I've been meaning to get it talking to my Windows machine for ages so I can finally dump the Zip drive I've been using to transfer files. |
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I've maundered and pondered and arm-waved about something like this for ages. |
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Mystics and ascetics have been telling us for ages that the goal of life is to learn how to die. |
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You have to rummage around in it for ages trying to find a rubber or pencil sharpener. |
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Fast bowlers are a bit like buses, none for ages and then two come along at once. |
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My fish is as mad as a box of Frogs, he just swims at top speed around the tank and then lies shagged out on the bottom for ages. |
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So for ages, the domain of beer analysis has been left to the subjectivity of professional tasters. |
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The three of us went out to a bar in town and talked for ages over Imperial beer and margaritas. |
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She had been looking for a bandeau top for ages but they were all too expensive. |
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Outside the tourist trap, rural properties stay on the market for ages and you could be stuck with it for a couple of years or more. |
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Like him, I sat for ages removing all those fiddly little stalks, or shelling peas and beans. |
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You know how it is, wait for ages for something to arrive and several turn up at once. |
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I haven't seen him for ages but the last two times I've tried to make contact he's blanked me. |
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I took copies of those pictures home blew them up and stared for ages returning again and again to certain faces, often the women. |
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Diabetes is a stealthy beast and can go undiagnosed for ages, so asking your doctor for a simple sugar check is always a good idea. |
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I let myself sleep in for ages this morning because I need all the energy I can get at the moment. |
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The ups and downs of natural processes have been exerting their effects on humankind for ages. |
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She continued like this for ages, always perfecting her last move and creating a new dance, a new rhythm. |
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This affront by the English of thinking they are the FA has been getting up my nose for ages. |
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Hi Alice I haven't seen you for ages, let me know if you ever fancy going halvers on a bottle of wine of an afternoon in the pub. |
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She said no and I went completely off my feed for a long time and moped around for ages. |
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This was especially upsetting, as I hadn't had spaghetti carbonara for ages. |
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There weren't many people there, but I've not read stuff out to folk for ages, so that was ok. |
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In practise, this merely meant that I clung tightly to my jungle guide, and wondered for ages whether I had an overdeveloped right thigh muscle. |
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We've discussed this for ages, but, now, finally, Robert is going to make an honest woman of me! |
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A modest blob of piping hot swede holds the heat for ages and is brilliant for making sure the plate and the meat stay warm to the table. |
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After the film we went and sat on the common for ages and just talked about life in general. |
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I had the parcel on the ground, and waited for ages, edging gradually into position, when it arrived. |
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We do celebrate after matches but we can't get out of the ground because of the crowds, so we have to wait in the dressing rooms for ages. |
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We as a country surrendered and submitted for ages until we got our freedom from the British. |
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I also need to get some Danish oil so I can treat the new shelves for the cupboard and also a couple of CD racks I've had sitting here for ages. |
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Religion has oppressed women, and degraded women for ages and ages, since the beginning of times. |
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I had got to a point where I hadn't learned anything new for ages and I was getting overly upset by minor household details. |
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Cartoon Art Classes take place every Saturday from 10 to 11.30 a.m. for ages eight to eighty. |
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And it makes sense, too, as other cultures have used symbols and words that embody an idea or state of being for ages. |
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We sat for ages, just gazing at the Bass Rock, its thick covering of guano making it glisten like a wedding cake in the sun. |
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A massive full moon that looked like it was balancing on the horizon had me leaning on the drystone wall and staring at it in awe for ages. |
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When she first told me she was pregnant she didn't take my calls for ages then rang out of the blue and said she was aborting. |
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Britain would be in the front line but predictions of a Wall Street collapse have simmered for ages and still the good times roll. |
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It's been in place for ages now, it's just that certain people on an utterly illogical white list have been exempt. |
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But for the first time for ages it didn't seem beyond the realms of possibility. |
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Someone commented on my yokel version, which for ages I have thought was the received pronunciation of the word. |
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We usually get there early and sit around waiting for ages to soundcheck, my stomach gently knotting and unknotting with impatience. |
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We've been looking to play this venue for ages, because it is such a good reputation, but either we were busy or they were busy and couldn't fit us in. |
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Ginger has not only been used for ages to effectively combat nausea and motion sickness, but it does this without the drowsiness caused by many over-the-counter medicines. |
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He has been pulling himself up for ages and is just starting to cruise. |
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Mother was on at me for ages to make her a webpage, and one night she had a couple of glasses of wine and completely bent my ear about the subject. |
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There was something desperate about it, watching them wander away and out of sight and for ages I just stood where they had left me and let out small involuntary whimpers. |
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You've been moping around like a bear with a sore head for ages! |
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Clay pots and objects were made in Iran using argil for ages. |
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Haven't had a whinge on this subject for ages, so, here we go. |
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Usually I'll stand in a newsagents and stare at the assorted glossies for ages without ever seeing a single copy of anything I actually want to buy. |
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As well as a starter and a main course each we also polished off two bottles of Frascati, and ended up feeling very very tipsy for ages afterwards. |
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This is some of the most polite, urbane jazz I have heard for ages. |
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I haven't smoked anything for ages, and that includes ordinary ciggies. |
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The event is to be held a little earlier in the year next year and will be centered around the narrowboats which queued up for ages to be blessed. |
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Frequently they meet with a busy signal, get put on hold for ages, are given yet another number to call, or are gravely misinformed. |
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It went on for ages before they finally restored some sort of order and Plovdiv eventually won 2-1 with a silver goal in extra-time. |
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Go see a movie, take a kickboxing class or make that DIY jewelry box that's been on your Pinboard for ages. |
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Oh for crying out loud, get off the computer! You've been on there for ages! |
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I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck. |
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In some areas primary, infant and junior schools cater for ages four to eleven, after which the pupils move on to secondary schools. |
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She's been telling me for ages that she wants to meet up, but won't give me a date. I'm convinced she's stringing me along. |
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She waffled on for ages. Usually I'd say something smart or make it obvious that I wasn't interested and couldn't be bothered listening. |
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Well, I can tell you I swithered and dithered for ages about how to get this right. |
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I remember once waiting for ages to go on at this arena where they were playing cow pat bingo. |
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A mine that for ages served as New York's largest hibernaculum used to host more than 200,000 bats. |
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Biscotti are perfect for eating as soon as they are out of the oven but also stay edible for ages. |
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We have known for ages that serious crimes were being committed on a major scale in parts of the press. |
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Child Magazine chose the product as one of its top boy toys for ages 8 years and up. |
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And of course I've seen lots of other dinner ladies come and go, some have stayed for ages, but not as long as me. |
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Thirty-two doo-wop classics in all, including mystery cuts for ages 2 to 10 and beyond. |
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The new CD-ROM, designed for ages 8 to 14, offers three time-tested favorites called Go-Moku, Mancala and Nine Men's Morris. |
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I've been banging away at the essay for ages, but it still isn't finished. |
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Spain had the chance to recover those lost territories in the Seven Years' War in British hands that belonged to the Spanish Empire for ages, specially Florida. |
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His agonous torture, at the hands of his captors, seemed to last for ages. |
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I do not know if it was a Cadbury product but in the WWII we were issued with compo rations which included bars of chocolate, which was so hard that it lasted for ages. |
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One of the best is Astrantia 'Roma', it is a sterile form of astrantia so no seed is produced, which benefits the gardener because it keeps on flowering for ages. |
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I haven't had a decent cook off for ages, and since I hung up my apron at our dining club Clwb Cinio, I may well have lost the knack to shake the pans. |
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