Common mistake Agreement: 'been' or 'was' + past tense

Agreement: 'been' or 'was' + past tense

One common mistake in English grammar is incorrect agreement between the words "been" or "was" and the past tense form of a verb. This can often occur when using contractions or when the speaker is unsure of the correct verb form to use.

Examples:

Incorrect: I \1 seen that movie yesterday.
Correct: I have seen that movie yesterday.

Incorrect: She \1 going to the park later.
Correct: She is going to the park later.

Incorrect: They \1 finished their homework already.
Correct: They have finished their homework already.

In these examples, the correct verb forms should be "have seen", "is going", and "have finished" instead of using "been" or "was" with the past tense form of the verb.

It is important to pay attention to verb agreement to ensure clear and correct communication in English. Using the correct forms will help to convey your intended meaning and avoid confusion.

Linguix grammar checker can be a helpful tool in identifying and correcting agreement errors, as well as other common grammatical mistakes.

Agreement: 'been' or 'was' + past tense mistake examples

Incorrect:
They're have a good time.

Correct:
They're having|'ve a good time.
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Tom's had a very good year.
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Only Eton, Shrewsbury and St Edward's have won more events at the Regatta.

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I'm been prepared.

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I'm being|'ve been prepared.
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The first thing I needed to do was be sure to add a wait after moving to the next page by using:
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To make this simple, all I want to do is be able to preview BBCode in Atom.
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All I'm saying is be careful.

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The tools are been prepared.

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The tools are being|have been prepared.
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The first thing I needed to do was be sure to add a wait after moving to the next page by using:
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To make this simple, all I want to do is be able to preview BBCode in Atom.
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All I'm saying is be careful.

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The software is been prepared.

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The software is being|has been prepared.
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The first thing I needed to do was be sure to add a wait after moving to the next page by using:
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To make this simple, all I want to do is be able to preview BBCode in Atom.
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All I'm saying is be careful.

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The software isn't been prepared.

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The software isn't being|hasn't been prepared.

Incorrect:
The software is not been prepared.

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The software is not being|has not been prepared.

Incorrect:
It's be prepared.

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It's being|'s been prepared.
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Let's be tolerant.
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a record it held until the release of Oasis's Be Here Now in 1997.

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The software is be prepared.

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The software is being prepared.
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The first thing I needed to do was be sure to add a wait after moving to the next page by using:
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To make this simple, all I want to do is be able to preview BBCode in Atom.
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All I have asked him to do is be in a position to identify outside resources skilled in the area in question.
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All Tom has to do is be there. He doesn't need to say anything.

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The software was introduce yesterday.

Correct:
The software was introduced|introducing yesterday.
Incorrect:
The program has been introduce.

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The program has been introduced|introducing.
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The code is test.

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The code is tested|testing.
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The gift has been gave.

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The gift has been given|giving.
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It is need for review.

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It is needed|needing for review.
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If the body has not been inter, yet...

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If the body has not been interred|interring, yet...
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We know that he was father by a great warrior.

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We know that he was fathered|fathering by a great warrior.
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He has been did this for many years.

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He has been done|doing this for many years.
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He is suppose to win.

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He is supposed|supposing to win.
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I was believe that it is correct.

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I was believed|believing that it is correct.
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When the text can't be check because it is too short.

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When the text can't be checked|checking because it is too short.
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...signs have the advantages that they are have been well tested for strength, stability...

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...signs had|having the advantages that they are had|having been well tested for strength, stability...
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What he is do helps us all.

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What he is done|doing helps us all.
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As per Sonja Galloway's request, we have been ask to supply this information no later than close of business tomorrow.

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As per Sonja Galloway's request, we have been asked|asking to supply this information no later than close of business tomorrow.
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The park has been open for many years.
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It has been done.
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It has been love's whip.
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The only question I have is did Jesus really die?
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What time is check out?
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When is check out time?
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All you have to do is go and ask.
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The other patrons were taxi drivers.
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You're father
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All she does is eat.
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It would be end of November.
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We're test subjects.
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I've met with the new Enron CFO when he was COO at Net Works and think he is a complete asshole.
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What time is check out?
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Her soon to be husband.
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We ask Yahoo!'s COO for his take.
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Submittal of standard exemption documention for the NNG Kermit, Plainview, Seminole and Brownfield C/S's were submitted to the TNRCC.
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Loud's pen had a small rotating steel ball, held in place by a socket.
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Obviously you identified with it's message.
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To be clear, what we are trying to do with Ridley now is go through the painstaking process of trying to break the back of the story ...
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It's swim or die.
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It was no one's fault.
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A very important word is please.
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Mr. Wiedemann was previously founder, chairman and CEO of Grey Direct Worldwide, a direct marketing agency.
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He engraves the solider's name in fine marble to honor him.
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It's Step 1 in a long, long process.
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It is Step 2 in a long, long process.
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Usually it’s buy 2, get 1 free so it works out to about $11 a unit.
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Everybody's fault is nobody's fault.
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Today is bring your kid to work day.
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His being was not perfect.
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The very next day after the departure of it's friend, it felt lonely.
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Main Engines are GO … 3… 2… 1… And we have liftoff!”
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Should old acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind?
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My favorite team is Inter Milano in Italy.
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It was sunday afternoon and I was waiting for a bus.
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The Anchorage art exhibit is to raise awareness about autism.
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It was google who shut down the integration because they are tightening up all of their external authorization paths as part of a new security review.
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Your idea cannot be brand new. I heard about it from another source last year.
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What we are trying to do with Ridley now is go through the painstaking process of trying to...
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Their opponents were club president Cesar de Zulueta and Valentin Barr.
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... question of this school was whether Being came before Not-Being (in Chinese, 'ming' and ...
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The Oculate Being was usually shown
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The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me.
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A 10-day-old pup can die from being host to as few as 25 'A. caninum' worms.
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... visited the islands (of whom 443,987 were cruise ship passengers).
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The question is can you do everything we've asked...
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The question is did she know about the...
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The Egyptians believed that every human being was composed of ...
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All systems are go.
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What is Google AMP?
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It doesn’t appear to be phone based, but I’m not sure it isn’t an Android problem.
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You will be queen.
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I am believe you.
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What we tried to do with Ridley now was go through the painstaking process of trying to...
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What we are trying to do now is go through the painstaking process of trying to...
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What we are trying to do is go through the painstaking process of trying to...
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He wanted to be quarterback.
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It's going to be season 3.
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Even being host to exchange students can benefit kids.
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In my language, the notes of the scale are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.
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Can a being create the fifty billion galaxies...
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According to Diodorus, he was father of six sons by Cyane.
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Tom and Mary were neck and neck.
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All Tom did was eat.
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All I did was tell you what Tom told me.
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In case you were please disregard this notice.
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They were peach and yellow roses.
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The 3 Rs are Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
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Please don't interrupt — I'm try...
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They were ask…
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The bottom line is go out, buy stocks and go out and buy in ...
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What I don't want to do, however, is go all the way through arbitration
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The best thing we can do for California is get out of this mess we're in.
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The best thing we did for California was get out of this mess we're in.
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So the key to this method is don't add the Hue dimmer to your SmartThings account.
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Examples of such groups are Take 6, Glad and Acappella.
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All I have ever done is ask Holloway to pay you with what he owes me for my finishes in the league.
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All I want to do now is get back to work.
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All I really wanted to do then was get back to work.
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All I can do at the moment is sit here and listen.
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What we're trying to do here is strike a blow at the heart of the scalping operation.
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All Tom does nowadays is swim.
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Now, all Gore has to do on that fateful day in the U.S. Senate is reject for certification the Electoral College votes of Florida, and he wins the majority and becomes president.
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What we're going to do today is go for a walk.
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My hobby is stamp collecting.
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All you need to do to get started today is update your merckmedco.com profile with a recent prescription number.
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The thing to do when you get in a hole is stop digging.
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What the Russians need to do in relations with the U.S., Perle suggested, is drop their old agenda.
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What I wish to do here is choose three examples.
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What we`re going to do now is go to the "Markets Desk"
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What I wish to do is choose three examples.
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These bivalves are filter and/or deposit feeders, which rely on ambient primary production rather than inputs of fish or other feed.
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While opening an ammunition container 2 deputies were exposed to a yellow gas, thought to be tear gas.
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There will be follow up and plans will be required.
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What I have recently done is accept all of GC's changes and then reflected the items.
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All Amgas does today is administer our sales function.
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The lady call me about the apartment, the prospect that was there before I was did not get it.
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But what we do instead, is making ...
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Everything he's wanted to be was a doctor.
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Second is buy high with up to 99% of available capital and sell higher.
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We are please to announce the addition of John Postlethwaite as the head of Portland Risk Management.

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We are pleased|pleasing to announce the addition of John Postlethwaite as the head of Portland Risk Management.
Incorrect:
Rice University is please to invite you Thursday, November 30, 2000.

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Rice University is pleased|pleasing to invite you Thursday, November 30, 2000.

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It has always been written like this.
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The area the center of which is here was bombed.
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It must have been always wrote that.

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It must have been always written|writing that.
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The president was always hate in Moscow.

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The president was always hated|hating in Moscow.
Incorrect:
The old tyre was not fish from the river; it was found on the bank.

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The old tyre was not fished|fishing from the river; it was found on the bank.
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Tom is probably do that eventually.

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Tom is probably done|doing that eventually.
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It is a bug that has been fixed in 11.2.5, which was recently release.

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It is a bug that has been fixed in 11.2.5, which was recently released|releasing.
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It has always been liked.
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They are miles away but they are still people you love and care about.
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As they are differentially phase modulated...
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Indirect consumption is usually oil.
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Indirect consumption is mainly oil and natural gas.
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“There is still hope,” said Fernando.
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It's not rocket science.
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That's not butter; it's margarine.
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What he did next was Truly Mind Blowing.
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There's little water in the tank, if any.
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This was before people knew how to record voices, so we don't know...
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...small role and the fact that the island is mostly bog means that its potential...
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... these churches are generally host to staunch Anglicans who are ...
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We are also market leaders.
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Joan said kicking people when they were down was her specialty.
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He wanted it to be about romance and love.
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I'm assuming you are in, if you are not please call Paul and reschedule.
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TODO: Tell your players that I was extremely please with how they played.
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You're not mine.
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I am well thank you.
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If you have the files or know where they are please call me.
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... but if you and Pat leave things the way they are please explain to both Robert and Pat that...
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If you are listed and YOU STILL WANT to be please fax to my office your signature...
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If you like it the way it is please help us in promoting it.
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... and will be please make the corrections.
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... if he can be please tell me immediately, and I will contact him.
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This is not fish.
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These are not fish.
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The placement is partly case sensitive, partly not.
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Not sure how much of this is actually Project Manager logic and how much of this is spent in Atom land.
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This will be entirely cloud dependent though.
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This is strictly market research and there is absolutely no sales effort involved.
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There's still blood on the wall.
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I had a meeting this morning with Dr. Luis Tellez (former Secretary of Energy), who is currently COO of Grupo DESC.
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It's simply cause and effect.
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They're not cause for celebration.
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I know it may be not be easy, but I think we need to do that.
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There's been enough talk about fixing the voting machines.
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Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
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He is also coauthor of the AWK and AMPL programming languages.
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It was before dawn that they got the fire under control.
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Mr. Landry is also founder of Mainstone Capital, and serves on the boards of several of its investments, including Interliant, GIGA Information Group, MCK Communications, Lante, and Cidera.
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This is supposedly research which my secretary did.
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They are affectionately know as the "Golden Girls.

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They are affectionately known|knowing as the "Golden Girls.
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I contributed to this company, so you are not dismiss me Mary knew that I'd be gone by the time she got there.

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I contributed to this company, so you are not dismissed|dismissing me Mary knew that I'd be gone by the time she got there.
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Very interesting patinas and patterns can form on coins which have been naturally expose to environments which can effect the contents of the coin.

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Very interesting patinas and patterns can form on coins which have been naturally exposed|exposing to environments which can effect the contents of the coin.
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I'm so use to doing it all by myself anyway, so it really doesn't matter.

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I'm so used|using to doing it all by myself anyway, so it really doesn't matter.
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Courage is merely fear that one doesn't show.
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Most women there are very resilient and funny and there’s always talk about work and relationships.
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The easiest way for me to look at something that is primarily text (minimal graphics involved) is to have it in a form I can just print out.
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It should be mostly gas though because we won't have our power marketers license yet.
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Coffee is so dang expensive.
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This is actually deal #471975, which I just fixed because Jeff forgot to put the broker name in there.
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Wi-Fi is usually access point-centered.
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It's not mine to give away.
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It's not view on demand, but it's as easy as getting in a car and driving to the local video store," said Yair Landau, president of Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment.
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The issue isn't can we.
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On you going personally, I am not real sure who the attendees should be so let's discuss that next plan next week.
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hat stuff can be reused for sure, but anything that isn't will likely just be paperweights
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Then again, all species of mammal were once fish.
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This is NOT who we are and those that do not stand up to do what is right do not belong there either.
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It will list codes sequentially, so make sure the second code is also code 12 - if it's not, note down all of the codes it's flashing and post here.
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My gut reaction would be simply wait about 6 months after each new major release (El Capitan, Sierra, etc).
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The only thing that explosions actually do in terms of random is slightly increase the chance for skulls to show up and very slightly decrease the chance for non-skull tiles.
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It wasn't love, it was just lust.

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