Preposition: of

• wheel: There was some of the deceased's hair on the cogs of the wheel.

• machine: This clean statement may be quite easy to imagine, all the different cogs of a machine interacting in a lovely harmony.

Converse of object

• become: The aim is to produce a fighting machine in which each soldier becomes a cog.

• see: It felt as if I could really see the cogs in their minds turning and hear the clicking as the theory all made sense.

• use: The main icon in the EMS design is the service icon which uses cogs to representing a service.

• have: I also got a K'nex set with which you can build a lot of models, most of them have cogs in.

• turn: In order to turn the cog out of the wind.

• make: Claybrooke Water Mill, still working to date, has cogs made from apple wood.

Adjective modifier

• vital: Every member of the family is a vital cog in research.

• tiny: Tiny, tiny cogs in a big, big machine.

• mere: Otherwise, indigenous peoples will continue to be mere cogs in the wheels of these billion-dollar industries.

• rear: This bolt governs the distance between the rear gear's top jockey wheel and the rear cogs.

• small: I'm not leader of the free world - I'm a very small cog.

• essential: Whether keeping accounting records or running the company payroll, accountants are essential cogs in the wheels of industry.

Modifies a noun

• wheel: October 4 2003 The lower cylinder drives the adhesion wheels whilst the higher cylinder drives the rack cog wheel.

• railroad: You start by taking the cog railroad to the summit of La Rhune, 900 meters above sea level.

• train: Day 3 Optional excursion to Corcovado ascending the mountain by cog train.

Preposition: in

• wheel: The groups will resemble the cogs in a wheel which are all useful provided they mesh properly.

• machinery: Each job becoming more and more defined and specialized - we have become cogs in the machinery of society.

• machine: Most people bear the terminal stress of walking the world unseen, a mere number or cog in a lifeless machine.