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The yery Orakzai Pathan who had sat next King in the Cavern of Earth's Drink, and who had carried the message for him, was creeping up behind the women and already had his rifle leveled at the man with boils.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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Talking to yery few of us is that vital to the well-being and survival of the human race that we can't turn the damn things off.
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You did a great job as alwaysat the testimony, yery professional compared to Crowley who far exceded his 5 minute summary.
Survivor Season 8: the Hockey Team – the Mann Overboard Episode « Climate Audit 2006
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It would take only someone yery familiar with both sets to recognize the slight differences.
Seeds of Yesterday Andrews, V. C. 1984
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It is no doubt yery dated, but there is an idea in it that I think explains far better than I can the position of people who become involved, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, with the Law.
The Nursing Home Murder Marsh, Ngaio, 1899-1982 1963
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I'll not be too Critical here, tho 'methinks its but an odd sort of Gayety that's to be found in Tales of Hell; agreeable, I own, the most dreadful thing nay be, if well manag'd in Poetry, but he can hardly ever make 'em gay without a yery strong Catachresis.
Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry (1700) and the Essay on Heroic Poetry (second edition, 1697) Samuel Wesley
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She was yery pale, and her eyes were sunken and hollow; but the beauty of her face was still there, tho in a strange and terrible way.
King Midas: a Romance Upton Sinclair 1923
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The yery Orakzai Pathan who had sat next King in the Cavern of
King of the Khyber Rifles Talbot Mundy 1909
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"She will indeed be yery happy; and yet, do you know, Mr.. Marston, that she always said you were not dead, although when month after month passed by, and a most careful search had been made of all the islands within a radius of six hundred miles, and no trace of the _Lupetea_ was found, Mr. Raymond himself lost all hope."
John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 Louis Becke 1884
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I was besides yery uncomfortable, for the window, contrary to custom, was left open and the day was cold.
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