack or tear in them, and they would sag like an old bag of sand.
▪ That would show the old bag.
▪ Me, an old bag of black sheep.
▪ All the other literary women he knew were old bags of whom he would be bitterly ashamed.
▪ Who was that beaten-up old bag wearing my clothes?
▪ It attracted everyone from stunt flying professionals to kids with an old plastic carrier bag and a piece of string.
▪ She had pulled out her rosary from the old cloth bag she carried, and began to pray.
overnight
▪ She looked at him, then realised her overnight bag was in the boot.
▪ She gave him five minutes to pack an overnight bag under Dexter's supervision and say farewell to his family.
▪ Bring a friend or relative for moral support and help in juggling insurance forms and your overnight bag.
▪ She received her overnight bag and Rachel's box from Bryn and thanked him warmly.
▪ She collected an overnight bag and left.
▪ I packed an overnight bag and went and checked the street through a chink in the curtain.
▪ Unzipping her overnight bag, she took out a copy of one of Puddephat's books.
piping
▪ Place a little icing in a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe a decorative border around each foil mirror.
▪ Place the remaining royal icing in the piping bag and fit with a small star nozzle.
▪ Put the potato mixture into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle.
▪ Drizzle over the petits fours from a fork or a small piping bag. 7 Decorate with sweets or cherries.
▪ Nylon is the best material for piping bags as it wears well and is easy to wash.
▪ Colour a little royal icing brown and place in a piping bag with a writing nozzle.
plastic
▪ Punctured plastic bags blow across the adjacent plots of waste land.
▪ Wash them before packing into plastic bags or containers.
▪ A man sits on the floor, his back against a photo booth, with a plastic bag beside him.
▪ She was able to remove the plastic bag and swim to shore.
▪ But not the man with the plastic bag.
▪ The murder weapon, a Kalashnikov free of fingerprints, was left at the scene in a plastic bag.
▪ Sunbathers might find plastic bags of soggy bread and soiled clothes, but uninvited entry into the first world was generally discreet.
▪ Moving briskly, Wade dug out a plastic garbage bag, marched into the living room, and collected the dead houseplants.
sleeping
▪ Mountain Equipment were showing their new range of four Voyager synthetic filled sleeping bags, made without any through stitching.
▪ We carried a tent since the forecast was mixed but many walkers carry only sleeping bags and mats in summer.
▪ Extreme cases on high altitude expeditions have ended up with sleeping bags frozen solid!
▪ Reflex: A fabric used on the outer of some sleeping bags.
▪ They are sewn in the same manner as the slant walls on down sleeping bags.
▪ Some sleeping bags are made from fibrepile which is not a filling as such.
▪ You can also zip the bag to another Kozi-tec model to create a double sleeping bag.
small
▪ The red blood cell is finally a small bag containing haemoglobin molecules for transporting oxygen.
▪ It is important to use small bags, since a large number of acorns together will generate heat.
▪ Prepare a small box or bag containing ordinary household items for each of the expected guests.
▪ Next, two smaller plastic bags emerge.
▪ Cool until beginning to thicken, then spoon into a small greaseproof-paper icing bag.
▪ The walls were covered with feathers, skins, small leather bags, and an array of dead and dried animals.
▪ He'd seen something rather more promising than digital watches under Mr Schofield's work bench, something in a small bag.
▪ The hospital's situation was so desperate that there was only one small bag of drugs to share between 300 sick children.
tote
▪ Is the tote bag an exterior uterus, the outward sign of the unmentionable burden?
▪ She lifts a cake tin out of her tote bag.
▪ Then she hefted her tote bag.
▪ More options include a white patent-leather tote bag and a big straw hat or scarf tied a la Audrey Hepburn.
■ NOUN
air
▪ While air bags do cut down the number of deaths and injuries, they are not completely effective.
▪ True or false? Air bags can open at a rate of 100 miles per hour.
▪ True. Air bags are exceedingly fast, which can be dangerous to infants and elderly passengers.
▪ Parachutes, a pair of small rockets and air bags will cushion its impact.
▪ Ford said every 1998 Ford, Mercury and Lincoln car and truck would be getting the new air bags.
▪ Jennifer better make sure an air bag is handy.
▪ When used properly, air bags save lives.
▪ But like air bags, the new rules are having unintended consequences, and Olson describes them fully.
body
▪ Only two dimensions of cost seem to have received any systematic consideration early on - body bag numbers, and money.
▪ At the Y, I would pretend he was the body bag.
▪ Our greatest fear is that one of our children will end up in a body bag.
▪ But graves registration had run out of body bags, and the corpses were stacked without them.
▪ We had the run of the weight room, the good leather body bag.
▪ The lobby seats resembled our body bag and were filled by small men who did not move.
▪ I could make the huge, heavy body bag creak on its chains and complain to my blows.
▪ He controlled the huge body bag as if it were a speed bag.
canvas
▪ A white towel hung over its back and on the seat rested a brown canvas bag, its zip open.
▪ He had brought the canvas bag with him.
▪ In the afternoons she lay on the bed with the canvas bag beside her.
▪ He fished out some long canvas bags from the barn and told me the picking started at dawn.
▪ She has a 131 canvas bag, so perhaps there's something more suitable in that.
▪ On the floor of the last room stood a tall canvas bag laced at the top.
▪ The canvas bag she was carrying was awkward too and banged against her legs, threatening to trip her up.
▪ Neblett agrees and says he uses canvas bags on his shopping forays.
carrier
▪ You will leave it in a carrier bag at a certain place and time.
▪ What were they doing in a carrier bag?
▪ It attracted everyone from stunt flying professionals to kids with an old plastic carrier bag and a piece of string.
▪ George frowned as he put his mask neatly in the brown carrier bag before driving home.
▪ Ten days ago a police bullet had hit the explosive which Terry Place had hidden in a carrier bag in the tunnel.
▪ So after finding the hairs they looked at the carrier bag more closely?
▪ Colin dug out a huge carrier bag.
▪ A young girl with a carrier bag pushes her way through the crowd as if she was being pursued.
grab
▪ Burwell is known for her visionary grab bag of charmingly painted furniture, and increasingly, for her stunning computer graphics work.
▪ We were left with a grab bag of effects, only a modicum of which registered.
▪ A true grab bag filled with unexpected surprises.
kit
▪ Sponges and towels are not part of the judicial kit bag.
▪ As you cross the line, make your way to the lorries containing your kit bag.
▪ He came on wearing a sailor's hat, a greatcoat and a kit bag.
▪ Patrick opened the wardrobe and pulled out an old army kit bag.
▪ A kind letter from the commanding officer, his kit bag.
lady
▪ She practised being a bag lady.
▪ In fact, I've always wanted to play a realistic, no make-up, bag lady.
paper
▪ He was carrying a brown paper bag.
▪ The counterman packs the sandwich and soda in a paper bag.
▪ The police were called, after which Bradley started to tear up the paper bags which were on the counter.
▪ Put the peppers in a brown paper bag and seal the bag to steam them.
▪ One night, her aunt drew a length of white chiffon out of a paper bag.
▪ I cradled the bottom of the paper bag containing my lamb chops.
▪ The assistant put them in a paper bag and Tom handed them to him.
▪ She had a history of frequent previous such visits with a response to breathing into a paper bag.
polythene
▪ The powder slipped unprotesting into the polythene bag, which he then quickly resealed.
▪ He closed the book and slipped it into a polythene bag.
▪ Slip the whole tray into a clear polythene bag, and put in a warm and light position.
▪ And he pushed Philip, knocking the polythene bag of grain out of his hand.
▪ Once well formed, remove the polythene bag and allow to grow on for a few weeks before potting on each plant singly.
▪ He tucked the polythene bag into the waterproofed ammunition pouch.
▪ He put three slices of bread and some sultanas into a polythene bag.
▪ I threw my bag into Armstrong's boot and checked the sleeping-bag I always kept there in a polythene bag.
shopping
▪ She only purchased unpackaged products, which she bore home in her ancient shopping bag.
▪ She clutched her shopping bag and her handbag.
▪ It already recycles plastic shrink-wrap into shopping bags, and 550 own-brands products are packed in recycled cardboard.
▪ Stash old plastic or paper shopping bags near the rubbish or garbage bin and then you can re-cycle them as bin liners.
▪ Damp women bundled shopping bags and prams up and down the pavement.
▪ Jimmy swung himself down, and lifted the shopping bag out of the cart.
▪ The trolley had been pushed a few feet away and my handbag removed from my shopping bag.
▪ A woman batters her husband to death with a coffee pot which she for ever after keeps in her shopping bag.
shoulder
▪ Tied loosely around the strap of her shoulder bag was a navy and yellow scarf.
▪ No longer will simply-serviceable shoulder bags suffice.
▪ The collection includes two shoulder bags, two duffle bags, a board case, backpacks and briefcases.
▪ Luna almost always carried a flat black shoulder bag.
▪ Claire jams the black box into her shoulder bag.
▪ A fringed cotton shoulder bag hung over one shoulder and he was the very image of a hippy or New-Age traveler.
▪ But the indefatigable Swans, yellow labels flapping from their shoulder bags, would never dream of sitting anything out.
▪ Rain left him supporting himself against a table as she fetched her shoulder bag.
tea
▪ Jan slopped two tea bags into the bin and scooped sugar into her cup.
▪ These products have most of the herbs discussed here already combined into tea bags ready to be steeped.
▪ Items like tea bags and cigarettes are boxed, then wrapped in cellophane.
▪ Miss Sadie sniffed and dropped the tea bags into the pot.
▪ She poured the water over the tea bags and felt the tears again.
▪ Contemporary packaging trends are in the direction of convenient packages as exemplified by the tea bag.
▪ Fennel can be used in fresh or even tea bag form.
▪ No problem-Lipton now sells a tea bag that lets you brew iced tea with cold water.
■ VERB
bring
▪ Andy was accompanied by his caddie who had brought the full bag just in case his pro decided to change his club.
▪ He had brought the canvas bag with him.
▪ We subsequently brought the bags to Grange, Co.
▪ Guests were asked to bring sleeping bags for the two-day bash.
▪ He helped Gabby bring two enormous bags of her things from her apartment.
▪ When they did return from their New York City trips, Mamita brought back duffle bags full of toys for her grandchildren.
▪ And bring along a trash bag for things you discard.
carry
▪ He carried a leather bag which he placed on the floor by the settee.
▪ He crossed the street, carrying the book bag by its drawstrings, heading for the parked cop car.
▪ Louise was carrying a large bag which she had managed to balance on the handlebars of her scooter.
▪ We carried a tent since the forecast was mixed but many walkers carry only sleeping bags and mats in summer.
▪ A second showed Fung carrying a garbage bag containing the blood sample to his van.
▪ Such a different walk from the day she arrived and had carried her own bag into the house.
▪ The other day for example, at a neighborhood market, I saw a woman carrying grocery bags open her car trunk.
clutch
▪ After all she is clutching her bag like a student would her books.
▪ She clutched her shopping bag and her handbag.
▪ If I actually met Mr Diamond, I would picture him clutching the bag and its contents to his chest.
▪ Polly clutched her bag and cardigan, her mind teeming with questions she was afraid to ask.
▪ The fortunate ones clutch tiny plastic bags of black sand, a pound of which counts as a windfall.
drop
▪ He dropped the bag over and then climbed with the blanket and the torch.
▪ When she saw Quinn, she dropped the bag and screamed.
▪ She dropped the heavy bag, the jacket on top of it, and looked around.
▪ Or else she screamed first and then dropped the bag.
▪ She drooped miserably into the farmhouse, dropping her bag of rehearsal clothes on to the floor.
▪ We arrived shortly before dusk and dropped off our bags at the temple.
▪ She dropped her clutch bag and George frowned as she strained to pick it up.
▪ Miss Sadie sniffed and dropped the tea bags into the pot.
fill
▪ Then after filling a plastic bag she popped the lot in the bin.
▪ He specialized in wristwatches, which filled the athletic bag he always had sitting at his side on the train.
▪ Sighing, she began to fill a carrier bag with essentials; an insurance, she supposed, in case the worst happened.
▪ A man carrying a handgun ordered staff to fill a carrier bag with cash before escaping on foot.
▪ Holly had filled the plastic bag with oil and twisted the neck tight and fastened it with a snip of wire.
▪ All you do is fill the bag with lukewarm water and lay it on the floor.
hold
▪ They then sit in a circle and hold their bags unopened.
▪ And you could end up holding the bag.
▪ Babur holds the bag uncertainly, letting it swing.
▪ You could be left holding the bag.
▪ He held a plastic carrier bag open by the handles.
▪ The woman is left literally holding the bag.
▪ Becky, holding a small carrier bag from a music shop, came in.
▪ Seflor Benavidez watches impassively, holding the bags and the wrapped cord on his lap.
leave
▪ She told you I'd left with a bag.
▪ You could be left holding the bag.
▪ The woman is left literally holding the bag.
▪ In most cases the thieves targeted cars which had been left with bags or other valuables clearly visible.
▪ We were left with a grab bag of effects, only a modicum of which registered.
▪ She left her bag in the car and walked across the grass to the front porch.
▪ Near where he was standing, some one had left a large carrier bag full of clothes.
open
▪ She opened the bag and got out a powder compact that had a small round mirror on the inside of the lid.
▪ But more often than not he would open his bag and lay the object gently inside it.
▪ She opened the bag, dipped in a hand and pulled out a slip of paper.
▪ Soon he lights a candle, opens a bag and stuffs the New Zealand head into it.
▪ The bruiser, opening the bag, jerked his head up.
▪ The bleached fingers shook slightly as he opened the bag.
▪ In her room, she sat on the bed and opening her travelling bag carefully took out the satin-lined box.
▪ Eventually, he thought, they would have to open the bag for her.
pack
▪ They packed their bags, sold the house and left me: I got that news in prison.
▪ They returned to their hotel, packed their bags, and left for Penn Station to catch a train for Washington.
▪ Mr Wijeratne has suggested that civilians in the area - a million of them - should pack their bags and leave.
▪ Wash them before packing into plastic bags or containers.
▪ A third group have packed their bags and are ready to travel immediately as the snow falls.
▪ In March his doctor told him to pack his bags and go to sunny Arizona for a long rest.
▪ The robbers opened the strongroom and packed the cash into bags.
▪ Guilty. Pack your bags, boys, and hit the bus.
place
▪ Or grate the rind on to small pieces of freezer film; wrap tightly, then place in a polythene bag.
▪ Converse placed his bag inside the runner and climbed aboard.
▪ From Jan. 1, all rubbish must be placed in officially-approved bags, tied and left in special containers.
▪ Curtis had placed his book bag on the table between us, so that I could barely see him.
put
▪ How could we have put their bag into ours without so much as a single check?
▪ I walked into the house, and just as I put down my bags, there was a knock at the door.
▪ He put his bag under his seat and sat down.
▪ Please, let me put your bags on the side.
▪ She put her bag with the story on the passenger seat and drove as if it were a newborn baby.
▪ Examines, hesitates, puts in bag....
▪ Each body had been cut into seven pieces and the parts put into ten bags.
▪ Three of the seven players told investigators they put Tiger in a bag and beat her with baseball bats.
throw
▪ Once he finds the right ones he throws the bag over his shoulder like Santa and strides purposefully towards the door.
▪ Toward that end, protesters stoned police, cursed them, even threw bags of human waste at them.
▪ Tammuz threw hir another bag without comment.
▪ I was left to throw our bags in back, next to a hundred-pound bag of cement.
▪ What if Penry took one look at her and threw her out, bag and baggage?
▪ Anyone caught Cleaning Fish on Picnic Tables gets thrown out bag baggage.
▪ I threw my bag into Armstrong's boot and checked the sleeping-bag I always kept there in a polythene bag.
▪ We threw our flight bags in the back of the Jeep.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bag of bones
a mixed bag
▪ It's a mixed bag. The actors are fine, but the story is not very believable.
▪ Airlines, meanwhile, are more of a mixed bag.
▪ Among this lot, the emotional trawl was a bit more of a mixed bag.
▪ But beer-drinkers are a mixed bag these days, and so is the stuff they drink.
▪ Last year was a mixed bag for the billboard business, Nickinello notes.
▪ So we have a mixed bag of destinations and holiday choices for you.
▪ The 17 exhibitors at the fair had bought a mixed bag of drawings, spanning centuries and price ranges.
▪ The first is a mixed bag of songs and dances, only a couple associated with Rivera.
▪ You must by now guess that this compilation is by definition a mixed bag, of mixed quality.
dive into your bag/pocket etc
it bag/dress/shoes etc
let the cat out of the bag
▪ I'm sorry. Jim knows about last week's party. I'm afraid I let the cat out of the bag.
▪ Some idiot's let the cat out of the bag -- Mrs Simpson realizes there's something going on.
▪ Inadvertently perhaps, the BiE report lets the cat out of the bag.
pack your bags
▪ A third group have packed their bags and are ready to travel immediately as the snow falls.
▪ And if Clinton wins it, George Bush can start packing his bags.
▪ In March his doctor told him to pack his bags and go to sunny Arizona for a long rest.
▪ Mr Wijeratne has suggested that civilians in the area - a million of them - should pack their bags and leave.
▪ So, once again, Erhardt will be packing his bags.
▪ Then I recall that I forgot to bring it with me when I packed my bags in Boston.
▪ They packed their bags, sold the house and left me: I got that news in prison.
▪ They returned to their hotel, packed their bags, and left for Penn Station to catch a train for Washington.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ an evening bag
▪ Hand luggage and checked bags must go through Customs.
▪ Some old bag was driving along at 15 miles an hour.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Air bags are 100 % effective in preventing injuries due to accidents.
▪ Airlines, meanwhile, are more of a mixed bag.
▪ Last year was a mixed bag for the billboard business, Nickinello notes.
▪ Meredith went into the cottage, arms full of bags.
▪ Oxygen masks dropped from their hatches and bags flew through the cabins.
▪ Parachutes, a pair of small rockets and air bags will cushion its impact.
▪ She emptied her bag and popped the new shoes inside, covered by her cagoule.
▪ The youths ran off towards the town centre with the bag which contained about £80.
II.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
carrier
▪ Some one did - Carrie felt the carrier bag go from under her arm, then one suitcase.
▪ This week, it emerged that we use eight billion carrier bags a year.
plastic
▪ When they get to the pillbox they have to divide their purchases into three clear plastic bags for inspection.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bag of bones
a mixed bag
▪ It's a mixed bag. The actors are fine, but the story is not very believable.
▪ Airlines, meanwhile, are more of a mixed bag.
▪ Among this lot, the emotional trawl was a bit more of a mixed bag.
▪ But beer-drinkers are a mixed bag these days, and so is the stuff they drink.
▪ Last year was a mixed bag for the billboard business, Nickinello notes.
▪ So we have a mixed bag of destinations and holiday choices for you.
▪ The 17 exhibitors at the fair had bought a mixed bag of drawings, spanning centuries and price ranges.
▪ The first is a mixed bag of songs and dances, only a couple associated with Rivera.
▪ You must by now guess that this compilation is by definition a mixed bag, of mixed quality.
it bag/dress/shoes etc
let the cat out of the bag
▪ I'm sorry. Jim knows about last week's party. I'm afraid I let the cat out of the bag.
▪ Some idiot's let the cat out of the bag -- Mrs Simpson realizes there's something going on.
▪ Inadvertently perhaps, the BiE report lets the cat out of the bag.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I'm tired of waiting. Bag this - I'm leaving.
▪ Julie Gold bagged the top songwriter's award.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But are they going to bag the whole idea?
▪ Mahela's deft little cutters and seam-up varieties could bag a few back-up wickets too.
▪ Sounding sweet and nice bagged Alexander third place in the Iowa vote.