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And then, just when I’d realized I’d wasted my whole night AND was capable of thinking exactly like a woman who lent new meaning to the term pain-in-the-ass, I saw Will.
Perfect You Elizabeth Scott 2008
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And then, just when I’d realized I’d wasted my whole night AND was capable of thinking exactly like a woman who lent new meaning to the term pain-in-the-ass, I saw Will.
Perfect You Elizabeth Scott 2008
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And then, just when I’d realized I’d wasted my whole night AND was capable of thinking exactly like a woman who lent new meaning to the term pain-in-the-ass, I saw Will.
Perfect You Elizabeth Scott 2008
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As their suburban paradise turns into a paranoid game of dodge-the-bullet, they must find out who wants Spencer dead and why, all the while trying to save their marriage, manage his pain-in-the-ass in-laws, keep up neighborly appearances and just plain survive.
Killers Movie Trailer: Why Reboot Mr. and Mrs. Smith When We Have This? | /Film 2010
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I guess I could tie my knitting into that, if only because I choose pain-in-the-ass yarns to help train myself to be more patient.
Friday! sihaya09 2009
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The flat-out inability to paragraph and avoid run-on sentences makes them a pain-in-the-ass to read; his copious use of “Obambi” make them just stupid.
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He studied the row of buttons on the trendy contraption that some would call a coffee machine and he called a pretentious piece of pain-in-the-ass machinery.
A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011
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Liz Smith called her the modern-day Mark Twain, and I once wrote a review of her work saying that she was the most widely-read pain-in-the-ass to whatever powers-that-be who were most annoying that day.
Jay Weston: Kathleen Turner Stars as Molly Ivins at Westwood's Geffen Playhouse Jay Weston 2012
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He studied the row of buttons on the trendy contraption that some would call a coffee machine and he called a pretentious piece of pain-in-the-ass machinery.
A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011
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TV Guide Magazine: Susan, you are royally spoofed on Cleveland as a jealous pain-in-the-ass.
Wendie Malick and Susan Lucci Tangle in the Hot in Cleveland-All My Children Crossover 2011
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