He thought about what he said, gave a curt nod as if to reassure himself, and ushered them into the next room. |
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And the motion of these characters is positively stilted and looks like marionettes on strings as they bob and nod about. |
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In a nod to the county's former hippy past, the company's head chef is said to have formerly worked for the rock band Grateful Dead. |
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Some will nod heads knowingly while other saddened souls will simply shake theirs. |
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The old guy was still up, sitting on his bentwood chair, and gave me a knowing nod as I passed him. |
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Danny accepts it with a grateful nod and drinks a long draught, trying to banish the shakes from his body. |
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Sometimes I pass a fellow lost soul and exchange a nod of acknowledgment, but this is a big maze and it seems to swallow people up. |
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Having had a bit of a mare against Forest last week Leigertwood was lucky to be given the nod ahead of Derry in midfield. |
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The men at the table nod to her as she gathers her winnings into her purse and stands. |
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When we tell them why, they nod good-naturedly and talk to the rest, and laugh gently at Katherine's weak attempts at Konkani. |
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So it was easier to let the old blowhard yak away and just nod occasionally. |
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The Haldiram saga was also well mapped, but I did nod off towards the latter half. |
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All present took it, rightly, as a rhetorical question and did our best to nod agreement. |
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Legume roots are known to exude various flavonoid and isoflavonoid molecules that induce expression of nod genes by bacteria in rhizobia. |
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He felt her nod beneath his cheek and he fought the rioting emotions inside him. |
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Carnegie would surely have given an approving nod to the latest generation of philanthropists. |
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There can be no greater validation for a movie, than receiving a nod of approval from the man who inspired it. |
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For example, the voice actors issue pre-recorded phone calls and their conversations are such that all you can do is nod or assent. |
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She is the sort of person who, if you called her an unregenerate hippie, might proudly nod assent. |
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We emptied wine bottles and talked about ourselves, taking it in turns to nod assertively at each other's observations. |
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Thus, while we casually mock the lunacies of the past, some people, notably mainstream journalists, nod soberly at the lunacies of the present. |
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But Her Majesty openly rendered to Diana the sort of augustly understated nod that her top courtiers offer her day by day. |
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When Australians hear that I am a Queenslander born and bred they tend to nod wisely! |
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That nod in itself contradicts his assertion that my historical account lacks authorial analysis. |
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Directing a slight nod to the morning's appointed secretary, the king set the royal machinery in motion. |
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A Caesar salad is a pathetic nod to salad eaters, mostly because its dressing, like the blue cheese, is tastelessly industrial. |
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But in spirit these orderly scenes barely nod to the bacchic mayhem that propelled the Jazz Age towards the Wall Street Crash. |
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I stood up and smiled back, gave Jim a nod and calmly began to make my way over to the exit. |
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With Thomson about to nod his second from point blank range he was barged off the ball by Scott Thomson. |
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The parties supporting her are wholly dependent on her nod for their survival. |
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Both men are time-servers who, at a single nod from the conqueror, will sink into primitive obscurity. |
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You don't want to be left looking like a stunned mullet when he starts talking, while the masses nod knowingly in agreement with him. |
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Then listen for the telltale tsk tsk, or check for that knowing nod of the head. |
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He does more with an eyebrow and a nod than most actors do with full monologues. |
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It broke up the monotony of the water and it was interesting the way the boat appeared to nod as it rode the waves. |
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We're expected to blissfully nod our heads in acceptance of the entertainment, as every single main character dies a miserable, painful death. |
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But I do know that the majority of people unblinkingly, unthinkingly nod and drool at whatever the Wraith Industry spews our way. |
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We want leaders, not bobble-head dolls who nod their assent to whatever the administration tells them to do. |
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As dusk falls on the song, instruments begin to nod off into sleep, leaving a multi-tracked breathy drone to induce a trance-like state. |
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As I couldn't quite find the words to respond to that, I decided a mumble and a nod of the head would suffice. |
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He tends to swell held notes in both slow and fast movements, perhaps a nod to authentic performance. |
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But their pressure paid off after 48 minutes when Wellens retrieved a deep corner and Keith Southern was unmarked to nod his cross home. |
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There is at least a tacit nod to the unprepared canvases of Color Field paintings. |
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In our conversations in the narthex, we learn to smile and nod and thank the preacher for the sermon even if we didn't understand a thing. |
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Perfect for making sure that you save power when you nod off after a demanding midnight game of solitaire. |
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You'll always find a chorus of people to nod agreement to your stupid charge. |
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So presumably the owners are hoping both councils will be as confused as I am about the boundary and nod it through anyway. |
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The job of members of parliament is to nod the decisions through, and party members will have the task of justifying them to the public. |
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County missed a glorious chance when defensive panic from a free-kick caused Gavin to nod the ball over the advancing Henderson. |
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Johnson sent in a looping cross from the right and Ferdinand beat two defenders to win the header and nod the ball down for Defoe. |
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Nelson gave a curt nod of his head, and Morton picked up the mike at the plot table. |
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Marissa gave a curt nod of her head before making her way to one of the two logs. |
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He just kept on playing, allowing himself only the merest nod of recognition. |
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Creating characters is almost a game in itself, and in a nod to the genome project, their looks and characteristics are passed on to children. |
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This may have been a statement that The Simpsons has survived, but I think instead it is a nod to all those cartoons that did not make it. |
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Built in the late Seventies, when the Troubles were at their most incendiary, it casts more than a nod to the brutalist school of architecture. |
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Hundreds of dancers took spectators on a glitzy trip through Italian history, with a nod to Botticelli, Fellini and Ferrari. |
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I wouldn't be offended by dubbing, since the words are nothing but a nod to convention. |
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As reported by the Press, Brough got the nod from rugby league writers following his starring role in the 58-16 win at Dewsbury a fortnight ago. |
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In fact, it even got the nod as the speculative selection in the first edition of our value newsletter. |
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If Mary gets the nod from the Irish selectors it will be her first Senior international and a wonderful achievement for this young athlete. |
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Crunch time will come for the selectors on September 27, when they decide who gets the nod for subsequent World Cup shows. |
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As the game progressed I was itching to get a run and with eight minutes to go, I got the nod to enter the fray. |
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Michael Lawlor only got the nod that he was starting minutes before the game as players were put under pressure to perform. |
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Already the commentators were talking them up as the better team and giving them the nod to advance to the next phase. |
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However, decisions are made and go through on the nod before the inconvenience of having to notify the public. |
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As the driver's head falls forward as he starts to nod off, the audible alarm is activated. |
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I thought I was going to fall asleep, but every time I began to nod off, my dad would elbow me slightly. |
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Staffers lunching in the building's canteen nod respectfully at this gangling, spectacled intruder. |
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My plan, in short, was to nod a lot and agree with whatever anyone said, however idiotic or nonsensical. |
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Hunter agreed with his own nod and took out his own revolver, a.45 caliber, long barrel, made custom by the town's gunsmith. |
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I tend not to acknowledge them, or at most nod stand-offishly and not smile. |
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The customary greeting involves a firm handshake, direct eye contact, and perhaps a slight nod of the head but rarely embracing or kissing. |
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We discontinued our love charade, even with Rod present, and never gave more than a stiff and polite nod of greeting to one another. |
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With sheer will power, she forced herself to nod at Dante and sit at the head of the table. |
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He gave me a quick nod of his head then carried on reading out loud from the textbook he had open in front of him. |
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The flight passed a head nod down the line signaling that all engines were operating correctly and all systems were go. |
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I had to resist the strong urge to wave to the public and nod my head royally at them. |
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Katie could do nothing but just nod her head, as the first strum of the guitar was heard. |
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I nod to Jeff as he picks up the solitary envelope in my outbox, correspondence to a client asking them to kindly provide a new telephone number. |
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Ballack heads it across the face of the Paraguayan goal and Neuville just fails to nod it home. |
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With one swift nod and a quick hand shake, Cannington exited the office The army general was not too sure what to make of this. |
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Giving Anna an encouraging nod of her head she began to walk towards me, her long swishy skirt billowing around her in the breeze. |
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So if the marketing peeps at ASUS expect a round of applause, or even a congenial nod of respect, they are likely to be disappointed. |
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A nod of commiseration gains the force of imprimatur, becoming an official endorsement of the validity of his opinions. |
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The congregation of roosters gathered for the urgent aviary consultations nod in agreement. |
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Receiving a nod his crooked half smile appeared, flawing his elegant features. |
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The mayor's projects to improve the purification of drinking water in the metropolitan area were given a nod of approval at the meeting. |
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As a nod to the contemporary lifestyle of the owners, and to add a sense of fluidity and lightness, most of the ground floor is open in plan. |
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I was so flustered that all I did was nod and he pushed me into the woods and we made out like crazy. |
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Its followers are mostly female, so if you're a dude who can nod convincingly while sitting cross-legged, you're in like Flynn. |
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He is likely to get the nod for a midfield holding role, especially with Atherton crocked again. |
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He gave a nod and picked up his pen, starting halfway down the page without crossing out what he'd written before. |
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Before long she'd nod off, book splayed out the armrest, fingers still curled around the mug. |
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The deal was verbal, but a nod and a handshake are accepted currency in racing. |
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Fred could see the compliment was sincere in her expressive eyes and gave a curt nod then started down the stairs. |
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I give a curt nod to Daddy, whirl around in place, and walk briskly to the pod. |
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Then with a curt nod he left the table, making his way straight to the bar. |
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Jasmine's only response to this was a curt nod as a young woman walked towards them from the back of the house. |
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Given the gory, carnage strewn 250-plus pages that precede that statement, the reader can only nod dumbly in agreement. |
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The man stopped at one door among the many, opening it and gesturing the detective inside with a nod of his head. |
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With a nod of his head as he inhaled the cigarette smoke, Laurie sat down rather gingerly. |
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Even if it is the History Channel and not the Myth Channel, I expected at least a nod to this prologue to the historical events. |
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We know all our neighbours now, at least to nod and say good day, or wave as they go past. |
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She heard me, turned her head, met my eyes, then, as though she didn't know me, gave me the barest nod of greeting and went on her way. |
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Instead I nod sagely and smile encouragingly because there is actually nothing worse than the sleeplessness that comes with a new baby. |
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Four local men at the table turn as I close the door behind me, and nod their greeting, before returning to their game of dominoes. |
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Being the big friendly galoot that I am, I generally nod and smile conspiratorially. |
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With a nod to the Faces, the Stones, James Brown and other legendary wailers, Foreman is a wiggly protagonist of modern day hot. |
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Rather than thanking him for the compliment, I only nod, waiting for the other shoe to drop. |
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You nod absent-mindedly, hoping she will go pester someone else so you can sample the hors d' oeuvres in peace. |
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With a swift nod Hope accepted this as correct and began to help Faith once more. |
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While he always obeys an instruction without question, his only acknowledgement of the request comes in the form of a grunt or a nod. |
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His every step all day was taken to applause acknowledged with a thumbs-up gesture, a wave, a nod. |
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Fellow members nod and wink to one another in recognition and in tacit acknowledgement of shared belonging. |
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He got a nod for the party at a council election as a candidate some years back but narrowly missed the quota to get elected. |
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The nod to commerciality is most obvious in the film's ending, one that is typical of hundreds of Hollywood westerns. |
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Given the mood Her Majesty must be in where dates are concerned, he did well to get the nod. |
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With a nod from an instructor, I began the rappel down the ground floor 210 feet below. |
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She offered a quick nod, and turned back to face the city, raptly staring at the steadily rising flames. |
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Or walk past the border and you're in South Africa, as the sky-blue agapanthus nod their high frilly heads in the sun. |
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There is no false air kiss when we're introduced, more a nod of recognition that we've both got a job to do. |
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The violet flowers of butterworts nod manically at the roadside, seeming too delicate for this windswept terrain. |
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Their gaily colored flowers resembling miniature ballet dancers in multi-colored tutus will sway and nod winsomely toward you. |
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In the past a recitation of those statements would have elicited a collective nod from any listening Americans. |
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A simple nod, a raise of the hand or a flash of headlights can make the world of difference. |
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With a nod of reassurance, I would trot off in my little blue Adidas shorts that doubled as swimming trunks, clutching fifty pence for a drink or an ice cream. |
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He turned down the challenge gracefully with a slight nod of approval. |
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Amanda commented to Jenkins and received a curt nod of acknowledgement. |
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Marvin gave them a slight imperceptible nod and they grinned darkly. |
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He just gave a quick and indifferent nod in her direction and walked past. |
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She gave the men a nod of thanks and quickly closed the door. |
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Nathan looked annoyed for a second but agreed with a curt nod of the head. |
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Like a flat pack, the Grand Opera House pantomime is assembled in next to no time and somehow just about holds together and does the job without a nod to fashion. |
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The deodorant and all the rest is merely a nod to convention. |
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He says recent judgments in the courts would appear to be a nod to our legislators to go ahead and enact something similar, but this has yet to materialise. |
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Thanks for the nod on the IT assistant job, I know it must be a bit of a bore having to advertise it externally and all the kerfuffle it must cause. |
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A surprising twist in the film was the number of perfectly placed celebrity cameos, a nod to actors with failing careers who are hoping to steal a laugh. |
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Because of health and safety regulations, the new owners have had to content themselves with a plastic parrot behind the bar as a nod to the venue's past. |
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In a nod to health, a minor one, they had margarine instead of butter. |
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Music, dialogue, and effects are well balanced throughout, but a special nod goes to the whammo effect the surround sound provides during the transformation scene. |
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She jerked her head at me in a curt nod and remained looking stony. |
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Or so the chapter titles formally name him, in a nod, perhaps, to his pained formality. |
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How do you generally spend the twenty minutes or so before you nod off? |
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Presently Louis rose with a nod to us and offered his arm to Constance, and they strolled away along the river wall. |
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Even Hollywood received a nod at the world's largest book fair in a special forum highlighting the symbiosis between the printed word and the movies. |
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So here comes the bus and I'm making sure to look but not look and maybe nod but not wave at her but as I look up at her window seat all I see is a look of horror on her face. |
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I nod in affirmation, holding my breath, expecting the world to wobble off of its axis for a second because of the profoundness of what I have just admitted. |
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Gore stood up to challenge Bush in this 2000 debate, but got flummoxed and deflated by a simple nod. |
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Residents in Heysham are furious that a blueprint for the watering hole was given the nod by Lancaster City Councillors despite more than 40 objections. |
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I'll give you the nod when we get our licence and location sorted out. |
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Why can't they just put it through on the nod for Heaven's Sake? |
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To them, a smile or a nod of the head in greeting has no meaning. |
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He avoids the accusation of inexperience he would have faced in giving the nod to Marco Rubio. |
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He smiled back at her and acknowledged her thanks with a nod of his head. |
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Their supporters had settled for a draw when, with the whistle already between the referee's lips, Owen ghosted in unnoticed, as is his wont, to nod in a cross from Joe Cole. |
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Eventually the bears were tranquilized Monday and moved to another den within their habitat, in hopes the pair would nod off to sleep again for another month. |
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In an inspired, hilarious nod to the past, though, she does get to do a nice spot of funky dancing when her date takes her to the icon of '70s hipness, Soul Train. |
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I nod and look around to see broken glass covering the entire room. |
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We picked up some croissants and a thick wedge of baked cheesecake, and pointed at some fruit scones, and then wandered home to curl up and nod off. |
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So it has refused to allow for common bonds or to give the nod to the european central bank to issue more currency. |
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In Eloy's expo, there is a nod to Robinson, Galliano's man in the shadows smiling coyly at the stage door. |
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The story begins with dysfunctional grandparents and extends itself to Mitchell's life in an unbroken line that will make students of social services work nod knowingly. |
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The century-old rain trees with their huge umbrella canopy appear to nod in gratitude to the British officers who planted them, making the whole estate a giant oxygen factory. |
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Inside, the soaring caves and intricate carvings nod to a fantastical Alice and Wonderland underworld. |
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Magistrates are demonstrating a more relaxed attitude towards granting licences and have given the nod to an extra 21 new licensed premises in recent times. |
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It was a needlessly conceded free-kick out on the right wing, and as it was sent in across the edge of the six-yard box, the Milan players were queuing up to nod it home. |
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Viktor and rolf were definitely giving a nod to prep girls, allowed to have a designer Friday. |
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Driving around the farm in his old pickup truck, my uncle would politely nod while I solved all the world's problems as only a loquacious 10-year-old can. |
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The colors are usually dimmed down, sometimes runny at the edges, sometimes wrung out, both harsh and attenuated, with a blurred nod to Vuillard, Munch and possibly Kirchner. |
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In a nod to existing Cold War tensions, Gozer is played by Serbian model Slavitza Jovan. |
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I tag along, nodding thoughtfully when I think a nod is called for. |
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Cheery yellow flower heads nod all around me, their colours heightened. |
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The new pontiff gets the nod over a shortlist that included Edward Snowden, Ted Cruz and Bashar al-Assad. |
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A headset capable of issuing commands to another device with a simple head nod is one of 38 patents granted to Apple this week. |
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Oscarologists are campaigning for the actor to get a nod for his soulful, steady breakout turn. |
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I gave her a nod and we began scooting further around the house. |
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They'll tell you which type of bakeware is the sturdiest, but they won't hold your hand and nod while you debate which size gratin dish you really need. |
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Without taking his hands from the controls, the bear motioned with the nod of his head toward the other seat, but gave her a friendly smile to ease her injured pride. |
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Usually hip-hop offers a steady beat to nod your head or tap a foot to. |
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Her response was a nod of her head as she began towards the spot, taking a seat and clipping a leash to the collar of the pup before placing her once again upon the ground. |
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At this time, the Palladian style was enjoying something of a revival and Ware extended the suite of rooms with a reverential nod towards the original designer. |
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That's a nod to the raincoat maker that transformed itself from tired to trendy by plastering its trademark plaid on everything from miniskirts to bikinis. |
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I'd be forced to sing Molly Malone or something, my sister and I would have to get up and do a bit of Irish dancing and all the biddies would nod happily and sip their sherry. |
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Neil Patrick Harris may never have scored a nod when he was on Doogie Howser, m.d., but now look at him. |
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His conversation is peppered with the mixed metaphors of business-speak, a nod to the background that has been key to winning over the selection panel. |
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Yet the most we do is nod along, only to return to the unending toil of making our neighbor into our enemy. |
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Yet would we nod approvingly if President Bush blamed the failure of U.S. efforts to pacify post-invasion Iraq on Saddam Hussein? |
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If you were like most people, you'd nod blankly and move to another seat. |
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His was one of 11 nominations for Homeland, which also nabbed a supporting actress nod for Morena Baccarin. |
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In a small nod to ancient stories, Hershel is not a doctor, but a veterinarian. |
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Expecting a scowl or at least a glare from my cousin, I was surprised to only receive a slight nod of the head as he got out of the car and jogged into the pool hall. |
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I nod mutely and watch as she exits, closing the door softly behind her. |
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If I had one wish here, it would be for Aden Young to sneak a surprise nod for Rectify. |
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The library in Williamsburg itself is illuminated with antique filament bulbs and everything inside is of the past or a nod to it. |
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A slight modification to the final scene adds the only major concession to modern values to the play with nod to post-feminist ideals, but works pleasingly well. |
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I'm used to Emily saying things like that, so I don't take any notice, just nod and pick up a bottle of peach nectar off the shelf, slosh it around, wrinkle my nose. |
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These paintings, all vertical and dated 2000, come in a broader array of colors than Sims usually exhibits together, perhaps a formalist's nod to diversity. |
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The knight gave a brief nod at Pher's words, expressionless. |
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I nod my head and try to concentrate on what Phyllis is telling me, but my eye keeps wandering across her yard. |
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And with a nod toward kitsch, he offered sculpted hats with pointy, feline ears jutting from the sides. |
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As an athlete, she participated in track and field, cross-country running, badminton and basketball, giving the latter sport the nod as her favourite. |
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Alexis returned the embrace and agreed with the slight nod of her head. |
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The Manchester United midfielder, with his back to the goal, turned brilliantly to float the ball in for Emile Heskey, who was allowed to nod the ball down for Owen. |
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Delgado chases a long ball from Mendez and nearly gets behind Baszczynski, but the defender finds an extra inch in a desperate final leap to nod the ball back to Boruc. |
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With a curt nod the seaman turned away and hopped out of the boat. |
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The English will not nod appreciatively at the Celtic literary erudition of the name, they'll just mispronounce it. |
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Both Teenager and Shooting The Moon nod to U2 while soaring Lines In The Sand is a real Mona pleaser. |
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The last-gasp in-swinger saw Gavin Cadwallader rise highest in the six-yard box to nod home and leave the Seasiders furious. |
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All patients struggle against daytime drowsiness and nod off at inopportune moments. |
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I nod, and he rolls his eyes in the direction of the bathroom. |
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From 1 January 2007 to 16 January, temporary idents were used which gave a nod towards what was to come for the new presentation on the station. |
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I nod again, and again, more confidently, when told that Taylor Made is famous for its cookies, which are displayed appetisingly nearby. |
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Owner Dafydd Jones, Ceiro, Aberystwyth, watched as son Rheinallt got the nod from interbreed judge Huw Williams, Brynsiencyn. |
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The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to connive with either eye. |
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German Thorsten Fink is the new APOEL coach after getting the nod over Dutchman Mario Been and Portuguese Jose Morais. |
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This nod to androgyny is especially popular with the 15-24, cool-hunterconsumer. |
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And history itself offers both a lesson and a wink and a nod to the idea. |
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In reality the selectors' decision was between Marsh and John Maclean and the Queenslander got the nod. |
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Murkudis also gives a nod to the brand's sunny and simple beginnings with a roundup of brightly colored flip-flops. |
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If you can just ask questions about a person and nod sagely then they will leave thinking you are a brilliant conversationalist. |
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Chris Bosh will start at center, while Shane Battier will get the nod at power forward. |
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Ebanks-Blake reserved high praise for goalkeeper Cark Ikeme, who again got the nod for selection over Wayne Hennessey. |
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Using cricket to market stuff is a gamble, as half those watching will nod off faster than stoned narcoleptics at a paperclip seminar. |
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We nod our heads towards Pakistan and he is quiet, staring at the floor. |
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With a big nod to old-school ghetto blasters, as its name suggests, the Bag Of Rhythm comes with a durable canvas carry bag. |
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Three Sheets To The Wind is a playful blues boogie and Jumpin' Out a nod to Jeff Beck. |
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He thanked me with a smiling nod, measured out a few minims of the red tincture and added one of the powders. |
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Abu Hassar began to slowly nod and his gaze moved from abed to me. |
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Oscar gurus even peg him as a dark horse for a Best Actor nod this year. |
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The architecture is a tribute to Titanic itself, with the external facades, a nod to the enormous hull of the cruise liner. |
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Josie'' nails the same feeling even better and, in its one nod to realism, commodifies and commercializes it for your enhanced enjoyment. |
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For those who want to add a nod to their golfing origins, kilties are available in a colorful array. |
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Most things will go through on the nod. Simples. Everything will be fixed by Christmas. |
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Let's at least pretend we plan to take up a new sport by giving a token nod with these great high-tops from Pied A Terre in on-trend silver. |
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The economic activities that provision these societies are generally ignored with only a superficial nod to swiddens or wet rice fields. |
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Adrenaline junkies, zombied out on fear, working the assembly line on the nod, they shuffled about the business of the war factory. |
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Towards the end, there is a nod to the energetic advantages of this lifestyle compared to our more wasteful warm-bloodedness. |
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Then she looked at Chase and winked, with a meaning nod at the unobserving Deppingham. |
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Their style can maybe be best described as a punkier version of Elvis Costello with the occasional nod to The Eels and Talking Heads. |
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Banister got the nod over two other finalists, interim manager Tim Bogar and Cleveland Indians bullpen coach Kevin Cash. |
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For the fifth time in her career she received a Grammy nod, she has yet to win the award. |
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I lie and nod my head yes while wiping the tears on my gray fleece sleeve. |
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My nod goes to the tabouli, taramasalata, melitzanosalata and refreshing tsatziki. |
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I look back at the babealicious guy and he's smiling at me, giving me a knowing nod. |
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Once inside, about all that the celebrants could do was nod their heads to the music and pat their feet. |
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But a longing for something even more complex led me to add a pinch of chili powder and a cinnamon stick, a nod to the tradition in parts of Mexico. |
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With a nod to the magical foldaway style of the Swiss Army knife, the walls of each room are collapsible and the seats fold down to create extra room. |
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As a further nod to engineers in other disciplines, synthetic biology is amassing a collection of standard parts that function in predictable ways. |
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In fact I wos napped on the nod, But the way I got woke wos a wunner. |
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Pressley has dropped a strong hint that homebred keeper Lee Burge will face Card in Wednesday's Capital One Cup tie after on-loan Ryan Allsop was given the nod at Bradford. |
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Blues were staring into the abyss before Caddis popped up to nod in from a yard after Bolton defender Tim Ream blocked a Nikola Zigic header on the line. |
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There's a big nod to the set-text fodder, where Paul Woodson's excellent Duncan breaks the fourth wall to read out a page of Brodie's notes to illustrate the action. |
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The format might be considered an nnconscious nod to modern dance pioneer Doris Humphrey's instructions to choreographers to pare down movement invention to its essence. |
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The bespoke Jenny Packham cornflower blue crepe de chine dress she chose was spot on for the occasion and I loved the Diana nod with the polka dots. |
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Some of the truces were just a head nod in agreement not to fight for a day, while many involved fraternization, meaning the troops visited with each other. |
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Reading The God Delusion, on the other hand, all I did was nod furiously and point at myself, and perform a little professorly strut around the train carriage. |
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Kris Carslaw earned a second crack at the British light-middleweight crown when he got the nod in a feisty final eliminator against John Thain in Paisley last night. |
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With a wink and a nod from these liberal Washington do-gooders, the United Farm Workers convinced 50 percent of the strawberry pickers to sign union election cards. |
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Roasted jidori chicken C A nod to Roy Choi and his bold street-food movement, the dish comes together with dirty rice, a sunny side up egg and pickled peppers. |
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In the children's play area outside, the old Pelton wheel stands there idly, pensioned off but still waiting in vain for the nod to whir back into action. |
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Cakir, who has not taken charge of a Champions League knock-out game before, got the nod from the UEFA referee's committee, run by fellow Turk Senes Erzik. |
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The subject matter of this song indicates a nod to ELP's unabashed Englishness and simultaneously lent an air of timeless tradition and ceremony to the music. |
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Aspas' chip bounced back off the bar and Nicolai Hogh could only nod it out as far as Alberto, who clinically dispatched a volley into the bottom corner. |
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These flowers modestly nod their heads beneath deep green palmate, umbrella-shaped leaves, which protect the early flowers from the cold and frost. |
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The website's catch phrase echoed in my mind as I was greeted by music spilling from my computer speakers, causing my head to nod and my feet to tap to the beat. |
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It combines smoothness, creamy depth, stylish barley sugar and chocolate touches with a nod or three towards maltiness without being overpowered by it. |
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The host's surname has been bleeped out and his face pixelated, however, in a nod to the recent real-life controversy over Jeremy Clarkson's fracas with a producer. |
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In a poignant nod to manners, Little Blue Truck becomes ensnarled in a traffic jam, where it implores short-tempered city vehicles to calm down and to proceed one at a time. |
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With an obedient nod, she turned for the door that led to the servants' quarters, below stairs. |
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Not to be ungrateful, Nod, but I'd want to go into the centre of Warwick for why? |
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Everyone was soon out and with a nod, a very cool nod, the pilot banked the aircraft sideways and downwards away from the wall and roared off up the gorge. |
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Now researchers are finding that the land of Nod may be especially difficult to reach for women. |
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With a curt nod, Mike ordered the others to get her ready, picked up a heavy chair as though it were matchwood, and used it to smash out one of the larger panes of glass. |
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I left, drank my hot chocolate and so to bed with disappointed musings as I drifted off to the land of Nod. |
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I fought off the sleep interruption and went back to the land of Nod. |
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Watching Nod driving on the wrong side of the road would be absolutely priceless. |
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I want to stay where it is safe, lost in the sleepy, dreamy land of Nod. |
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May dreams of the fearless left-winger escort you to the land of Nod. |
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After years of wrangling over funding, Joseph Hansom's magnificent neo-Greek temple finally achieved the financial nod, and restoration work began. |
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Cadair Bronwyn and Cyrniau Nod to the west are the two Marilyns that form the Berwyn range. |
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One high profile performance was the National Guard's homecoming in June, where NOD performers opened for Hootie and the Blowfish. |
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Ongoing research among my fellow passengers found hardly any of us could hold a book or magazine for more than 10 minutes, before zizzing gently off to the Land of Nod. |
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