Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
They give us a Christmas bonus on par with what the full time people get.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Things I need to do that I have been avoiding for one reason or another (most likely laziness): – clip my fingernails – e-mail Mooney – find my passport (and possibly apply for a new one, if I need to) – clean my room – use my Christmas and birthday gift cards – find another Gen Ed to add to my fall schedule – order my books – deposit my Christmas bonus from Freemason (yeah, I know, Christmas, but I lost it and just recently found it and I don’t want to deposit it without telling them I’m going to) – change my wall calendar to July (… on the 25th…
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(: :)))
(: -)
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(: -)
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(: -)
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(: -)
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(NP (FW ..) (. .)))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (DT the) (JJ 25th) (NN ..))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Instead, the happy retiree gets a mug with the company logo (Most likely the same as the one he got instead of a Christmas bonus.), a t – shirt so he can advertise the name of the company every time he wears it or, if the boss sincerely likes the worker, a plaque.
(Parse)
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(NP (DT the) (NN worker)))))
(, ,))
(NP (DT a) (NN plaque)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
So I figure now if we save 350.00 a month for the next couple of months and I devote my whole Christmas bonus from Aflac to the trip, we can go and still have over 2k worth of spending money.
(Parse)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
There was also no Christmas bonus this year…
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(S1 (S (NP (EX There))
(VP (AUX was) (ADVP (RB also))
(NP (NP (DT no) (NNP Christmas) (NN bonus)) (ADVP (NP (DT this) (NN year)) (RB ..))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I did get a Christmas bonus smaller than a week’s pay, but never anything for my birthday.
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(PP (IN for)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Although we have enough funds for our miscellaneous expenses and Rolly just received his christmas bonus, we’re still thankful for their help and prayers.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (IN Although)
(S (S (NP (PRP we))
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(PP (IN for)
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(CC and)
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(NP (PRP$ his) (NNP christmas) (NN bonus)))
(, ,)
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(VP (AUX 're) (ADVP (RB still))
(ADJP (JJ thankful)
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(NP (PRP$ their) (NN help) (CC and) (NNS prayers)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But if it does, the wonderful quietness is like a Christmas bonus.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC But)
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP it))
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(, ,)
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(PP (IN like)
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
In late 2006, Fat Wreck Chords released another digital label sampler Christmas Bonus, containing a previously – unreleased cover of Arlo Guthrie’s “City of New Orleans”.
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(S1 (S (PP (IN In)
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(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP New) (NNP Orleans))))
('' ''))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Don’t expect a Christmas bonus this year,? he told me wearily.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (VP (AUX Do) (RB n't)
(VP (VB expect)
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(NP (DT this) (NN year)))))
(, ,) (. ?)
(NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD told)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I just got my Christmas bonus.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB just))
(VP (VBD got)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NNP Christmas) (NN bonus)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And when she said’ ’ buy it’ ’ with a smile, my Christmas bonus said goodbye to my wallet.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC And)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (PRP she))
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(PRN ('' ') ('' ')
(S (VP (VB buy)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’m pretty sure the whole vet’s office is getting a nice Christmas bonus from us this year.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm)
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(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ nice) (NNP Christmas) (NN bonus))
(PP (IN from)
(NP (PRP us))))
(NP (DT this) (NN year)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
A good example of this is a Christmas bonus that may be awarded to employees.
(Parse)
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
She opposed unrestricted Sunday shopping for Winnipeg, and strongly criticized a plan to cut a traditional Christmas bonus for welfare recipients in late 1993.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP She))
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
A boy banker with ruined nostrils (OK, ignore the ruined nostrils) should not have been taking home more in a single Christmas bonus than three dozen schoolteachers earn in a year.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (DT A) (NN boy) (NN banker))
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(PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And promise him that if all the boats are fully crewed by the end of next year, he will get one million dollars as a Christmas bonus.
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(S1 (S (CC And)
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(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
They’re based on nativity scenes taken from stained glass windows, and for at least one local church it’s meant a thousand-pound Christmas bonus.
(Parse)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Instead, the happy retiree gets a mug with the company logo (Most likely the same as the one he got instead of a Christmas bonus.), a t – shirt so he can advertise the name of the company every time he wears it or, if the boss sincerely likes the worker, a plaque.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Instead)) (, ,)
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(, ,))
(NP (DT a) (NN plaque)))))
(. .)))
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