Object

• vehicle: To report an abandoned vehicle please complete an online form.

• pretense: And it was the day when Labor finally abandoned any pretense that it was serious about the reform of our public services.

• mine: In Ukraine, we follow a group of miners so desperate for work that they've taken over an abandoned mine for themselves.

• ship: With no way of repairing the damage, the order to abandon ship was given.

• quarry: The dip of the rocks is clearly seen where slate is exposed in the now abandoned quarries and along the shore.

• siege: In the Midlands, the Royalists abandon the siege of Warwick Castle on hearing news of the approach of the parliamentary relief force.

Preposition: on

• land: The vehicle is abandoned on private land - what do I do?

Preposition: as

• baby: Giving specialist advice and support to adults abandoned as babies.

Adjective complement

• due: It may have been made in 1816 and abandoned due to bad weather, or in 1817.

Modifying Another Word

• altogether: Paul seems to have altogether abandoned his old name of Saul.

• temporarily: Next, according to notes discovered by Frances Darwin, his father temporarily abandoned his work in order to visit Ascot.

• eventually: A pilot scheme, although successful in many respects was deeply problematic and was eventually abandoned in 1993.

• virtually: By the mid 17th century, Wolvesey Palace had been virtually abandoned.

• finally: Fairfax was there with his army on the 10th of January, 1646, about which time the blockade of Plymouth was finally abandoned.

• officially: During this same year, the Nottingham Canal was officially abandoned by its ( railroad ) owners.

Preposition: before

• completion: The best evidence for an association with the regime is the fact that it was abandoned before completion.

Used with why or when

• when: Plans for such in the early 1990s were bitterly opposed and abandoned when the Conservatives lost control of the County Council in 1993.

• what: Rumsfeld intends to abandon what he sees as old ideas, such as using tanks to seize territory.

Preposition: in

• favor: The quest for equality has increasingly been abandoned in favor of the claim to a diverse society.