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‘A colleague can be female.’

[⟨det colleague.n⟩ female.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Before I end, let me relate this true life tale about a certain ex – female colleague, who for obvious? reasons, came across as someone very bitter and vindictive… and yes, she did make life miserable for those whom she didn’t take a liking? to (with or without a reason).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

My female colleague and I were discussing weddings and I was saying how I personally prefer a small wedding, with just a few close family members and friends.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Opponent in Court yesterday afternoon very loudly in the bar room: Are you pregnant or are you just fat? * Conversation with random female colleague in the lift this afternoon: She – So when are you due?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Lots of good shops there… the girls really BLEED MONEY like mad there… I controled when I saw POTTERS BAGS! you knw how I luurrrve bags. anyway I didnt buy anything from POTTERS cause I think its exp. went back to hotel for some curry fish balls b4 rushing to the airport for more duty free shopping. bought lots of scallops from IChiban, biscuits… and stuff. finally reached Changi at 12pm and shopped for IceWines and beers… you cant believe the amount of things I had to carry. from the trip, I saw how my colleagues loved. my female colleague saw her HK bf after being seperated for 6 months… promised she will hang with us, but ended up not even coming back to hotel to sleep! then my female assistant got a very bad divination in the temple about her bf… tsk tsk. best part was my male colleague, he used to be a playboy till he got involve with the intern he was guiding. now she tortures him mentally i.e. calling for breakups, and saying IM LIKE THIS, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. he said he cried in the 1st time of his life for her… OMG! he spend all his time and money buying things for her and not for himself, not even one items for himself! and thru out the trip she just sms bad things and cries over the phone. for me, a bitch like her doesn’t deserve a man like him. I have neva told a man take it or leave it. anyway there is soemthing I want to say to MAB happy birthday from me and little bro ^^^,
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Opponent in Court yesterday afternoon very loudly in the bar room: Are you pregnant or are you just fat? * Conversation with random female colleague in the lift this afternoon: She – So when are you due?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Likewise you can *n’t openly ogle and comment on a female colleague’s body, or hinder her promotion based on her sex or sexual appearance…
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Both Nick and Stephen had ended up being dragged out onto the dance floor, Nick by a female colleague, and Stephen by one of the more persistent female students.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I then nudged a female colleague of mine.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

That man who goes to work and thinks his female colleague is less deserving of a promotion based on anything other than credentials is guilty of entitlement.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Sub editor sacked over text messages wins? 20k payout A local newspaper chief sub – editor has won? 20,000 for being wrongfully dismissed after he drunkenly sent a personal late – night text message to a female junior colleague.
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In Wikipedia:

’s summer 1968 amalgamation with Pow! where it had originated, was another secret agent strip, about a character whose ingenuity and never – ending supply of gadgets and odd weapons were matched by the odd – and some were very odd – enemies he fought, and also his female colleague, “Lady Shady, the shady lady”.
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In Wikipedia:

In an example of a rather short – term scheme, at the police station’s Christmas party, where Bruce first waits for a female colleague he calls “Size Queen” to get drunk, and then proposes a game in order to have sex with her.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

His female colleague looks at the ocean because it shows that the Earth and its climate are so deliciously flat; at least she thinks so.
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In Wikipedia:

Bridges that he was having an affair with a female colleague at the time of Joanne’s death, and is released and allowed to retain custody of his children.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Our State Government has had a bit of a shakeup over the past two weeks with the State Front Bench being reassigned, a new premier installed and a few try hard pollies unceremoniously ousted… but the champion of the hour is the NSW police minister who was forced to quit over reports he’ ’ dirty danced’ ’ in underwear over the chest of a female colleague in a drunken late – night office party.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Accused of flirting with a female colleague and’ ’ dancing in his underpants to techno music on a green couch, “New South Wales state minister Matt Brown lost his job only three days after he had been sworn in as the new minister for the…
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A while back, a female colleague and I interviewed a young businessman who was a witness in a commercial dispute we were handling.
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In Wikipedia:

The final blow comes when Kaveri discovers that Suresh is having an extra – marital relationship with a female colleague.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Many women, rather than lending a hand to a female colleague, go behind her back and undermine not only her authority, but her professional aptitude and capability.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

One of the biggest rivals to this manager was a female colleague of mine.
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Queried on 2013-05-23.