grammatical collocations

Here are 8 basic sub-categories of grammatical collocations: 
  • preposition + noun (see below)
  • noun + preposition (see below)
  • noun + to-infinitive (research on another page)
  • noun + that-clause (click here)
  • adjective + preposition
  • adjective + to-infinitive
  • adjective + that-clause 
  • There are 19 different verb patterns including verb + to-infinitive,  verb + bare infinitive etc.
A search in NOW corpus for:
_NN _II
(These do not include ‘of’ or ‘for’)
1 ACCESS TO 1779756
2 PEOPLE IN 1259746
3 ROLE IN 956767
4 TIME IN 946237
5 INCREASE IN 842273
6 PLACE IN 817268
7 IMPACT ON 765015
8 MILLION IN 734760
9 INFORMATION ABOUT 725266
10 THANKS TO 673009
11 INTEREST IN 647788
12 INFORMATION ON 643698
13 PART IN 588145
14 WAY TO 579647
15 YEARS IN 572592
16 LOOK AT 568161
17 BILLION IN 525276
18 GROWTH IN 493936
19 YEAR IN 473705
20 PHOTO BY 467496
21 FOCUS ON 426669
22 GUIDELINES BY 426049

Spectrum of the Seas is taking appropriate measures under guidelines by the Department of Health.

context

23 HATRED AGAINST 420787

These laws also reinforce stigma and hatred against sex workers.

24 REPORT ON 419942
25 COMMITMENT TO 418328
26 CHANGE IN 412225
27 CHANGES IN 408846
28 RESPONSE TO 401064
29 ATTENTION TO 390987
30 VISIT TO 387371
31 WOMEN IN 384499
32 SCHOOL IN 382973
33 PEOPLE FROM 380510
34 APPROACH TO 374764
35 DATA FROM 370573
36 HOME IN 369657
37 RETURN TO 345030
38 INVESTMENT IN 341043
39 PRESSURE ON 338663
40 LIFE IN 336816
41 WIN OVER 335505
42 RISE IN 333810
43 GAME IN 329480
44 TEAM IN 328838
45 DAYS AFTER 327906
46 CASES IN 319786
47 DAY IN 318579
48 VIEWS ON 316172
49 PLAYERS IN 313227
50 BACK TO 312759
51 LETTER TO 311897
52 CHANGES TO 308266
53 SCHEME IN 306025
54 TRIP TO 304141
55 HOUSE IN 301100
56 COURT IN 300966
57 INVESTIGATION INTO 298759
58 POINT IN 295510
59 GOVERNMENT IN 294060
60 GAME AGAINST 293419
61 OFFICE IN 292961
62 CENT IN 291862
63 GAMES IN 289440
64 QUESTIONS ABOUT 288653
65 STAKE IN 286549
66 ATTACK ON 284194
67 EFFECT ON 283388
68 EXPERIENCE IN 280445
69 YEARS AFTER 279996
70 PLACE ON 277534
71 INFORMATION IN 277434
72 WEEK IN 277426
73 WORK IN 276941
74 POSITION IN 274461
75 HOSPITAL IN 272356
76 BACK IN 270527
77 COURT ON 265657
78 CHILDREN IN 262265
79 POINTS IN 262190
80 CONCERNS ABOUT 258967
81 LOSS TO 258128
82 PLAYER IN 255974
83 SUPPORT FROM 254764
84 THREAT TO 254267
85 LEADER IN 254088
86 PERCENT IN 252612
87 SERVICES TO 252517
88 CONFIDENCE IN 250235
89 PLACE AT 249088
90 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 247249
91 TIMES IN 246839
92 STATEMENT ON 246832
93 TRIBUTE TO 245537
94 WORK ON 243324
95 VICTORY OVER 242257
96 COMMITTEE ON 241377
97 COMPLAINT ABOUT 240122
98 BUSINESS IN 239589
99 PEOPLE ON 237350
100 SHARES IN 235754

Vocabulary above:
C1: guidelines, hatred
C2: stake, tribute
A search in iWeb corpus for:
_II _NN
1 IN FACT 1478230
2 AS PART 874646
3 AT HOME 842637
4 IN MIND 799940
5 IN PLACE 716105
6 OVER TIME 486916
7 IN TIME 383552
8 IN ADVANCE 379754
9 AT NIGHT 376884
10 IN LOVE 322937
11 AT WORK 321332
12 AT TIMES 307936
13 IN LIFE 302880
14 PER DAY 298228
15 PER YEAR 285284
16 TO PEOPLE 275323
17 IN TURN 275281
18 TO LIFE 269244
19 ON EARTH 264191
20 IN ORDER 254763
21 TO WORK 244366
22 TO DATE 240987
23 ON TWITTER 237651
24 BY DEFAULT 235694
25 INTO ACCOUNT 228124
26 TO SCHOOL 224324
27 IN BUSINESS 220565
28 AT RISK 215410
collocates of ‘at risk’ in COCA:
1 PUT 1587
It‘s human lives that could be put at risk.
2 CHILDREN 726
3 PUTTING 650
4 STUDENTS 568
5 LIVES 405
6 PUTS 382
7 NATION 259
8 DEVELOPING 238
9 READING 219
10 PATIENTS 216
29 TO OTHERS 204589
30 PER MONTH 200232
31 IN PERSON 197446
32 ON TIME 193168
33 ON TOP 184674
34 PER WEEK 181568
35 TO DEATH 175704
36 IN SCHOOL 175007
37 FROM HOME 174497
38 ON HAND 168151
39 ON CAMPUS 160073
40 IN USE 158832
41 IN HISTORY 157367
42 ON AVERAGE 156986
43 IN QUESTION 154542
44 TO POST 154389
45 TO PRACTICE 152936
46 IN SIZE 150893
47 IN REALITY 150185
48 IN ENGLISH 149941
49 TO STUDENTS 145553
50 IN CONTRAST 145327
51 BY LAW 140830
52 ON SALE 140576
53 IN COLLEGE 134374
54 IN NATURE 134219
55 IN ACTION 132338
56 IN TOWN 129266
57 IN PRISON 126996
58 AT SCHOOL 126629
59 IN PRACTICE 125269
60 PER HOUR 125123
61 IN COURT 123886
62 IN EFFECT 123672
63 ON TRACK 123358
64 IN WATER 122278
65 IN AREAS 119501
66 BY HAND 118866
67 FROM SCRATCH 118853
68 TO BED 117642
69 IN HAND 116483
70 PER PERSON 115526
71 AT AGE 114852
72 TO POWER 113376
73 ON DISPLAY 110561
74 ON STAGE 110476
75 IN EXCHANGE 108723
76 IN PATIENTS 108261
77 VIA EMAIL 106026
78 PER GAME 105078
79 ON TV 104976
80 IN LINE 104926
81 IN GAME 103600
82 IN COMPARISON 102699
83 TO BOOK 101317
84 BY EMAIL 101129
85 OF TIME 100974
86 IN DETAIL 100969
87 IN EDUCATION 100148
88 PER SHARE 99184
89 IN PARTNERSHIP 97820
90 TO CUSTOMERS 97755
91 ON SITE 97468
92 IN TOTAL 95792
93 AMONG OTHERS 95536
94 IN WRITING 95208
95 AT HAND 94922
96 IN SECTION 94814
97 IN LENGTH 94134
98 ON PAPER 94047
99 IN CLASS 93478
100 IN CONTROL 93208
B2 vocabulary:
campus, comparison, contrast, partnership, reality, risk, scratch