Converse of object

• ask: Thirdly, ask the shopkeeper or ring up the manufacturer.

• tell: So far as I can tell, shopkeepers are more reluctant nowadays to sell cigarettes to children.

• say: All the really useful stuff, " said the shopkeeper.

• help: This will help shopkeepers know the law and their responsibilities, and assist them with staff training.

• include: Officials say those freed are ordinary tribesmen, including shopkeepers and taxi drivers - not hardcore fighters.

• think: LEADER: What do you think the shopkeeper meant to tell customers?

Adjective modifier

• Asian: The Asian shopkeeper whom he abused stated that there was a racist comment made.

• local: Find local shopkeepers who will display posters of the event.

• small: The second of these stories concerns a small shopkeeper in Mexico City.

• friendly: Little shops with friendly shopkeepers sell a variety of Moroccan handicrafts.

• independent: The petition was organized by the Tobacco Alliance, on behalf of independent shopkeepers across the country.

Modifies a noun

• agent: For each shop there is a shopkeeper agent who offers for sale the products available in that cell.

• etc: Visit the local high street and collect data about traffic issues [ e.g. volume of traffic, parking problems, needs of shopkeepers etc.

• cannot: But in some areas they are closing because shopkeepers cannot afford proper security.

Noun used with modifier

• corner: This may be the café owner, the corner shopkeeper or park keeper.

• village: He spent 10 years as a village shopkeeper, so he knows the territory.

• day: Every day shopkeepers turn up asking for the money they are owed.

Possessives

• wife: The old lady kept so still and silent that the shopkeeper's wife was surprised.

Preposition: in

• town: His father was a small shopkeeper in that town.