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The ‘nobles,’ or petty ‘nobles’ recklessly barrowed money from Jewish merchants and then executed pograms rather than repay them with legal land ownership.
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Very few stories are totally “new” as man has been around long enough that some things do get barrowed.
James Cameron’s Avatar = Disney’s Pocahontas » Scene-Stealers 2010
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Ai am heer naow, albeit s-l-o-w-l-e-e hay, Ai AM a turtlol aftur awl! and Ai seen dis wun and HAD tu kowmint…..mai stoopie kompyooder am ded and Ai am yusing barrowed wun dat am nawt mush bedder…pleh! but at leest it sorta werks.
Breaking News – - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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That is exactly my point, Jhon McCain barrowed a page from Bush and Cheney to capitalize on some american's vulnerability.
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Hubby lugged a years supply of bags of mushroom compost to various beds, dig out an entire cubic metre compost bin and barrowed it to other beds and finished digging out the wildlife pond the kids and I are making.
Archive 2008-04-01 Spinningfishwife 2008
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Hubby lugged a years supply of bags of mushroom compost to various beds, dig out an entire cubic metre compost bin and barrowed it to other beds and finished digging out the wildlife pond the kids and I are making.
Fire. Spinningfishwife 2008
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They say that O.J. and his friends barrowed in to of his friends apparently had guns.
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Knowing that you are on barrowed time is the sweetest drug.
fallen9angel Diary Entry fallen9angel 2006
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Now I don't have a whole lot of knowledge about this, but I would think by the time you reach the point you need to file that - you have paid more back to the credit card companies than you ever barrowed.
whyjakeisodd Diary Entry whyjakeisodd 2005
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The men went out and carried rocks, and they shoveled and wheel-barrowed, and improved a section of road that washed out in flooding and all that.
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