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  • Australia is percieved as being, well, laid back-and a bit of a frontier society.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Because i’m hell busy. 2009

  • In one recent back-and forth, Mr. Perry accused Mr. Romney of knowingly hiring an illegal alien, which Mr. Romney angrily denied.

    Gingrich Takes Risk With Immigration Stance Naftali Bendavid 2011

  • Now they were fortifying it and holding it against a counterattack, while more of Ancar's troops came in over the border at their back-and given the rate at which they were losing men, in a day or two they would have to replace the entire force that had mounted the attack in the first place!

    Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010

  • I don't know if you remember my winter garden post, but I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that I had it growing in the back-and a lot of it.

    Garden Treasure with 4 Recipes for Arugula: with Eggs, in Salads, and in Pasta Sauce (4 Συνταγές για Ρόκα) Laurie Constantino 2008

  • Dor glanced back-and saw a giant, pretty spider, of the kind that ranged about rather than forming a web.

    Labor Policy John Dermot Woods 2010

  • She looped back-and saw that it was Vid - selud, the Bat Chief's son.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • Of the chapel which went through many iterations, after back-and- forthing with the church officials he said: it "will be built of simple and common materials, which I understand God is rather fond of."

    No Typical Texas Church Willard Spiegelman 2010

  • They're unable to withstand the back-and - forth motion which is much more violent than what the T wave would be or the first -- the initial wave and it's the secondary wave, the S wave, that I'm very concerned about here.

    CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2010 2010

  • I'll skip the back-and forth that readers had about the grammatical difference between ITS and IT'S, because I am confident the rule on that has already been worked out.

    First the good news 2010

  • Instead she had hugged back-and then been as embarrassed as Tania.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

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