| Families of busy mynahs chirruped, foraged for grasshoppers, and then trilled when they took wing as we approached. |
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| As she approached her friend, she was met with her very own loving embrace. |
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| Usually when approached these spiky creatures stop and raise their quills in defence as they dig themselves into the ground. |
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| Chryses approached the Achaeans ' fast ships to win his daughter back, bringing a priceless ransom. |
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| He never wavered from his decision to fast, and approached death with dignity and resolve. |
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| When the footsteps approached, Michael refused even to acknowledge the person. |
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| Before the aforenamed lady could reply, Pero Carnero immediately approached, and he replied on her behalf. |
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| Officials are understood to have approached three internet companies seeking quotes for the cost of setting up advertising software. |
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| As their wedding day approached, she became very nervous about her impending deflowering. |
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| The lads would sneak away from school to get a lift on the circus vehicles as they approached the town. |
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| A well-built man approached them, wiping a glass with a less-than-clean towel. |
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| Edwards approached all the leading liberal newspapers and journals with a copy of the transcript. |
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| The pair approached Historic Scotland to ask about possible grants before putting in an offer. |
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| He had approached the headmaster in advance of the trial and was told that neither the children nor their parents wished to be involved. |
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| At one time when a stranger approached a blacks' camp the juvenile King Billies would disappear into the gunyans. |
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| Over the years we have been approached by hundreds of members asking if we had a Masonic tartan, now we do. |
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| At the same time, the business has also been approached to fit safety railings and fencing at a site in Droylsden. |
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| Her nephew approached, holding a cooking pot with herbs littered inside it, a pestle and mortar, a ladle, bowl and kindling. |
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| The placid grey door whisked open as he approached, admitting him to his dark cabin. |
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| Presenters approached the theme from several distinct positions, creating multilayered biographies of African body adornments. |
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| The bearded gentleman pictured right staggered off the line just as I approached. |
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| The diameter of the mass narrowed as it approached the adventitia, which was perforated, and the tumor was present at the deep margin. |
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| We rode on forward and both of us were expecting a shot at any moment, but as we approached I saw that they were not Japanese but Kachin. |
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| She climbed in the window with ease and as she approached the stairs she caught a whiff of perfume not belonging to Mrs. Chavez. |
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| She was shielded from the plane by the hill, but she could still hear the whine of its engine as it approached. |
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| Many years ago a very affable councillor approached me to script an election leaflet for him. |
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| Two warriors, clad in back, holding unsheathed katanas, silently approached each other in the forest. |
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| As the bomber approached Goose Bay, it flew into a white-out and fuel began to run out. |
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| Shortly afterwards two men approached the wire gate but left a few seconds later. |
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| As the fall of 2002 approached, researchers hoped the cranes would fly south unassisted, while a new flock of whoopers trailed ultralights. |
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| This week we all start operating in the energy field of the Crab, who skitters sideways in alarm when approached directly. |
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| I was approached by the Cowboys in 2002 and was keen to get out of Sydney at the time. I don't go much on the lifestyle down there. |
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| As Jesus approached death he suffered agonies of mind and spirit that plunged him into uncharted depths. |
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| The judge held that they should have approached the Law Society for assistance at a much earlier stage. |
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| It is understood that rebranding consultants were approached late last year in connection to the plan. |
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| As evening approached, the rain persisted, streaking the windowpanes and drumming rhythmically against the rooftop. |
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| Bats rustled their wings above him, restless as the evening turned to night and the time to fly in search of food approached. |
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| One Kikuyu female farmer, for example, approached a large farm with a proposal to pay a small fee to tap into their irrigation system. |
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| I have been approached to be one of the ambassadors for an anti-smoking campaign. |
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| He approached the captain of the ship and offered his services for board, and eventually boarded the ship. |
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| When approached this week about the ward closure, he would make no further comment. |
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| As the 1998 midterm elections approached, Republican lawmakers had no desire to alienate the conservatives who formed their core constituency. |
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| The studios have always approached Cannes warily, eager to use it as a PR launch pad for their prestige pictures. |
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| Mrs Kerr said cars were lined along both kerbs as a white Ford Transit van approached from the opposite direction. |
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| We divested ourselves of the fetters of daily workwear and suitably wrapped in kimono style robes approached the tub. |
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| As he tells it, Kwan approached his criminal life with workmanlike discipline. |
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| I approached the fridge yesterday morning at breakfast with my arm aloft to pluck the box of choice from the cereal Manhattan above. |
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| He approached it on tip toes, leafing through a pile of papers on the surface. |
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| The lodge is approached along a private road which leads to a laneway, closely protected on either side by mature foliage. |
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| All of this activity came to a halt when Karzai, dressed in his flowing green silk coat and black lambskin hat, approached the microphone. |
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| And then as Waddley approached him, Padlin turned and raised the heavy boxwood above his head. |
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| As zero hour approached, Spanish-language radio stations broadcast appeals for all able-bodied Cuban-Americans to help. |
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| When they approached their angel backers for more money, the investors balked. |
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| Just after she checked in, a thin, reedy man with graying hair to match his gray wool suit approached her. |
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| Just as I approached the door, a whirlwind in the form of a small child shot out of the room, colliding with me and knocking me into the wall. |
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| The steward was buttoning another vest over his ample body as he approached, bending forward to meet the storm. |
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| A few days later, Turkey officially approached its other NATO partners with a request for more help. |
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| Carter approached his gang tentatively, his face sweaty from all the running. |
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| When they approached and knocked on the bathroom door, they heard scuffling and the toilet flushing. |
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| A short, thin, red-haired woman stopped sweeping the porch and leaned against her broom as they approached. |
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| One by one, the landing craft approached the shore and lowered their loading ramps. |
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| As the end of the 1950s approached, the Yugoslavs were operating around 150 Thunderbolts and Mosquitos as well as 400 jet fighters. |
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| The book is based on the premise that creative writing can be systematically and analytically approached. |
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| Tensing as they approached gradually, she mentally rehearsed her excuse in her head. |
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| Lotus had been repulsed when the poor fool approached her to grab her colorful robe. |
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| At least two residents have approached The Tribune, alleging partisan behaviour. |
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| Took Nat to the beach, and as we approached the shore I caught the Most Holy Whiff, the perfume of fish and weeds and sun-laved water. |
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| He must not enter Railton Terrace in Moston, where he allegedly approached a resident and threatened to have him kneecapped. |
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| The issue would be usefully approached regionally, which he shies away from doing. |
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| But, from whichever direction it is approached, the same gulf lies between literate and aliterate minds. |
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| The door opened as we approached, revealing a tall, regal woman with silver hair and serene gray eyes. |
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| Just to see how the land lies, I approached Dave Linley, who has been given the job of looking after the spare tickets. |
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| He forced the lawnmower across the grass one more time, and then approached the man on the porch. |
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| As we approached the anglers, they hooked and landed an immature striped bass. |
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| When she approached the man, however, her attire earned her a reserved expression. |
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| When the university approached Uncle Sam about the idea of an alumni center, he leaped at the opportunity. |
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| I was approached by an elderly grey-haired gentleman who attempted to elicit my support. |
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| The girl halted in surprise and wondered as the white-haired new comer approached her timidly. |
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| However, as they approached and she saw the ambulance and all the patrol cars, she put her defenses on alert and prepared herself for anything. |
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| When the vehicles stopped at red traffic lights the ambulanceman got out of his car and approached the van, along with another driver. |
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| Her tail began to wag as he approached, and he cautiously dropped onto one knee before reaching to untangle her leash. |
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| As I approached some old oak trees, I slowed to a walk, then stopped entirely. |
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| I lowered my pack to the floor and gave her a weary smile as she slowed down to a walk, staring as she approached. |
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| She slowed to a walk and slowly approached her friend, seating herself next to Mary. |
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| She approached her and before anyone could stop her, she had pushed the Principal's daughter into the snow and started wrestling her. |
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| Three additional categories approached significance at the adjusted alpha levels. |
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| The previous morning while we drove through a dust-ridden wallow, we had approached a Maasai Warrior walking barefoot through the grasslands. |
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| As high tide approached early Monday afternoon, surface winds pushed water against the sea wall and flooded a short stretch of Sunrise Drive. |
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| As D-Day approached I became a zombie, all distant stares and unresponsive grunts. |
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| At 6.20 am, crowded together in small boats and weighed down with heavy kit, the soldiers approached the deserted shore in silence. |
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| The three teenagers approached the victims as they walked along the alleyway past the town's bowling club. |
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| The effort to achieve more accurate weapons began in World War I and approached modern capabilities with PGMs toward the end of the Vietnam War. |
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| I must however add a few words regarding how the question is to be approached and answered. |
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| After he had aced the 141-yard 13 th with an 8-iron, he approached his wife's group to share the news. |
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| With the blessing of the DPC, the FBI and the CIA approached refugee organizations with different agendas. |
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| She approached it cautiously, slowing her pace down to a jog. |
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| Just as the infant will show delight at being approached by its mother, so it will also show signs of wariness and withdrawal when approached by a stranger. |
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| There was an air of excitement and anticipation in the lobby as showtime approached. |
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| A dreamy, blue-eyed rebel is approached by a mercenary wearing a scary mask. |
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| So, he approached his nomadic friends to gauge their interest in the collaboration. |
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| Wahlberg fled from the scene and approached a bystander, Hoa Trinh, also Vietnamese. |
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| Finally, as half-time approached, Glass almost broke the deadlock with a 25-yard shot that had Marshall launching himself across the goal to save. |
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| Nervy to begin with, he came close to panic as zero hour approached. |
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| As we approached the ramp, the aircraft started to pull to the left. |
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| Swindon police are appealing for witnesses and have advised the public that when they are approached by officers they are entitled to ask for a warrant card. |
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| A tall, well-built man noticed me entering, and approached me. |
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| The 16-year-old was walking in an alleyway between Museum Gardens and Exhibition Square when the man, who had a jaundiced, yellow complexion and bad teeth, approached her. |
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| As she approached the ranch house, a little boy about two years old came running out of the house going as fast as his little legs could carry him. |
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| As they approached the coast of Western Australia the wind blew too heavily for the ship to make landfall and they had to heave to with close reefed topsails. |
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| He approached ahead of her, Barking furiously, and I put down my hand for him to sniff, which seemed to enrage him further. |
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| He approached me and thrust a thick, square, accusatory finger in my face. |
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| But when the event approached, her blood pressure had plummeted, leaving her incapacitated. |
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| After the announcement, Taras approached Duerexme, who was leisurely studying the artifacts near the balcony of the Head Palace as if she was just another curious wonderer. |
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| The females fled into the water when approached, but their whitecoat pups were not yet capable of independent movement and so were unable to follow. |
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| In 1988, producer Mace Neufeld approached costner about The Hunt for Red October. |
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| My colleague approached his bank to say he was remortgaging with another company advertising a special offer and his bank matched the deal rather than lose his business. |
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| The models, dressed in traditional habits, approached a makeshift altar where two square-jawed faux priests helped them disrobe. |
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| As he approached the towers a salty breeze whipped against his skin, A few birds circled overhead, wheeling absently in fatigue above the barren lands. |
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| David said that it was wrong for children to be approached and that solicitors doing so would be in breach of their responsibility to act reputably. |
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| On May 13, 2014, a pickup truck approached a caravan of white vans moving on a road near Baqubah, east of Baghdad, in Iraq. |
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| Soon enough, an old watermill appeared across the horizon, and as they approached it he spotted the familiar stature of a young boy sitting on the topmost propeller. |
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| As she approached the wide set of doors that led to the hall she could see Erik nervously fidgeting with his uniform in a mirror, adjusting and readjusting his tunic. |
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| The horse whickered softly, as if unsure of the man who approached him. |
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| After seeing one of their public performances, a woman approached Mark and Angela in the supermarket about her 11-year-old daughter Sarah at grade one on the saxophone. |
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| Two youths approached the young man and asked him to sell them cannabis. |
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| Our Pashto interpreter explained how he had pretended to be a Pakistani policeman when interested crowds approached the compound. |
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| As the deadline for the list approached, I talked to my friend and fellow writer Devon Maloney. |
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| As the late eighties approached interest in disco was reawakened. |
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| Whenever we approached a ride, a Cast Member would walk right up to us and explain if and how my son could be accommodated. |
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| One of the honor guard approached with slow, measured steps and presented the flag to a uniformed captain. |
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| He approached a vase of flowers and pulled on the stem of the white lily. |
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| Taking our cue, Cardinal Cushing and I approached Mrs. Kennedy to offer our final words of condolence. |
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| He blushed when he approached, a telltale sign that he was happy to see him. |
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| Mr. DuBois has, however, approached the work in a radically unradical way, bringing a softening sheen of naturalism to its rumpled texture. |
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| It was an unexpected find for the young French alpinist as he approached the summit of Mont Blanc. |
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| The cops climbed out and approached the man who remained in the street. |
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| For one man, it was the first time he had ever approached a woman. |
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| As they approached Knaggs recognized among them Jack Brandy, a Wyandotte chief, and George Blue Jacket, a Shawnee chief. |
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| The captain stayed on the wheel, controlling the drift of his beamy boat so that we approached the wreck stern-to. |
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| When Christopher Waites saw officers using batons on a teenage suspect, he approached them and questioned the force they were using. |
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| Police said the 26-year-old victim, who uses a walking frame, was on his way home from the shops when he was approached by two men. |
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| When approached by a water bailiff in August, he threw his equipment into the river. |
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| Ajaccio goalkeeperGuillermo Ochoa claims Liverpool approached his agent in January, to discuss a potential transfer to Anfield. |
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| They actually approached our OPO as to whether we could be a facilitating point in getting the payment for the workups of these donors. |
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| Wynn approached a mentor for some advice, but also offered some solutions of her own. |
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| The Main Prayer Hall is approached on the Qibla axis by a monumental staircase through the shaded sahan to the west. |
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| But what if we approached our creative close encounters through the lens of an animist or aboriginal understanding of the land? |
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| Khan and Jahan became desolate and approached doctors and underwent fertility treatment but nothing happened. |
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| Sanitec is thought to be in merger talks with Keramic and is also thought to have approached Sphinx, a Dutch bathroom fittings manufacturer. |
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| Braemar is approached from the South on the A93 from Glen Clunie and the Cairnwell Pass and from the East also on the A93 from Deeside. |
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| William Styron approached history in works such as The Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie's Choice. |
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| So much of the communications media is poisoned by an antievangelical bias, that a lot of us take a defensive stance when approached by them. |
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| And it was with decision that he approached the problem of his wrecked shop. |
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| He approached the moral dilemma casuistically, not abstractly from first principles. |
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| As they approached the clifflike walls of Black Harren's monstrous castle, Brienne squeezed his arm. |
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| When they approached the couloir shortly before 0300, the snow was firm enough for them to use crampons. |
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| Near Rio Frio we shot several handsome birds, and saw a cayjotte, or wild dog, which in size nearly approached the wolf. |
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| Gentlemen, the complete developement of this business, however, now approached. |
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| As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze. |
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| As we approached the runway, the pilot fishtailed slightly to reduce landing speed. |
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| As the wealthiest generation in US history approached geezerdom, drug companies, health care, and nursing homes were beneficiaries. |
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| A timid and gentlesome frog approached her, gravely bowed in a groove below her flexed kneecap. |
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| These two variegated, great goddesses striving for gloriousness, the golden ones who move crookedly, have approached thy sacrificial grass. |
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| What is particularly noticeable is the steep rise in hyperon populations as the limiting mass is approached. |
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| But Severus did not desist until he approached the extremity of the island. |
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| Along the perimeter road the police car approached, headlamps inflaming the afternoon sunlight. |
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| This devastated Edward's army and forced him to negotiate when approached by the French. |
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| However, a subtle shift took place in the way that intellectuals approached religion that was reflected in many other areas of cultural life. |
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| Though it is unlikely that she had plotted with the rebels, some of them were known to have approached her. |
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| Following Raleigh's death, members of his family approached Boyle for compensation on the ground that Raleigh had struck an improvident bargain. |
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| A former colony itself, the United States approached imperialism differently from the Great Powers and Japan. |
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| Returning from Hong Kong, Cameron visited the then Soviet Union, where he was approached by two Russian men speaking fluent English. |
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| In 1993, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Harriet Harman approached Rawnsley to recruit Miliband as her policy researcher and speechwriter. |
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| Hooke's gravitation was also not yet universal, though it approached universality more closely than previous hypotheses. |
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| The entrance is approached from the east cloister walk and includes a double doorway with a large tympanum above. |
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| At about 8am an officer was approached by two ladies looking for information. |
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| However, George objected, and with the courage of his faith, approached the Emperor and ruler. |
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| The bath in this chamber is of white marble, approached by two marble steps. |
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| The Bath Roman Temple stood on a podium more than two metres above the surrounding courtyard, approached by a flight of steps. |
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| Amongst others, they approached Henry IV of France for funding, but were unsuccessful. |
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| But he hesitated when approached to do a project that combined maqam with jazz, even though that had been his pre-quest intention. |
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| Before the war, Moore had been approached by educator Henry Morris, who was trying to reform education with his concept of the Village College. |
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| In 1746, a group of publishers approached Johnson with an idea about creating an authoritative dictionary of the English language. |
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| Also in 1845, Percy Bysshe Shelley's cousin Thomas Medwin approached her claiming to have written a damaging biography of Percy Shelley. |
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| Director Steven Spielberg was approached to direct the first film, but dropped out. |
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| She was a poet, and had approached the composer with a proposed scenario for a ballet. |
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| He approached Dashiell Hammett to write the dialogue, but Raymond Chandler took over, then left over disagreements with the director. |
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| In 1944 he was approached by Ralph Richardson, who had been asked by the governors of the Old Vic to form a new company. |
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| John Woo was approached to direct the film, but he turned down the opportunity, saying he was honoured by the offer. |
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| Originally Jennifer Lawrence was approached for a role, but due to scheduling conflicts had to decline the project. |
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| Wilkinson played for England in matches against Australia, the United States and Canada as the 1999 Rugby World Cup approached. |
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| The RWCL then approached neighbouring Manchester City about leasing their home stadium as a replacement. |
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| As the first of the fleeing Highlanders approached Inverness they were met by a battalion of Frasers led by the Master of Lovat. |
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| As independence approached, the violence between Hindus and Muslims in the provinces of Punjab and Bengal continued unabated. |
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| As the new session of Parliament approached in February 1868, he was bedridden at his home, Knowsley Hall, near Liverpool. |
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| The states of the future Eastern Bloc were also approached, and Czechoslovakia and Poland agreed to attend. |
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| For much of the eighteenth century, France approached its wars in the same way. |
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| On April 5, when a huge crowd approached a barricade, a demonstrator was killed by Serb forces. |
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| It was only approached in size by the 1991 Operation Granby deployment for the Gulf War and the 1956 Operation Musketeer Suez Crisis deployment. |
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| I'd seen more life in a tramp's vest than I had in this lad, and he just sat on the bike totally unconcerned as I approached him on foot. |
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| Mossack Fonseca approached Niue in 1996 and offered to help set up a tax haven on the tiny South Sea island. |
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| Such works led to the development of a whole genre of popular science fiction as the 20th century approached. |
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| The American folk music revivalists of the 1930s approached folk music in different ways. |
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| Shortly after the Strontium 90 gig, Sting approached Summers to join the band. |
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| As his celebrity grew in the late 1950s, he grew tired of being approached by strangers, and particularly disliked being visited by them at home. |
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| In 1877 Morris was approached by Oxford University and offered the largely honorary position of Professor of Poetry. |
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| As he approached his 80th birthday, Blake undertook a project to recreate the Sgt. |
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| Seeking a gallery dealer, he first approached Karsten Schubert, but was turned down. |
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| For example, on 9 November 2006, NTL announced that it had approached ITV plc about a proposed merger. |
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| The nature of the world, according to Berkeley, is only approached through properly metaphysical speculation and reasoning. |
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| In 1967 the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint approached the Decimal Currency Board to ask for their advice on the introduction of a new coin. |
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| On 29 June 1547, 21 French galleys approached St Andrews under the command of Leone Strozzi, prior of Capua. |
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| As the election approached the SNP gained support while Labour's support declined. |
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| But Ms. Lewis said she had already been approached by nondancers, including several visual artists, intrigued by the innovative format. |
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| Aberdeen approached Craig Brown, who was working without a contract at Motherwell, to replace McGhee. |
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| Llywelyn restored his lands to Rhys, but the king's envoys approached Maredudd and offered him Rhys's lands if he would change sides. |
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| The first account says that Llywelyn and his chief minister approached the forces of Edmund Mortimer and Hugh Le Strange after crossing a bridge. |
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| Externally, the gate would have been approached by a stone ramp which is no longer present. |
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| As the object of interest is approached, the echo becomes booming, and the dolphins adjust by decreasing the intensity of the emitted sounds. |
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| As she approached closer, though, the load of rabbits came into vivid noseshot, and the saxophonist's nose wrinkled at the reek. |
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| Sometime in the 11th century Norman Lord Payn de Turberville approached Morgan to turn over control of Coity Castle to Turberville. |
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| Leighton Samuel was approached by the RFL to form a rugby league club and join the professional ranks. |
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| Jones, who was still performing over 200 dates a year as he approached his 70th birthday, set out on a world tour to promote the album. |
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| In March 1996, When the band finished their slot, John Brand approached them and he became their manager. |
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| In the spring of 1946 The Company approached the Admiralty with a request to purchase three of these vessels. |
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| In August 2013, a hospital and some private homes were evacuated as a wildfire approached Funchal. |
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| From Vigo, the main Russian fleet then approached Tangiers, Morocco, and lost contact with the Kamchatka for several days. |
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| Strassburg nearly approached the battlecruisers but saw them in time and turned away. |
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| Nothing came of the study and it is unknown whether Canada had been approached about the study by the US Federal Power Commission. |
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| Carolingian illuminated manuscripts and ivory plaques, which have survived in reasonable numbers, approached those of Constantinople in quality. |
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| The two British columns approached from the west at nearly a right angle to the allied line. |
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| Beresford was approached by officers objecting to the changes to act as champion of their cause, but sided with Fisher on this issue. |
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| When the 1st Canadian Army approached at the end of August, the garrison withdrew, not desiring to enter into battle for the port. |
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| Preparing the ground for the main landings, four destroyers were bombarding the coast as landing craft approached. |
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| Crews noticed that as ships approached the dock, passengers moved to the side of the ship ready to disembark. |
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| As the light vessel approached the shore near Herculaneum, cinders and pumice began to fall on it. |
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| When approached by predators, the largest and most robust females may make a stand, using their front legs to kick at their attackers. |
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| As I attempted to hit a six with a half-full bottle of mineral water, a papad vendor approached us to laugh at our cricketing abilities. |
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| Adidas claims that a group of athletes approached Adi Dassler requesting a shoe be made for the locker room. |
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| As the tenth anniversary of her husband's death approached, her son's condition grew no better, and Victoria's distress continued. |
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| Kelley noticed the opportunity and approached BBC Worldwide in April 2012 without an explanation for why he was interested in Lonely Planet. |
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| As Ronnie approached him, he let loose a barrage of verbal abuse and cut him below his eye with a piece of broken glass. |
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| As they approached the besieged Roman camp, the Belgae moved to engage Caesar's troops. |
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| Thus, thousands of Italian men and women left Italy and dispersed around the world and this trend only increased as World War I approached. |
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| Heresy was to be approached by the leader of the church according to Eusebius, author of The Church History. |
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| During the 19th century, globalization approached its form as a direct result of the Industrial Revolution. |
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| He approached people who were not in the criminal world, including his poker machine attendant, to acquire firearms or arrange hitmen for him. |
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| As he approached the polacre he was surprised to see a Union Jack being hung over her gunwale. |
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| General Fu Youde saw Ma He on a road and approached him in order to inquire about the location of the Mongol pretender. |
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| But this proved less useful as they approached the equator and the Pole Star began to disappear into the horizon. |
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| He looked up as the horse approached, but did not run away, being rendered pot-valiant by the liquor he had drunk earlier in the evening. |
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| As autumn approached, Germany found success in both Portuguese Africa, and against Portuguese vessels, sinking multiple ships. |
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| They were approached by Calusa, who might have been initially interested in trading but relations soon turned hostile. |
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| Instead it is a pyramid with stairs covering all four sides, so the top could be approached from every direction. |
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| Fray Vincente de Valverde and native interpreter Felipillo approached Atahualpa in Cajamarca's central plaza. |
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| The Spanish approached and told Atahualpa that Virococha had ordered them to tell the Inca who they were. |
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| Competing Dutch companies approached the congregation and discussed with them the possibility of settling in the Hudson River area. |
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| Ed Miliband professed ignorance of the comment when he was approached by the BBC later. |
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| As the police approached, the car pulled off and sped away into the distance. |
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| Some species of deciduous trees such as the yellow birch appear when the river is approached in the south. |
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| He had been on patrol to catch joyriders, and fired three shots at the windscreen of a speeding car as it approached the checkpoint. |
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| A train approached, and in the darkness an object protruding from one of the cars suddenly struck Tompkins knocking him to the ground. |
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| Each charge of steam introduced would continue condensing until the cylinder approached working temperature once again. |
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| In 1814 Murray patented a hydraulic press for baling cloth, in which the upper and lower tables approached each other simultaneously. |
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| As the tunnel approached the Wapping shore, work began on sinking a vertical shaft similar to the Rotherhithe one. |
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| Hoping to be reconciled with Wellington, he approached the Duke's railway carriage and shook his hand. |
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| As the train approached Manchester the trackside bystanders became increasingly hostile, booing, hissing and waving banners against Wellington. |
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| When Victor saw the creature come to life he fled the apartment, though the newborn creature approached him, as a child would a parent. |
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| Earlier, Gongshan had approached Confucius to join him, which Confucius considered. |
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| His foster mother Maha Pajapati, for example, approached him, asking to join the sangha, but he refused. |
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| Thomas Bouch was approached to be an adviser on the Longsleddale route and if this route had been chosen, in all probabilities Thos. |
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| Many routes up the mountain are possible so that it may be approached from all directions. |
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| Ruskin came into contact with Millais after the artists approached him through their mutual friend Coventry Patmore. |
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| As war approached, Walpole realised that his poor eyesight would disqualify him from serving in the armed forces. |
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| The church is approached from Water's Green by a flight of 108 steps, which themselves are a local landmark. |
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| Due to its position by the coast, Southport is a linear settlement and as such can only be approached in a limited number of directions by road. |
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| It is a well camouflaged bird, it is usually shy and conceals itself close to ground vegetation and flushes only when approached closely. |
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| Clara was sitting outside Hisper Cottage, shuggling the pram. As Katherine approached, the nanny raised a finger to her lips. |
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| As he did not appear disposed to move off, I took my camera and approached within about thirty yards, when I snapshotted him. |
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| The next painter the sultan approached was a sly old dog with more suss than a Cockney two-card trickster. |
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| And, like Teddy, I was approached by agate to do business with him. |
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| Google first approached LATI with the idea, which would make them the first community college in the nation to be uploaded, said Cartney. |
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| Representatives approached us from the Bail Bonds industry, asking if we could deliver this information. |
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| While there were a number of base units available, all of them were out of date and so she approached the council's new supplier Stone for help. |
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| Letterbox was approached by Mike Bryon, a lecturer at the college, to broach the issues students face as they embark on job hunting. |
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| Ricardo Rivas, 29, and Jason Sands, 21, both of Palmdale, are said to be armed and extremely dangerous and should not be approached. |
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| A few minutes later her boyfriend, Neal Allen Beckman, approached the vehicle. |
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| But as Donovan McNabb approached the line of scrimmage early in the fourth quarter, he took a moment to excuse himself. |
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| A friend of mine was eating at Sizzle Pie when beggers approached her table while she was eating to ask for her food. |
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| But when Frazier approached her client about the payment, she got the runaround. |
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| These often remote and isolated villages provide a huge challenge logistically as many of the areas can only be approached by air or sea. |
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| In his guidebook The Southern Fells Alfred Wainwright suggests that the plane approached from the west, failed to clear the ridge and tumbled down the other side. |
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| Stannah at Legburthwaite is the starting point for the bridleway to Sticks Pass, from which Helvellyn can be approached along the main ridge track from the north. |
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| Nevertheless, he approached the family in hopes of becoming their friend. |
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| The comparative advantage the relearners gained from previous acquaintance with a particular maze vanished as the elapsed time approached six months. |
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| Maudslay made working models of the machines for making pulley blocks, and Brunel approached Samuel Bentham, the Inspector General of Naval Works. |
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| Zwingli approached the eucharist in a similar manner to baptism. |
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| The reason he approached the voyevoda was that he had previously been denied a trade by the Tatars after offering them ten slave families and a thousand sheep. |
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| He then approached James Murray, who accepted the post of editor. |
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| The spectators gaped helplessly as the balloon approached the power lines. |
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