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‘A person can be selective.’

[⟨det person.n⟩ selective.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Let it be known that I’m pretty selective.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Maybe I am too selective.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I actually * like * finding out about theories and beliefs like this, but I like keeping objective and I’m selective on what I want to believe.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I had been very selective on career choices.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Let it be known that I’m pretty selective.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I’m very selective.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Sure, I’m being selective, and to some degree I’m fulfilling my own prophecy.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I would not deny I am also a very selective person.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But now I’m quite selective.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

When watching backflips on Youtube, one must be selective.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I’m selective who I hook up with, but then again I don’t stop the gossip about me.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I don’t have many friends, I’m cautiously selective.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

At first I was being pretty selective, but after a while I fell into that’ ’ throw it in the pile’ ’ zone and snagged anything that looked halfway appealing.
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In the British National Corpus:

Leith began, but, when she was about to declare that she did not love Travis, she suddenly remembered that, in covering for him and Rosemary, she could not be selective.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

This is one of the reasons I’m becoming more selective in the services I utilize.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Let it be known that I’m pretty selective.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Relating all my thoughts into one I focus them onto girls: I am too selective and see fragments of myself in their mannerisms that I find attractive.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It’s probably for a variety of reasons but mostly because you’re selective, can *n’t stand the bar scene, or maybe even a little shy.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I’m being selective because I want to make sure this next one will have me breaking the waves and staying afloat for the next few years.
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Queried on 2013-06-20.