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‘Shoes can be polished.’

[⟨det (plur shoe.n)⟩ polished.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

She wore a neat skirt and jacket, her hair tied back and even her shoes carefully polished.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He spoke with the CEO’s assistant who? blurted out that the executive kept such a tight schedule that he got up before dawn every morning just to get his shoes polished.
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In Wikipedia:

This consists of the school suit, and polished shoes.
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In the British National Corpus:

The boy was arrayed in a neat grey flannel suit, with a tie, a white shirt, and beautifully polished shoes.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I couldn’t help feeling that sense of dread that creeps up on me whenever I encounter the self-important goons in the security service with their polished shoes, neat uniforms and empty stomachs.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The hotelkeepr walked up and down to see that our dickeys were clean and our collars and jackets spotless, that no buttons were missing, and that our shoes were polished.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

You can imagine how dismayed I was to turn my head slowly and see a pair of very polished black shoes standing on the end of the very table we were at.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We keep our uniforms pressed, our brass shiny and our shoes polished.
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In the British National Corpus:

William saw that he was well dressed with a dark, double-breasted suit and polished shoes.
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In the British National Corpus:

His brown shoes which, like his suit, were a little too heavy for the warm weather, were nevertheless highly polished.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

From the security and hyper – organization surrounding the event, to the polished shoes and business – casual dress worn by many vets, to the verification and corroboration team that checked out the story of each testifier, everything seemed to say: “We’re not radicals, we’re your military, and you need to hear our stories.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

She wore a neat skirt and jacket, her hair tied back and even her shoes carefully polished.
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In the British National Corpus:

His shoes were always brightly polished before being put away – echoes of childhood here – each pair with wooden trees inside them.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I think she’s a little tongue – tied at the moment,? said a smugly amused voice, just as a pair of polished shoes came into view.
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In the British National Corpus:

Behind him, Briant sat calmly, legs outstretched, his hands thrust into the pockets of his near-white coat, his eyes fixed on the toes of his highly polished shoes as he rocked his crossed ankles in a slow rhythm.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“Shadows look at himself, his shoes were polished, clothing nicely fitted his body, they were ironed and folded nicely, he thought he looked very proper.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

His short combed hair, well – polished brown shoes and leather suitcase had the indications of a well – mannered businessman in yet another business trip.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

She wore a neat skirt and jacket, her hair tied back and even her shoes carefully polished.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The sand lay blue in the moonlight and the iron tires of the wagons rolled among the shapes of the riders in gleaming hoops that veered and wheeled woundedly and vaguely navigational like slender astrolabes and the polished shoes of the horses kept hasping up like a myriad of eyes winking across the desert floor.
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Queried on 2013-05-19.