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"I think it was the royalties I collect," she said ruefully
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’ I pointed out ruefully, interrupting her tirade
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’ I said ruefully
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‘I’m putting this rather badly, aren’t I?’ he said ruefully, running one hand through his hair and making it all stand on end
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’ He said, shaking his head ruefully
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As though reading my mind, he grimaces at me before smiling ruefully and lowering his eyes to the plate he is holding
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He looks ruefully at his plate for a moment, ‘I suppose it is, which explains why it feels so very wonderful
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“I appreciate that,” Ava said ruefully
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He turned and glanced ruefully at the car
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The old hunter grinned ruefully
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‘That’s part of the problem, Mike,’ I say ruefully, ‘I was just thinking about the problems of bringing up a teenage boy without a man around
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the other cells and shook his head ruefully
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"I'm glad I was able to help," Alan said a bit ruefully
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I was mildly surprised to see how well they had healed, and thought ruefully that I could have been able to work in the gardens today
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The tram rattled on and then Nobby got up and smiled ruefully at us he shook hands with each of us and we told him we would see him at the station in three days and with this promise he got off
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She shook her head ruefully and
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Bru was smiling and ruefully shaking his head
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“A leader should share some of the hardships,” I responded ruefully
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“Or what I would put in a letter to his mother,” I grinned ruefully
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“This project is so secret; even I don’t know what I’m doing half the time,” I admitted ruefully to his twinkling eyes
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They smiled ruefully at that one
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After answering her as best he could, he told them ruefully that he was unusually tired and then they focused in on Petra for a while
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Well, nothing much seems to have come of it this time either, Zoran thought ruefully as he started back
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Eynochia’s eyes fell, and she shook her head ruefully
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” He whispered, pressing his forehead to the glass ruefully
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I told her about my interview and she smiled ruefully and told me that he was right about my not making a good merchant, because I was too fair
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Not that he knew too much about the night sky anyway, as he told himself ruefully
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Much better than her most recent accommodation, she thought, ruefully
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” Yazadril ruefully smiled
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She smiled ruefully at Rick when he winked at her from his elevated position on his horse’s back
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And ruefully, this country is approaching those very ends
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What a fool he’d been to drink so much, he thought ruefully
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He smiled ruefully at the thought
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Kiko was the only reason Tristan was even alive, he thought ruefully
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`You talk as if it was once,' he smiled ruefully at him
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“That hurts, too,” he said ruefully
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“I hope he’s still alive,” the Earl said ruefully
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But that can change rapidly, as it has with you… at least you,” she said ruefully
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’’ Agreed the major ruefully
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In the Second World War, with a commander in chief other than Adolf Hitler, many German generals would have ruefully agreed
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commander, thought Jack ruefully
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Veronica shook her head ruefully
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She acknowledged it ruefully
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Tina ruefully bent her head over
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‘Pay the Bastards again!’ They laughed ruefully,
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The detectives smiled ruefully
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Alicia thought ruefully that her idea of entertainment would be to have sex with Monty for the rest period
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work,” he said ruefully, then, addressing the beautiful young lady behind the
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Captain Stephens smiled back ruefully
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“I suppose that rules us out of the equation,” said Freddie, ruefully
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He grinned ruefully to himself as he realized that he must have been
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up ruefully into the brave dark equine eyes
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Too late now though, he thought ruefully
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“We should have employed her and not her husband,” he said ruefully
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He can be very vindictive,’ Pathak later told me ruefully
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read the letter again and smiled ruefully
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‘It’s an irony that we fail to fuse the new technology with the old environs in fashioning our modern way of living,’ he said ruefully
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‘Well,’ he said ruefully, ‘I’ve learned from my mistake
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‘You were not at home when I came in the evening,’ said Roopa ruefully
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Ruefully, he concluded that the mahu had been right
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Then Darek sung ruefully, “Where is the number? Where is the code? I’ve got to leave before it explodes
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The ghost smiled ruefully
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“So much for magical solutions,” she thought ruefully
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Haven shook her head and said ruefully, “I would have before last week, but since Dad
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Christine nodded and smiled ruefully
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the tension in his shoulders and said ruefully, “Guess I still have a lot to learn
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With a rueful grin of his own, (once their laughter subsided some) Gerry ruefully agreed that perhaps he’d better have one of his men pick up the car for her instead of himself, but he would oversee the transportation of it, and her luggage, to insure she got them expediently and safely
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(That they’d been trying to do so, for quite some time went completely unnoticed by the ladies, the men ruefully and amusedly noted to themselves
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She really outdid herself this time!” Kathy added ruefully as she gazed down at herself and then around at her two maids of honor and seven bridesmaids
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Then, seeing that Emily was fighting back tears, she squeezed the girl’s shoulder and smiled ruefully
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'The poor beef,' said I very ruefully, for it was a big piece and had cost vast sums
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"I'm afraid that really was cheap of me," he thought ruefully, when he came once more into Priscilla's sweet presence; but he comforted himself with the reflection that no girl ought to be mysterious, and if this one chose to be so it was fair to cross her plans occasionally
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"Well, that's terrifically true," mused Tussie, reflecting ruefully on the size and weight of the money-bags that were dragging him down into darkness
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Ruefully he stared at the silver service, which reflected a
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"I can't drink," Jamie said ruefully
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" He laughed ruefully
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” He smiles ruefully
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He'd never change duds otherwise, she thought ruefully
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Are you happy, Amina? She smiled ruefully
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Carrie shrugged and then smiled ruefully
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" He smiled ruefully
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Doug shrugged ruefully, “Beggars and choosers,” was all he said as he accepted the Colonel’s canteen and drank
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Ruefully the old man shook his head, “You're strange boy
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The Baron shook his head ruefully, as he acknowledged that Larc has been the one to have all the angles covered one way or another
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Met shrugged and smiled ruefully, “I could’ve done without the storm
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Flint gritted his teeth hard for a moment before he had to ruefully acknowledge that the Salvadorian had a point
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With a siren’s smile I looked into his eyes, and he grinned ruefully as he cupped my bandaged left cheek with infinite tenderness
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But he put his hand on his side ruefully
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Paul was ruefully removing the loaves
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what he had so sensibly parted from to her, and now ruefully missed
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He was undoubtedly dreaming of Annet, she realized ruefully
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He grinned, at first ruefully, then with unmixed happiness
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She really knows me, Caris thought ruefully; better than anyone else in the world, now that my father is dead and Merthin has gone
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“I thought she could come and play with your children,” Merthin said ruefully
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He smiled at her ruefully, and in his eyes she saw ten years of hope and regrets, pain and tears
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the plans,' said Sir Walter ruefully
