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I pull on my ear flaps and waddle out with my case of beer, nearly tripping on the first step through the door
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Their bath was nearly a pool, one walked down steps into it
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"Venna?" he choked and took a long time recovering, nearly losing control of the boat
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the matter is that, nearly most of the time when God speaks
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Her attack hadn’t gone as she had expected, and she hadn’t thought that Scar was nearly as strong as he was
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‘Inspector, it is nearly three thirty and my client has had nothing to eat
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‘He is nearly ten years younger than me, Stephen
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He picks up his cup and drinks some of the nearly cold tea in it
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Then she had another gruesome thought, even though this was nearly desert, there could very well be carnivores out here, and she didn't even have a dinner knife on her for self defense
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At one point, I nearly rang Emma, but thought better of it, she’d only feel that she had to come over and the last thing I want is for her to come round here and see me in pieces
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The clock says it’s nearly three a
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Without that, it will be nearly a year till I can reach you
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was nearly brain dead, but that
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How ironic however, she was nearly three times as old as anyone on Earth was the day she was born, but she was young for a native
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It is a long and very warm hug; it very nearly undermines my practical non-emotional intentions and I feel tears pricking
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He spent nearly twenty-four hours
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As soon as Barney sees me, he bounds forward and throws his arms round my legs, nearly tripping me up
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nearly dropped his perfect girl while negotiating kerbs, and he cursed the fates that
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’ Barney said, pushing the plate away from him with so much enthusiasm that it nearly falls off the table
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‘Emma nearly went crackers, you know
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In his surprise and disgust Dan nearly crushed the empty brandy balloon that
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‘What sort of idea?’ he called back, amusement audible in his voice – cheeky so-and-so! ‘Oh, hang on, I’ve nearly finished
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between Africa and Italy, the old man had been away for four years nearly and I think
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I had very nearly phoned Stephen to rip his head off for telling tales to Paul when I heard that, but it seemed ungrateful after all he has done for me
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For nearly ten years I shut myself away from all
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He was nearly the height of an average man already and getting pretty good strength for an Elf boy
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A dog wanders out one of the open front doors and one of students kicks at it, misses, nearly falls on his ass while other students laugh and point
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But they had never gotten it from him or from anyone nearly as good as he was
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The baby is nearly complete
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That's right, I'm having a baby tattooed onto my back and it's nearly done
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"You don't know what it's like to be only 28 years of age and have people nearly twice that working for you
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Nearly an all time low
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She was my lover for nearly two decades after the Brazilians left the Kassikan
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Jack died in the November and by the time we had got probate and so on, it was nearly February
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Russ chortles, guffaws, nearly swallows his chaw
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Johnny took a quick, almost furtive sip of the tea and nearly spat it out all over
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‘I did have a sister, Dorothy, her name was … she was nearly ten years younger than me
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Theo passed more speed cameras on the way back, he was at nearly twice the speed limit on some sections of the small Irish motorway
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What’s the time? Eleven thirty nearly … no, probably not
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He was nearly in tears again
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We hadn’t got back here until nearly eight; it had taken a while to pack all the stuff into the cars and close the house up
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As I had predicted, we resorted to getting a take-away but even so, we didn’t eat until nearly ten forty-five – a silent meal - after which, by tacit agreement, we all went to bed
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I sit in the car for nearly ten minutes muttering imprecations about that bloody man before my sense of humour gets the better of me and, realising just how stupid this whole thing is, burst out laughing
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Liz doesn’t get back to the house until nearly three in the afternoon
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It was built in low orbit and could be seen from the ground for it was nearly the size of a hundred story office building
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Theo nearly gagged
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As a final comment, I add that it is now nearly one o’clock
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counted for nearly an hour, but instead of marshalling his thoughts towards the
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Melinda drove for nearly two hours, going far up into the Dublin mountains until her fuel gauge began to get low and then returned to her flat in the Dublin suburbs
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At one point, handing Stephen the sugar for his cereal, my hand brushed his and I nearly jumped with the electricity between us
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‘It’s nearly eleven
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‘It’s nearly two hours since they left
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His concern nearly brings on the tears
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I nearly soiled my pants, but those words really had come out
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She nearly turned on the You again, but decided it wouldn't do any good
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“My God…” was all that Danton could say, taking a step back and nearly squashing
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That lasted nearly nine months, I believe, by this time he was sharing a house with a mixed group – and they went around as a crowd much like he had in his teens
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It was now known that the Kassikan had been secretly influencing Earth for centuries, nearly taking over America in the 1970's, Europe in the 1990's, completely taking over Brazil by 2350
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This task should not be relegated to the preacher for in most instances he does not know nearly as much about the
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He was a fascinating old man and who had worked on the grounds for nearly forty years
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He nearly tore out two or three of the bundled connections he’d laid just trying to get out of it as fast as he could
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At one point, I am nearly tearing my hair out as it looks as though we are going to have three speakers appearing on the same day with nothing for the rest of the month of February … however, in the end, by dint of a lot of pleading and a little manipulation, I get it sorted out
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I’m sure school productions weren’t nearly as professional as that in my day
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‘Grief, Kate! It’s nearly two
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The cone of fire had spread to nearly half a kilometer wide when it hit the Squidy
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A glance at the clock tells me that it is nearly half past one
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He stays until nearly eleven, then rises, reaching for his coat
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In my rush to get to it before it stops, starkers except for a towel round my hair, I nearly trip up on the bath mat
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‘I’m nearly ready!’ I said as I open the door to find Wally on the doorstep, ‘Come on in for a moment, Wally, while I put my shoes on
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When I see Rose my resolve not to tell anyone nearly collapses, but the thought of how horrified she would be stops me and I merely feel a traitress as she gives me a quick hug and says she hopes I feel better soon
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The ship would be without a tech, but there were nearly a hundred others
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I awoke with a start, my neck stiff and sore, and I swore under my breath, nearly breaking down in tears
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The Curitiba was still years behind, still nearly a light year out
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He had showed them both maps and pictures of Brasil, most of them now nearly three hundred Earth years old
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It was nearly Noonsleep, that sleep in broad daylight, when he looked at the instruments in his room again and saw other disturbing news from the direction of the Al-Harron
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“You mean they’re fighting? Fighting close to us here? Do you think it’s possible? Is the army, the real army, on its way?” For the first time in nearly a year I began to feel hope rekindled from the ashes of this otherwise cold and sterile life
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With the Daedelus reactor at full, there was nearly half gravity in that tower
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The newer ships with their near relativistic speeds and more delicate construction must dodge the interstellar bodies like the veils of snowflakes that nearly disabled the Heavenly Mother
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The same Jesus that made a whip out of cords and drove out the moneychangers is now afraid? The same Jesus that was nearly pushed off of a cliff and yet walked right through the crowd is now afraid? The same Jesus that told His disciples not to be afraid of the Jews because they can’t cast your soul into hell is now suddenly afraid? That isn’t what was happening in the garden of Gethsemane
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Her tuft is the same color and a luxurious thick diamond of reaching nearly to her navel
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Out on the hard shoulder, cocooned within the thin metallic hull of his dilapidated Austin Metro, the small wee man in tweeds and corduroy had now counted for nearly an hour, but instead of marshalling his thoughts towards the infinite number of tufts woven into the boot carpets of this modern, global, automotive world, he found now that his concentration wavered
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It felt good to be dressed again, and the bruising didn’t look nearly as bad as she’d anticipated …
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practically, very nearly killed me
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’ She nearly added that he also worked with lightstones but thought that would be a complication too far
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“My God…” was all that Danton could say, taking a step back and nearly squashing the gaoler against the wall
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Artificials just like me worked for nearly two hundred years as your soldiers and destroyers, as your builders and pilots, as terra-formers, as engineers and as servants
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With so many competitors that they could turn to in nearly any market or industry that your business is in, they decided to follow your company
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These are the businesses that tend to earn the highest profit margins, and will sell nearly any product to their customers
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he nearly made his history
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while they reminisced, playing again the seconds of nearly men
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Moments when his eyes glaze as he imagines the nearly, the what ifs
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The data digits were full for nearly two seconds
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Pippa was an accomplished singer and Liesse a clown … she had a feeling she’d seen him perform once, when she was a child … he must be nearly seventy now and mostly occupied in organising troupes of travelling players
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Cara Kara, We have been together now for nearly three years and I am increasingly frustrated because I cannot give you tokens of my love for you to flourish in the face of everyone we know
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’ She said, raising her eyes and nearly bursting out laughing at his expression
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He ran the whole thing from Taunton – prospective travellers would be instructed to appear in the office there and speak to Chitter who would relieve them of the travel fee and bank it in an account held in Stowman’s name – Milli was very helpful, she’d kept records of all the visitors – stonecrack! Chitter nearly pissed himself when he found that out
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It was nearly healed already, but there would be a nasty scar
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Issa nearly burst with pride when I mentioned it to her last time I was at Abery
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Can it really be nearly seven years since you left us?
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These trees spread way out and the tips of their limbs nearly reached the ground again, ending at about the height a thonga would chew them off
