COLLOCATIONS OR FIXED EXPRESSIONS

 In the habit of +ing

 Have no/ a good/bad change of + ing
 It goes without saying that I
 Something strikes somebody as
 Struggle + infinitive + let alone
 Such + to be + noun + that clause
 Be launched in conjunction with
 Blame somebody/something for something else
 Have no/an intention of doing something
 Congratulate someone ON doing something
 Apologise for + (not) gerund / perfect gerund
 It makes no difference to me if clause
 In case + noun+ vb + inf
 To be taken with
 To lag behind something/ somebody
 To be in the mood for + ing
 To be in the mood to infinitive
 Noun + make a good/ bad Impress On SMB
 Lack of trust
 Shed (some) light on something
 Come to the conclusion that + noun + vb
 There is little/no chance of + noun + ing
 Under no circumstances is + Noun + to be + past participle
 To end up doing something
 To have a tendency to something
 It is only a matter of time/minutes until/before + full sentence
 It is of no consequence to + me,her ...
 To strike somebody as being + adj
 Have it (not) been for the timely arrival of + noun
 It is high time + noun + vb
 To do or not to do something for fear of + ing + noun
 The least somebody can do is + inf
 There is little prospect of somebody +ing
 It's been on somebody's mind all day/time expression
 To have no difficulty in + ing
 To the best of my knowledge, + full sentence
 There's no point (in) + ing
 To be on the point of doing something
 To capture a moment
 To count on something/someone to do something
 To have a negative/positive impact on
 There is no doubt (that) + full sentence

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  Something prevented somebody from +ing
 To come up with a/an + noun
 As a last resort
 To keep an eye on something
 As far as I can tell + , + full sentence
 To take something for granted (by someone else)
 To take it for granted that + full sentence
 In accordance with something
 Was/were it not for
 To come to terms with something
 Hard/difficult/easy to piece together something
 To be taken aback by / at + ing
 To take a lot of / any / much notice of + noun
 Not only + full sentences + , + but ….also….
 There is/ are bound to be + noun / ing
 To be in favour of doing something
 To bear in mind something
 To go to great lengths
 Well known – of some renown
 A turn of events
 It’s highly unlikely (that) + full sentence
 It’s common knowledge (that) + full sentence
 It doesn’t make a / any difference
 To result in + noun + ing
 To come across as lacking + adj
 To be prevented from + ing
 To strike somebody as (being)
 to take into consideration something
 to place the blame on someone for something
 to be under the impression that + full sentence
 to make an impression on someone
 there’s a world of difference between
 to be at the point of + ing
 to come as a surprise to somebody
 to be interested in + ing
 to be made responsible for something
 to stand every change of + ing
 to be prevented from doing something
 to come as a total shock to somebody

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