Converse of object

• seek: With my fine art career over, I sought refuge in the school's dressing up box instead.

• take: She, poor thing, took refuge at first with me.

• find: These mothers will be lucky to find refuge in a garage or a stable.

Adjective modifier

• pedestrian: RW - The Council should look at existing pedestrian refuges with a view to make them useful to cyclists.

• temporary: As their usual home is closed for refurbishment, temporary refuge has been provided by Linda Chase, at the Tai Chi Village Hall.

• safe: Such, indeed, is no safe refuge; such is not the refuge supreme.

Modifies a noun

• siding: Many stations had loop lines built at them ( refuge sidings made into loops ).

Noun used with modifier

• wildfowl: The adjacent wildfowl refuge is a roosting place for many species of wildfowl during the winter.

• wildlife: Behind the pond is a small fenced off nature reserve that is a wildlife refuge on this busy site.

• mountain: Your accommodation could include a hotel, lodge or mountain refuge, or camping in the wild African bush.

• squirrel: Other red squirrel refuges are in Kielder Forest, in Northumberland, and Penrith, in Cumbria.

• emergency: Amco Donelon are close to completing the construction of the seven emergency refuges.

Possessives

• woman: The site will eventually be home to the women's refuge, which will be run by Women's Aid Orkney.

Preposition: in

• cave: After a bloody defeat, and whilst taking refuge in a dark cave escaping the English army, Robert sat and pondered his campaign.

Preposition: of

• scoundrel: He said it was " the last refuge of the scoundrel " .

Preposition: from

• persecution: How come people who came here to seek refuge from persecution are destitute on our streets?

Preposition: for

• runaway: We hope these images will help convince the government of the urgent need for a national network of refuges for young runaways.

• wildlife: The resultant craters provide a refuge for wildlife, whilst the fallen tree trunks become a haven for beetles.

• woodland: Hedgerows are a refuge for many woodland and farmland plants and animals.