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    1. ‘But it has really underlined to me how very premeditated the whole crime was … this isn’t a spur of the moment, loss of control thing at all


    2. time fat and fifty year old Johnny was no athlete, but he could rely on the spur of


    3. ‘I thought of that and asked her to describe him, explaining that you had two brothers … it was the best I could come up with on the spur of the moment … the receptionist said he was in his forties, overweight, hair receding a little and wearing a posh looking suit


    4. a spur of blood in arteries that move mountains


    5. On the spur of the moment, I tell her about the incident in the pub last week


    6. 'Standing on the spur, I swear a lady was standing


    7. They had just rounded a spur when Jacques (who was


    8. I bid for this one until it reached my maximum, the auctioneer waited a moment and on the spur of the moment I bid an extra ten percent


    9. undoubtedly spur the surrounding villages into open


    10. A flutist would play a lively tune to spur their dance

    11. She turned to face him and then on the spur of the moment, kissed him tenderly, her lips ever so softly on his


    12. “There is a legend that over a thousand years ago, the venerable Matriarch, perhaps Reja Grenassia III, like our own present Matriarch has to some degree, initiated a program of 'public relations' to curb the vitriolic suspicion and loathing the other peoples of the Spur continued to maintain toward us


    13. I can assure you that this is not a spur of the moment thing for us both


    14. It was apparent to all of the Company that their Deni was more eager to find her 'Elves of Elhehrim' than anybody in the Spur


    15. “And he thinks these saps can lead him to his 'treasure'? What in the Spur could that be?!” Jista wasn't buying that explanation so easily


    16. Then another realization sprang out of the explanation: Mim and Yula weren't the sole representatives of their folk and they weren't from this Spur at all! Most importantly it was plain now that those 'Enthilesté' weren't some mythological creation


    17. Yet this wasn't a mere lass from the highlands, or the Lascorii Captain; this was a shimmering and powerful dragon-cat---bane of the Naud and Naradin in the Spur


    18. At the same time, gigantic environmental projects, like the Aquifer were created by the government to spur on the economy


    19. The order came to wheel sideways towards the right and that’s when the trouble started the manoeuvre we had just made should have taken our advance up the main spur towards Krithia but in between the spurs was rough terrain that contained gullies and thick bush


    20. We moved along and began to move down ‘Fir Tree Spur’ and then we wound down into one of the gullies that bracketed the spur as we got into it we could see that it would be the same as last time

    21. At about 4pm the order came from Brigade to dig in on the line we now held so the big advance up ‘Fir Tree Spur had gained us about four hundred yards


    22. A message was sent through time to the Council in the early part of Earth's 21st century, a message to spur to action an earlier generation of the B'tari


    23. Thesa's badgers were attacked with such hatred and ferocity, that for a moment, he thought they would be overrun straight away, but the black badger's bravery was a spur to those around him, and they managed to repel the first charge


    24. William’s yell of joy caused a number of birds in nearby trees to spur into flight


    25. William sat back and let out a sigh, and then on the spur of the moment, he lifted up his hand and waited for Frank to do the same


    26. “But what is he like as a man?” I kept prodding, but only in the most gentle way, the implied reproof in my questions a spur to the General to justify his hero; and to maybe mythologize to a certain extent


    27. " This seemed to spur the group onwards


    28. A rebuilding would be needed, but perhaps that could spur some innovation, a much needed air of change


    29. Will there be more? Will there be additional genetic “insights” that will lead to other areas of acceleration? Or is this all that there is? What about environmental dislocations that are suspected to have been a spur in past ages? (In an earlier chapter there was mention of a catastrophic environmental disturbance (flood) which seems to have taken place, 5,700+ years ago, approximately consistent with the ASPM “gift


    30. “Oh! I told your mom that Carter took you on a surprise vacation to Europe, spur of the moment, not one clue when you’d be back,” piped up Nico smiling

    31. When we're about to do something (volition/intention) we can also choose to ask ourselves: What is my motivation here? Often, in the spur of a moment, we do not have such awareness, and end up unwittingly suffering the consequences of an action based on an impure motive


    32. It had been a spur of the moment decision on Manda’s part, and now she regretted it


    33. He was quite fearful of another reoccurrence of the awful vitriolic voices, especially in company; he didn’t know how many more times he would be able to conjure up excuses on the spur of the moment to conceal his condition


    34. Which so I had to spur to have the water reach the land to irrigate


    35. Trips were scheduled on the spur of the moment, with no time to plan ahead


    36. I should have felt more guilty about that than when I beat Bald Man to death because that had been a spur of the moment, life or death thing


    37. A saying of his mother’s, something to encourage him in a way that his father’s traditions have never fully done, a spur to his feet


    38. Maybe he was emphatic enough to spur those


    39. The shared look of concern of their leaders, who moved quickly among them repeating rapid-fire exhortations to stay calm, was a sufficient spur to drive them along at much better than the pace being urged upon them


    40. The press of something unseen behind them appeared to spur them again into movement

    41. Frederick called Hillsboro and got instructions to dump his bombs at coordinates WE 73213976, a suspected truck park just off a spur from Route 12


    42. Now, he must find the words to spur on his charge


    43. was a sufficient spur to drive them along at much better than the pace being urged upon them


    44. “Should I spur Dublin to a gallop and catch up with them?”


    45. Hill also enjoyed the advantage of building the line as he saw fit, and he always built slowly, built spur lines as he went, and developed the exports of the area before he moved farther west


    46. The PAX rail spur was put into use and hundreds of bombs were shipped to the West Coast for transport to airfields in the Pacific


    47. "So I have to discuss every itty-bitty thing with you—can't do anything on the spur of the moment


    48. These rewards spur you on to greater efforts which will make you wealthier and improve the living standard of all of the villagers


    49. On the spur of the moment he made the call


    50. Friends do not usually manipulate situations; rather they share open and honest communications that spur cooperative and supportive behavior and the flow of good and bad information











































    1. What would Berndt make of that letter? For some minutes, she lay debating what the next course of action should be when the sound of someone moving around in the house spurred her into getting out of bed


    2. Spurred on by the prospect of becoming a father, the famous


    3. Petr spurred his horse to catch up with the others


    4. in Perlow,’ he frowned, and spurred the horse into


    5. world, friend Matt,’ said Kassim as he spurred his


    6. Somehow the words spurred her to her feet, and with the sound of clashing steel and cries of, "To the Archenon" she drove on, stumbling forward on unsteady feet while behind her, the sounds of battle grew to a frenzied pitch


    7. The pair of gray and white eyes focused on Theodorous, who was suddenly spurred into motion by the gaze


    8. Spurred by the presence of their king and father -- Solo Ki -- at long last their blades awoke -- vibrant and alive within their hands once more


    9. hugged her close and spurred their horse on to join


    10. “This conversation was over well before it began-” Before the Justiciar could finish Penelope spurred her horse into the group with a harsh cry, knocking the two elves at the rear to the ground and swinging her blade – her father’s blade – catching the leader at the neck

    11. He spurred the tawny animal to the north


    12. Koyo felt the difference in her master’s stance and reacted accordingly, spurred on by his haste and sense of urgency


    13. The buggy literally flew over the ground, as the horse was spurred on by the urgency of its master’s voice


    14. The rest of the prisoners were crowding closer now, spurred on by the woman’s confidence, itching with questions, eyes begging him to pay attention


    15. Footsteps in the hallway spurred hope


    16. On the right of the line Colonel Roosevelt spurred his horse forward, and with a cheer the Rough Riders started toward Kettle Hill, an eminence to the right front


    17. In the early days, that merely spurred his ambition


    18. You stand up against an entrenched system, struggling for basic human rights and a sense of belonging to a country that would rather you and your people didn’t even exist!” The idealistic zeal of college days spurred her on


    19. I spurred Jasper to a trot and thrilled to the feel of Sut’s horse


    20. lying in wait, I was spurred on by repeating

    21. I spurred Jasper to a gallop


    22. Leaping to his horse, he spurred it to a


    23. The patch complete, icy water around my ankles still spurred


    24. His drive and determination had spurred him onwards, towards his enemy


    25. He apparently decided it was better just to leave with his prisoner than stay and deal with me, as he spurred his horse


    26. off who did not hesitate and spurred his charger into


    27. His sense of inquiry was spurred further


    28. ” This spurred me to accentuate my otherness, looking and behaving somewhat differently from other people


    29. After seizing power and spurred by the fall of Monterrey, he raised an army of twenty-five thousand and marched north, exposing his army to cold, hunger, thirst and exhaustion


    30. Nicolas spurred his horse on faster

    31. Instead it spurred them on and the Frances retreated behind the Suizos


    32. Anger seeped through her veins like molten lava before blazing into a fury that spurred a response dripping with sarcasm


    33. The lone survivor having been whiplashed but not entangled, reflexively spurred his mount straight at Judah while bringing his spear down into charging position


    34. “Is that you Yigal?” He suddenly spurred his mount through the line of tense riders


    35. Youssaf spurred his mount ahead several steps


    36. Yigal wide eyed at seeing the head, spewing blood in every direction, roll under his horse’s hooves, spurred his horse to give chase, but was stopped by Moshe’s one word command, “Don’t!”


    37. Moshe, his dream revisited in that piercing scream of terror, spurred his horse into motion as he shouted, “Sari! Sari! It’s me, Moshe! It’s me, Moshe!”


    38. The second charioteer, appearing to have seen none of this, spurred his team into a more leisurely pace, as others followed some distance behind him


    39. Mounting up quickly, he spurred his mount into an instant full gallop down the dangerously steep path, with Caleb close behind


    40. The lone survivor having been whiplashed but not entangled, reflexively spurred his mount

    41. dispatched a messenger to alert Youssaf of the change in plan, Moshe spurred his mount and


    42. spurred his mount through the line of tense riders


    43. head, spewing blood in every direction, roll under his horse's hooves, spurred his horse to give


    44. Moshe, his dream revisited in that piercing scream of terror, spurred his horse into motion as


    45. The second charioteer, appearing to have seen none of this, spurred his team into a more


    46. Mounting up quickly, he spurred his mount into an instant full gallop down the


    47. Other popular sources that spurred awareness were a colleague or friend and the web site of the school


    48. At the time, it spread from California clear up to the Russian territory of Alaska and its attraction to settlers spurred a huge western migration


    49. General Nail spurred his horse, moving himself behind the men bracing for the enemy


    50. Frank spurred the horse, to no effect












































    1. But as soon as he started to yield to such a weighty feeling of defeat and entertain the notion of simply spurring back to the east, he remembered the Breton woman’s smile and her laughter -


    2. His eyes narrowed, and now seeming to look for a way out without appearing to retreat, he saluted as he said, “This must not be the disturbance that I was sent out to investigate; therefore I shall go on! Make way! Make way!” he shouted, suddenly spurring his horse into the line of men who had slowly encircled the patrol, he waved his troop to follow, scattering people in all directions


    3. “Make way! Make way for the king’s courier and guard bound for the City in answer to Pharaoh’s summons!” he shouted while simultaneously spurring and reining his horse, making him paw and prance impatiently


    4. Make way! Make way!” he shouted, suddenly spurring his horse into the line of men who had


    5. In an instant the surge had ebbed back out of the gorge; there was a chaotic, confused swirl of fighting, horsemen wheeling and smiting singly and in clusters, and then the emir went down with a Kshatriya lance through his breast, and the riders in their spired helmets turned their horses down the valley, spurring like mad and seeking to slash a way through the swarms which had come upon them from the rear


    6. A slight blurring of the picture, that might have denoted a passing of time, and then Conan saw Prospero and his knights filing out of the gates and spurring southward


    7. And on the eastern road he saw another rider, bending low and spurring hard


    8. she was only spurring me on


    9. Spurring her mount, Nancy guided it to a vast mound of sand and dust just to the North of the village and close to the source that was the main water point for the people of Jericho


    10. concerts and sales of CD’s was spurring her on to do more

    11. ‘’SI, LIEUTENANT!’’ Replied one of the scouts before spurring his horse forward and leave at a gallop, followed by his comrade


    12. The woman smiled and looked at him while spurring her horse past the Roman soldiers


    13. Everything made sense now, but he only hoped he was not too late, spurring him to again fill his mind with concern and worry over successfully wrapping up the case


    14. On learning about the exploits of the 99th in Guadalcanal, the actress had then acted with typical impetuosity and had enrolled without a second thought for her Hollywood career, stunning her cinema producers but also spurring a large number of young women in following her example


    15. sat at the front of the cart, spurring on his horses across the grim wasteland


    16. that develops when the linings of joints degenerate, leading to lipping and spurring of


    17. “Agreed” said Stoke, spurring his horse forward


    18. go a little faster this time,” he joked, spurring his horse on


    19. Spurring the horse, they made for the darkness of the woods—his woods—and disappeared into the night


    20. They stabled the horses and dumped their weapons as fast as they could, the promise of good food spurring them on

    21. The pleasures of all one-sided ease are all temporary and fleeting; spurring people to seek it endlessly, without any lasting effect


    22. Statistics show that fertility rates among couples in the United States have significantly decreased, thereby spurring many households to adopt instead


    23. There was spurring and splashing through the darkness, and bridle was drawn in the space by the village fountain, and the horse in a foam stood at Monsieur Gabelle's door


    24. "We are in haste," answered one of the encamisados, "and the inn is far off, and we cannot stop to render you such an account as you demand;" and spurring his mule he moved on


    25. When the traveller came up with them he saluted them courteously, and spurring his mare was passing them without stopping, but Don Quixote called out to him, "Gallant sir, if so be your worship is going our road, and has no occasion for speed, it would be a pleasure to me if we were to join company


    26. Of spurring the flanks


    27. "I thank you, sirs," said Don Quixote; "but I cannot stop for an instant, for sad thoughts and unhappy circumstances force me to seem discourteous and to travel apace;" and spurring Rocinante he pushed on, leaving them wondering at what they had seen and heard, at his own strange figure and at the shrewdness of his servant, for such they took Sancho to be; and another of them observed, "If the servant is so clever, what must the master be? I'll bet, if they are going to Salamanca to study, they'll come to be alcaldes of the Court in a trice; for it's a mere joke--only to read and read, and have interest and good luck; and before a man knows where he is he finds himself with a staff in his hand or a mitre on his head


    28. The sticking point was the war-crimes issue; the trials were intensely unpopular in Japan, spurring a movement seeking the release of all convicted war criminals


    29. And spurring on in the dusk they would discuss the great news of the province, the news of the San Tome mine


    30. Both Ugl®k and Grishnbkh shouted, spurring them on to a last effort

    31. This drives the price of assets downward, making it even more difficult to repay loans, thus spurring further asset sales


    32. “Lustre, I love only you,” I said, spurring him on and galloping towards the High Road


    33. The moment he heard the firing and the cry from happened to his regiment, and the thought that he, an exemplary officer of many years’ service who had never been to blame, might be held responsible at headquarters for negligence or inefficiency so staggered him that, forgetting the recalcitrant cavalry colonel, his own dignity as a general, and above all quite forgetting the danger and all regard for self-preservation, he clutched the crupper of his saddle and, spurring his horse, galloped to the regiment under a hail of bullets which fell around, but fortunately missed him


    34. The moment he heard the firing and the cry from behind, the general realized that something dreadful had happened to his regiment, and the thought that he, an exemplary officer of many years’ service who had never been to blame, might be held responsible at headquarters for negligence or inefficiency so staggered him that, forgetting the recalcitrant cavalry colonel, his own dignity as a general, and above all quite forgetting the danger and all regard for self-preservation, he clutched the crupper of his saddle and, spurring his horse, galloped to the regiment under a hail of bullets which fell around, but fortunately missed him


    35. As Imre reached the bridge, the horse backed, and no spurring could induce him to cross


    1. Fear and humility are among their spurs


    2. Though when he finally arrived in Morthal as the sunlight melted into the bogs, he could not suppress shivers and a desire to turn his spurs back to the east


    3. The order came to wheel sideways towards the right and that’s when the trouble started the manoeuvre we had just made should have taken our advance up the main spur towards Krithia but in between the spurs was rough terrain that contained gullies and thick bush


    4. along with boots, spurs and sword


    5. he did not have a sword or clean boots with spurs


    6. Once that adaptation happens, you’re wasting your time continuing with the same routine because the intensity is just not there, and it’s intensity that spurs growth


    7. Sitting astride the saddle was a young girl dressed in a cowboy hat, thigh length boots and spurs


    8. In this area, with spurs, sidings and branches all over the place; we weren’t too much of a problem to higher-priority traffic, including munitions, or, ‘bullet’ trains


    9. win his spurs for this


    10. b) Using whips with ties, spurs with more than 5 mm, or other perforating tools

    11. Clouds obscured his distant glory tonight but Simon knew, without being told, how the outline of his spurs nudged his horse onwards, following forever the River’s distant path


    12. The four men dug spurs into their horses, and off they galloped to the rescue


    13. Sneaking away like a common thief in the night, he now must leave his homeland because the tribal elders feel threatened, as well they should, idolaters that they are! He spurs Qaswa, his newly acquired camel; the sooner he puts Becca behind him the less painful it will be


    14. Bone spurs may form, invading the spinal canal


    15. A lot of the boy’s at the school he learnt supported Tottenham Hotspur who were affectionately known as Spurs


    16. that motive which spurs him on to action


    17. although it incites and spurs the


    18. His feet were clad in hideous black cowboy boots complete with spurs that he perched on the bottom Real of the fence around the porch


    19. The man passed by the cluster of huts, where women who had seen his defeat laughed at him and called stinging comments, and hastened on along the trail that wound among spurs and rocks toward the valley head


    20. The vein crawled up a similar ramp on the other wall up which the acolytes had disappeared, and up it they went with taut nerves, not knowing what might be waiting for them among the jutting spurs of rock that fanged the lip of the precipice

    21. That delayed me, though, and I almost lost your trail when you crossed the rocky spurs of the hills


    22. Dad was a Spurs fan — just like Bob and Gary — and Stuart was obsessed with Manchester United


    23. Because celestial Justice spurs them on,


    24. spurs, a web belt, a loose short sleeved bloused top with an open collar that showed ample cleavage, a bush hat and a monocle


    25. He was wearing an ordinary denim uniform with no insignia of any kind and high boots with spurs that were caked with mud and dried blood


    26. The two men started out the door, the tink of their spurs heralding


    27. the jangling of spurs


    28. for action, were close behind, their spurs jingling as they stepped across


    29. His spurs jingling and breaking the relative silence of the room, Stokes


    30. finally broken by the clinking of spurs on one of Van Thorn’s men, who

    31. It spurs them on to continue to be the best they can be


    32. blockbusters organisation spurs the moment on forever


    33. Do not leave short spurs, as they are unsightly and encourage the onset


    34. “I had a hard time keeping a straight face, let me tell you! Although, I did feel badly about her landing on the cactus, for that had to have hurt! It took us an hour to get all the cactus spurs out of Patty’s -um- backside…”


    35. The female was too close now, sweeping forward with the light playing off the curve of her lethal spurs, and Edgar squeezed his eyes shut against her descent


    36. His response spurs her to say, “You’re wish, is my command!”


    37. The rider dug in his spurs and held on tight until the force of a spin pulled his hand from the rope and


    38. spurs on their own


    39. The vision spurs my spirit on


    40. You are to understand that it all took place round the Christmas tree in the best parlor, Frau von Lindeberg in her black silk and lace high-festival dress, Herr von Lindeberg also in black with his orders, Vicki in white with blue ribbons, the son, come down for the occasion, in the glories of his dragoon uniform with clinking spurs and sword, and the servant starched and soaped in a big embroidered apron

    41. This year the manoeuvres are up our way, so that we are blest with more than our usual share of attention, and wherever you go you see soldiers, and the holy calm that has brooded over us all the summer has given place to a perpetual running to and fro of officers' servants, to meals being got ready at all hours, to the clanking of spurs and all those other mysterious things on an officer that do clank whenever he moves, and to the grievous wailings of my unfortunate menials, who are quite beside themselves, and know not whither to turn for succour


    42. So are you a Spurs man?” He asked


    43. It was Spurs vs Man U that


    44. Instantly he’d assume that I was a Spurs fan today but the only team I hated were Liverpool


    45. “Man U and Spurs


    46. Blood on His Spurs


    47. rowels: the small spiked revolving wheels on the ends of spurs, which are attached to the heels of a rider’s boots and used to nudge a horse into going faster


    48. It is this dream, and hope, that spurs Mary on—that makes her open her eyes to see whether or not her wishes have come true—and it is this moment that seems will destroy the world and all its entirety


    49. healthy competition often spurs them on to greater ac-


    50. espuelas, togive the spurs











































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