By now you may have guessed that blackjack is a nerd's game, requiring a minimum of social skills. |
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But we guessed correctly, and turning lights on, stopping only for gas, drove east. |
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Two minutes later, Josh barely heard any playing, and he guessed that the garage had been soundproofed. |
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Underneath, I guessed, the silent town had its own nightlife, the pubs and the brothels. |
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She guessed that he didn't sit around thinking about daisies and bubbling creeks all day. |
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I guessed that the boss was a sports fan and wished the same success for the restaurant as these athletes had at the games. |
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Who, back in 1991, would have guessed that his clenched-teeth complaining-voice came along with such an expressive croon? |
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She quoted a price, exorbitant for the boondocks but which she guessed would be cheap for a city person. |
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Who would have guessed someone so young could make such a solemn vow and keep it for over fifty years. |
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Yin Xi guessed the sound equated somewhat to a harrumph of dissatisfaction. |
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You may have guessed that I have a penchant for love poems, well I suppose I'm just an old romantic at heart. |
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One lay dead ahead in a section all by itself, and she guessed that it probably belonged to Cal. |
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Built in 1898, the two-story frame house was sold last fall for far more than I would have guessed and probably more than it was worth. |
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Michael guessed that it was because her stepmother had given her a harsher time than her father had. |
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You may have guessed by now that the striker I am referring to is one Dean Ashton. |
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On to Uglich, home of Boris Godunov, more onion domes, and yes, you guessed it, icons. |
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She sounded exhausted, and Liena guessed that, wherever she was, she had only just arrived. |
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He guessed Garnet had the kind of money that could make that charge go away in a heartbeat anyway. |
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What they could not have guessed when they made their historic observations of Venus was the inhospitable hellishness of the planet's landscape. |
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She had really been crying in her sleep, she guessed, since her eyes were very watery, and her cheeks felt tight from the dried salty tears. |
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What I guessed to be a hawk's feather hung from the back of his skull, probably tied there by a short leather thong attached to his hoary mane. |
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He went into his bedroom and produced a box of expensive chocolates she guessed he'd been saving for Marlene. |
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I might have guessed that the place would soon be hotching with Davy's troops. |
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In reality, as you might have guessed, a mixture of parataxis and hypotaxis is far more common. |
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The new swim was on the other side of the river and if we hadn't been shown its whereabouts would never have guessed its existence. |
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You may have guessed by now that we Murphys love cheese, in particular fresh Parmesan and Stilton. |
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I should have guessed that someone so apparently humourless could not keep a straight face for so long. |
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This performance depends on, you guessed it, good husbandry of the economy. |
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Those of you who rightly guessed that it comes from Henry VIII, act II, scene IV may give yourselves a pat on the back. |
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Earth has guessed much and rhythms the hymn behind the world in the stroke of her waves. |
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He was in his forties, she guessed, with thick, dark, waved hair and big baby-blue eyes. |
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Who'd have guessed folks living this close to Edina would be so friendly after dark? |
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This, however, soon runs him afoul of Frankie who as you might have guessed is a blonde. |
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You may have guessed that this is not the first time that he kept me waiting. |
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Her legs were slightly wobbly, but she guessed that was what she got for going to bed on nothing but medication and a martini. |
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In all my years I would have never guessed he lived behind a door with a door knocker of that appearance on it. |
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I guessed that my life was such a disaster that I didn't have the mind to have a dream, a wish of my own. |
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I picked up her hand, guessed at what might have been the injured finger, and kissed it better. |
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By the sound of his scream and the moment his body impacted the ground, the agent guessed that the exit wound was about the size of his fist. |
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Of course, if that kind of erratic weather pattern appeared during winter, then I guessed that a blizzard would appear. |
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More precisely, have you guessed exactly where the one large casino is going to be yet? |
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Programmable CD-ROMs, in case you hadn't guessed, are write-once media, not rewritable. |
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What goes on inside the CIA facilities, closer to medieval dungeons than modern prisons, can only be guessed at. |
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There were several footmarks in the soil, so Byron guessed a large number of people had been here recently. |
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Beneath that formal newsreader exterior, who could have guessed that there lurked the spirit of a dance music diva? |
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Yup, you guessed it, they wanted more information from me and I've had my telepathy switched off so I didn't know. |
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He took out a cigarette and lit it with a silver Zippo with what I guessed were his initials, J.M. engraved onto one side. |
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The person who correctly guessed the number of balls in Sue's desk won a ticket to the final of the European Championship in Lisbon. |
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They were, as I had guessed, thick with leafy trees and swarming with life. |
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I still haven't told my family, although I suspect they've already guessed. |
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William Gibson couldn't have guessed how the word he invented would breed and infect the lexicon. |
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Their identity can only be guessed at by the symptoms of the possessed person, and also by the astrological calculations of our Brahmins. |
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They guessed, rightly, that his talks were having little or no effect in Ireland. |
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Ben guessed rightly that he was going to try and grab their horses and have them ready at the back door. |
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As you may have guessed by now I believe adoption is a good course of action for many teenage mums. |
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As I guessed, a red ballroom gown is soon pulled on me, the corset below making it almost impossible for me to breathe. |
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But in case you haven't already guessed, yesterday's story about Brussels banning Yorkshire Puddings was an April Fool. |
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In one corner was a disarrayed mess of blankets that I guessed served as a bed, an iron-bound chest similar to Mai's tucked into a corner. |
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I guessed that he probably never fit in too well with North Dakota's rock-ribbed mainstream. |
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Initially, I guessed and told her they might package the salad in an inert or nonoxygen atmosphere of nitrogen or maybe argon. |
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They are there instead of plying their trade on the streets expecting to meet, you've guessed it, a foreigner. |
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Yet if you guessed that it is in France that the unions have the tightest armlock on the government, you would not be far wrong. |
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She lit up and Geoffrey could smell the pungent aroma of what he guessed must be Marijuana. |
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When I had first started the story, I had a rough idea of where to go, but I guessed the story didn't turn out the way I had expected. |
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It was shaped like an arrowhead, with a flat tip where Kiv guessed the cockpit must be, and he could just see it from underneath. |
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One Act Play Weekends showcase two to four plays that are, you guessed it, one act long. |
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It's time to take the casket out of the church, and you guessed it, it weighs a ton! |
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Adonis guessed that he was a Plutonian, because they were always the proudest, no matter what. |
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The informant laughed when he told her, so she guessed it must be someone important. |
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We'll see in the end, although most readers will have guessed long before all the lurid and shabby details come out. |
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The colour, the noise, the horns and of course the odd pitch invasions, yes you guessed it the Pakistan Cricket team is in town. |
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She was tiny too, I guessed barely five feet, and yet she seemed to have fire and passion in her eyes. |
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Garden-fresh smells abound, with tarragon, coriander and, you guessed it, Colorado tree moss. |
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I sort of guessed something was wrong when I parked on a steep hill, put the handbrake full on and promptly rolled backwards. |
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I feel slightly bad, but hope you guessed correctly which option I would go for. |
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Judging from the dust and general disrepair Xander guessed it hadn't been used in years. |
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We were on the 15th floor and the keyboard as you might have guessed, was still connected to the computer. |
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I don't, you might already have guessed, own a DVD player yet. There, I've said it now. |
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I guessed he must be getting his fair share of the evil eye too, if the bewildered expression he threw her was anything to go by. |
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Elizabeth guessed that he was going at least forty or fifty miles per hour. |
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Judging from the moon's angle overhead, she guessed it was past midnight already. |
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Diana had guessed that Matlock decided that white just wouldn't cut it because Matlock had then gone on to tie-dye the once-white undershirt. |
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They never guessed that some of us were beating the pants off of them academically. |
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Dennis guessed that if you knew whose house it was, maybe you'd feel worse about messing it up. |
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I guessed the fact that it was Friday was making her more impatient than usual. |
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The bus turned a sharp corner and then she saw the camp, the lake over a little hill and a big building that she guessed to be the mess hall. |
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Yeah, you guessed it, his scraggy long hair was of the same disarrangement on his return. |
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He guessed deerflies and greenheads would appear earlier than normal, unless the weather changes. |
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She guessed that it probably belonged to one of the slaves that were in the queen 's good graces. |
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As you might have guessed, the menu is available in English, though you may have to spend time getting your head around some of the translations. |
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Peeking open a misty eye, she caught the site of the moon hanging overhead and it gave her more comfort than she could have guessed. |
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You may have guessed by now that my favorite colours are red and gold, and as it was my birthday I decided to be really girly, and wear a dress. |
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If you haven't guessed by now the answer is located here, gentle readers, and I do beg thy pardon if I spake not in troth. |
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Michael's expression was unreadable, but the twist to his lips gave Marcus the impression that he had guessed what was wrong. |
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I sensed her genuine sincerity and seeing that her eyes were beginning to mist over, guessed that she would be one to share the sorrow. |
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You've filled in umpteen blanks and chosen your super favorites and guessed at the answers you didn't know. |
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As we ascended the mountain in the ski lift there was a lot of oohing and aahing and I guessed then that he was about to pop the question. |
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A certain lack of personal hygiene pervades the carriage, and then yes, you guessed it, three of 'em decide my table is fair game. |
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Most of you got it right because 66.7 per cent guessed my last story was a load of cobblers. |
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I don't know enough German to have figured out the whole story, but I guessed it was something along those lines. |
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You've probably guessed that his Mum was the one who died unhappy and unmourned a couple of years back. |
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Now he was a great big, ugly, bucktoothed guy, a real creepola, with sneaky eyes and, you guessed it, a well-earned reputation for being a sneak. |
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As you have guessed, I am passionate about New Zealand's largely unwritten political history. |
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No one guessed this was possible, at least up until a month ago, but it's going to take place, like it or not. |
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She wasn't very tall and looking at her voluptuous body and curvy figure I definitely would have guessed her to be older then a high school student. |
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By now, the reader may have guessed that he's becoming a bit of a lush. |
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She guessed at where the path should be for a few minutes, but finally she admitted to herself that whoever had lived here had long since abandoned the place. |
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I heard a thump and a quack, and guessed that he'd run into the wall. |
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I knew I'd have to focus since my brain was still swirling with this new bit of information, not that I hadn't guessed that something of the kind was true. |
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From the deference with which he was received they rightly guessed that he was the chief of the tribe. |
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You guessed it, they were red states, with Texas leading the way. |
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We guessed wrong both times, but that's the way it is sometimes. |
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After M comes to his rescue, Bond goes after Zao, the agent who captured him, and tycoon Gustav Graves who, yup, you guessed it, is threatening the safety of the entire world. |
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He is, you may have guessed correctly, a Yooper who lives in Iowa. |
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No one could have guessed that four working-class lads from Liverpool would become bigger than Elvis. |
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Warren noticed she wore the same revealing black dress she had on the previous night and guessed that maybe she was going out once again for her nightly stroll. |
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He thanked them and followed their directions to the hotel, which as he guessed was ritzy and glamorous and all the things he never could afford to be. |
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Although I wasn't one for wanting to socialize during this hard time, I guessed that I'd better get to know the people I'd be rooming with over the next two weeks. |
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I was telling him about last night and he described me as sounding languid and louche, and consequently correctly guessed that I was still in bed. |
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I remember thinking that if I were blindfolded and forced to taste and identify this carbonated atrocity, I would have guessed it was antifreeze, aftershave or pond water. |
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For almost fifteen years now, the two republics have squabbled over money, European Union status and, you guessed it, borders. |
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The Verne Club is a hip, steampunky cocktail club in Palermo Soho inspired by, you guessed it, Jules Verne. |
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Closer still was a repetitive tock tock tock which I quickly guessed was my daughter tapping the table with coins from her second visitation of the tooth fairy. |
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So we didn't stay there too long, as you might have guessed. |
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As you might have guessed, there's definitely more to this story. |
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But even so, would you have guessed that 2,783 employees of the Cal system make between a quarter and half a mil? |
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In front of her the soldiers riding the horses slipped off to her right and Ashley spotted an enclosure that she correctly guessed to be the pen for the animals. |
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Oh I would never have guessed, I thought, brimming over with smugness. |
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There used to be notices against expectorating in public places, though how many accomplished spitters understood them in order to obey can only be guessed. |
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And yes, you guessed it, couple splitsville was only a few episodes away. |
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Beth guessed from the man's tone of voice that he was the house butler. |
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I guessed it was only a matter of time, but you're right on the button. |
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As anyone who has witnessed the fighter planes and helicopters over the past few days has probably guessed, a major military exercise began around Scotland on Friday. |
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You would not have guessed he had been out for six weeks through injury. |
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Also trembling, she clung closer to what I guessed was her older brother. |
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She guessed that was pretty much what Josh was seeing in her peepers too. |
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In these pictures you discover, if you have not already guessed while watching, that frequently the performers have posed on the floor and been photographed from above. |
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It was large, very large, he guessed it must have come from a swan's wing, and it was the purest, most dazzling white, so bright that it hardly looked real. |
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If you guessed that they're all gender benders, you're absolutely correct. |
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For those of you who guessed that her real-life pregnancy will be written into Nashville, you get three gold stars, because that's what's happening! |
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He guessed that the original cutting stylus was defective and so he tried a custom-made reproducing stylus, instead of the usual conical or elliptical styli. |
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Who would have ever guessed that she could treat him so disdainfully? |
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Efnisien guessed what was happening and killed them by squeezing their heads inside the sacks, then threw Gwern into the fire. |
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He remembered a footbridge the other volunteers had guessed at. |
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Despite Scott's efforts to preserve his anonymity, almost every reviewer guessed that Waverley was his work. |
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This gas was in fact hydrogen, which Cavendish correctly guessed was proportioned to two in one water. |
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He should have guessed that her great-great-grandmother's secret chicken soup recipe was a can from the store. |
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As each mummer was identified, they would uncover their faces, but if their true identity is not guessed they did not have to unmask. |
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He may have done this to stifle any protest they made, if they guessed their captain's plans. |
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In the category condition. participants guessed the targets' academic majors and rated their likeability. |
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It might be guessed that the three initially appeared together, but Collingwood, and Jack Tar to a lesser extent, were dropped as time went on. |
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Nor is he Don Draper himself, as some have confusingly guessed. |
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If you guessed Syria, you're in a rarer group than you might realize. |
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If you guessed such latter-day globalizers as the United States or Britain, you flunked. |
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Who would have ever guessed that Che's demythologizer might turn out to be his oldest ally? |
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That excitement was to turn to horror when Bob scaled a wychhazel, also known as a wych-elm, that he guessed would be a perfect spot for a nest. |
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Why Jamaicans call it naseberry and Bahamians call it dilly can only be guessed. |
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We might have guessed that from his public speechifications, apart from the one successful attempt to sound like Churchill. |
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Far more likely, a rather tart, bitter apple best used to create, you guessed it, hard cider. |
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From the confident manner with which she held her long-barreled slugthrower, Mirina guessed that some of the medals were for marksmanship. |
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He guessed one of the well-off people living in these houses must have took a shine to Cody and decided how he'd look good stuck up on they roof. |
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In 2000, Broome became consumed by what he guessed was a tall tale. |
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Some have therefore guessed that fermentation of grain was used to produce beer. |
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There was already a crack for it on the warez BBSs but half the fun of a computer game is trying to crack it yourself. I guessed the ChatNetters were right, I was a r0dent. |
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Few could have guessed that a little-heralded show beginning in the BBC2 backwaters would fast become one of the best television situation comedies. |
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The Bungee Office Chair uses, you guessed it, a series of polyester-wrapped bungee cords that conform to your shape, providing strong, comfortable support for your back. |
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The lady orchid, yes, you guessed it, has flowers resembling a figure wearing a billowing gown and the man orchid advertises itself with tiny stick figures. |
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What Eadred thought of the matter or how much sympathy he bore for his brother's godson can only be guessed at, but it seems that he at least tolerated Olaf's presence. |
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I mean, who could have ever guessed that a healthy young fella would commence barfing and then die after ingesting a couple of pounds of live roaches and worms? |
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The Rhythm Makers consist of Ragtime Kit on steel guitar and lead vocals, Washrag Joe on washtub bass and banjo, and Washboard Willis on, you guessed it, the washboard. |
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George Martin had died as though in his sleep, so quietly that no one had even guessed. And what Peter had imagined to be his snores had really been the lonesome death rattle. |
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Who would have guessed that after his explosion of insight, his surehanded and destructive manipulation of the woman, he would have begun with her a covert relationship? |
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Take the time when Billy Jackson, Squire Ferris's gamekeeper saw Ira on his way home from the moors and guessed he had some snickled hares in his knapsack. |
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There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens. |
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From the flecks of foam collecting on hubby's mustache, I guessed that the Bolism kids were a long way from regaining their respective positions on the teetertotter. |
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Each tree had a meaning and significance of its own, and Gwydion guessed Bran's name by the alder branch Bran carried, the alder being one of Bran's prime symbols. |
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After many failed attempts, followers finally guessed correctly. |
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I tried not to let on that I had already guessed the answer. |
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Yes, you've guessed it, there really is a nasty niff in the air. |
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