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  • Yes every copper should have one-but there is no money you see-its all spent on diversity units guvnors bonuses police authority expenses etc … on January 21, 2010 at 11: 26 am Retired Sgt

    Police Complaints – The Shocking Truth! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • She must have stabbed one-but there had been more than one, and no chance to play them off against each other.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • I don't know anything about wolves slavering,or trying to exploit a perceived rift or create one-but I have no reason to doubt you on that score.

    [palestinians] snow job on the western media 2009

  • I don't care how you do it-every other civilized, democratic nation has figured it out, each in its own way; pick one-but do it.

    Cover Everybody 2009

  • I didn't seal the big one-but put it in the fridge for early consumption purposes.

    Toast: Lindy 2006

  • The ability to pay is essentially a practical issue-a valid one-but it is not necessarily an ethical one.

    Sudden I'm The Bad Guy 2008

  • So, of course, does the ratio of male to female attorneys general in American history-counting Janet Reno, it now stands at 77 to one-but Rush Roomers don't see it in that light.

    White Male Paranoia 2008

  • I didn't seal the big one-but put it in the fridge for early consumption purposes.

    KBO: The Pink Marmalade Bandwagon Lindy 2006

  • She'd only seen his house from a distance-and it had been bigger than this one-but still.

    The Ultimate Millionaire Mallery, Susan 2007

  • Of course, there are Democrats who advocate rapid withdrawal-Dennis Kucinich, for one-but most Dems favor "staged withdrawal."

    Iraq Options: Go Big, Go Long, Go Home, Go Figure 2006

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