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  • The nature of his business enables him to get about the world a good deal.
  • Forget about the digital divide - it's the domestic divide that really cleaves this country in two.
  • You could put your money in government stock and forget about it. Times, Sunday Times
  • You could wait until you've got only a thimbleful of gas in there, but why not fill up now and forget about it for the next 60,000 miles?
  • From a political point of view it would be more clever to withdraw it, take the flak and then forget about it.
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  • You could put your money in government stock and forget about it. Times, Sunday Times
  • A cure will be found one day, but until then my personal verdict is that age-related arthritis and rheumatism are a natural part of the human condition, and you simply have to put up with it and get about your business best you can.
  • We are not all adults here, clearly you forget about the underage minors that try to obtain alchohol illegally. stupid is .... Booze News « PubliCola
  • All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. Harry S Truman 
  • Forget about Internet crackers, employees are the biggest security problem for most businesses.
  • Do we just cast them aside and forget about them and think they're lost causes? Times, Sunday Times
  • So he tried to forget about it, and make up his mind that he could find plenty of congenial work looking after his traps and assisting Abner's wife during the winter, with occasional trips across the sound, and possibly a chance to pull an oar in the surfboat, should luck favor him. Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast
  • I'd advise that, if we don't have the capacity to do it, we should forget about it instead of disgracing ourselves.
  • They're not kidding themselves about their age, but ice hockey lets them forget about it for a couple of hours each week.
  • Forget about the argument you two had, just let bygones be bygones and be friends again.
  • ‘We get about five to six quintals per acre of jowar which lasts for six months,’ says Belsare.
  • I cannot think of drinking our good madam's wine myself, I assure you; I will just put it by the spence, (_spence_ means _cupboard_) till David is beginning to get about again, and then I think it will help to strengthen him. The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People
  • Some might hide and forget about it, there are some who might even run from it and try to make a new life, forgetting the past like it never existed.
  • I'm not advising you to throw away your makeup or forget about your appearance.
  • I can expect to get about 20 or more pearls in each shell. Times, Sunday Times
  • Mostly, they just serve you and forget about you, which suits me fine, and their homefries rock my world. Couch Trip
  • It was no use, he could not forget about what his mother had drilled into him repetitively when he was a boy.
  • Distance could make you forget about them, but the memories would always be there.
  • Could you possibly forget about work for five minutes?
  • So forget about plain red and really go wild! The Sun
  • Work will occupy your mind and help you forget about him.
  • He's probably just going to go off to college somewhere and forget about me anyways.
  • Along the harbor in Beaufort, North Carolina, this electioneer also paddled ‘a small row boat from vessel to vessel’ to collect the votes, though it was ‘very rough and difficult - if not dangerous - to get about as I have to do.’
  • But when a quarter to nine struck, and he saw old Thomas beginning to fidget about with the keys in his hand, he thought of the Doctor's parting monition, and stopped the cornopean at once, notwithstanding the loud-voiced remonstrances from all sides; and the crowd scattered away from the close, the eleven all going into the School-house, where supper and beds were provided for them by the Doctor's orders. Tom Brown's Schooldays
  • Forget about the fine points of interior decoration. Iraq on $5,000 a second: Where to go & what to see
  • Forget about dressing down; be one step ahead of your co-workers with these stylish duds that'll make you forget you're at work.
  • Don't forget about where you come from. Times, Sunday Times
  • Someone had sent a fourth over to me and I was glugging it greedily to forget about the shooting.
  • Apart from that, if you're able to get about then clearly it's helpful if there's no traffic.
  • Then you might as well forget about walking to the traffic lights and just jaywalk in the middle of the street.
  • NOW is the time for the current administration to continue to step up to the plate and lead America in the direction of greatness again and forget about all the babbling from the kids and move forward with the important issues at hand. Obama touts financial reform, says GOP stance 'deceptive'
  • Dodgy books, cringe-making photos of hairstyles you would rather forget about, a mix of furniture and the odd beautiful piece picked up over years of travel, can all cohabit.
  • Now we need to forget about the disappointment of this game. The Sun
  • Forget about formalwear and join in a bit of cactus and barrels.
  • Many people who play the lottery tend to forget about, or pay scant attention to, the odds of winning.
  • Another non-solution is to sign a treaty and then forget about it in a few years or declare it impossible to achieve.
  • He said the party members should forget about the other faction because it was bent on disorganising the party.
  • Ideally, headsets should be one of those components you install and forget about.
  • Granger replies, ‘I expect you'd best just forget about teaching altogether… then thataway you'll have plenty of time to write your own book.’
  • We have to focus and work because we cannot think about this game, we have to forget about talking about big things. The Sun
  • So many people thinking of a conservatory forget about the garden and then live to regret it!
  • I want to forget you, forget about any of your memory.
  • Want to forget about it - go down to the bar and have an akvavit!
  • Staring today, I am going to do myself a favour.To forget about the burdens. To forget about the pains.To forget about the hurts.
  • If the Democrats preselect this dud, they can forget about trying to regain credibility.
  • To make the change, you have to forget about where the ball is going and totally focus on learning how to execute the slide step.
  • Perhaps, you should go back to the VCD rental shop or forget about the whole business of going to the pictures.
  • Normally, that ought to be a sure sign to someone like me that I really ought to forget about it.
  • So if you encounter more “Bobs” who wish to attack you, forget about it, keep your points intelligent and free from attitude, and then you won’t engage in mudslinging, completely losing the focus of the points you’re trying to make. Does Obama hate open source?
  • Forget about the rear speakers or the subwoofer; they won't be needed.
  • It frames my face perfectly and if I wear a darker shade of lipstick and some smokey eye shadow in it, forget about it.
  • Staring today, I am going to do myself a favour.To forget about the burdens. To forget about the pains.To forget about the hurts.
  • To protect the car's collectibility, should I upgrade the power with very expensive Saleen parts, or forget about long term resale and go with other superchargers that provide more bang for the buck? The Truth About Cars
  • You know how touchy he can get about the methods Mike uses to get results. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
  • Forget about the hefty bar tabs and the dinner bills: talk or chat the night away, and when the time is right, you can personally meet each other and have the time of your lives.
  • Meanwhile they introduce a new, seemingly important characte, let's call her "bible-girl", only to FORGET ABOUT HER for all episodes up till now. SF Fanatic: The Problem With Fringe
  • Plus, says Michael Gilfix, an elder-law attorney in Palo Alto, Calif., people tend to underestimate their holdings or forget about accounts, so you may find that you have more than you think.
  • They get about 2 birr a kilo compared to just 25 Ethiopian cents last year.
  • So we've had a bad past - forget about it.
  • You can choose which individual member fights the monster, but forget about ganging up on him.
  • Forget about size when choosing clothes and choose something that fits well regardless of size and that's comfortable on you.
  • They say he’s watching us from the heavens. If he doesn’t answer, I tell him in this poem that I’m going to pull this curtain of the sky and forget about him. It is a way of expressing my anguish, written when I felt helpless. Gulzar 
  • If by now you imagine yourself spending your day in dark, gloomy caves, staring at bones, you can forget about it.
  • Forget about all those starred restaurants serving reductions of reductions to the haute bourgeoisie. Times, Sunday Times
  • The photography here is suitably stunning - an agreeable way to forget about the weather outside. Times, Sunday Times
  • I'm not advising you to throw away your makeup or forget about your appearance.
  • With the jumbos invading the fringe villages during nights, villagers are spending sleepless nights to save themselves, forget about saving their crops and habitations.
  • It disorients the AI, making enemies forget about you and focus on saving their own skin. Archive 2009-02-01
  • The most amazing thing about it is that you get about 12 times the battery life of a light putting out comparable illumination.
  • They also help me forget about rational things like computer backup and backup software.
  • She urges local care trusts to forget about money when deciding whether to offer the miracle treatment. The Sun
  • Then you can forget about the remote control and use your phone or tablet instead. Times, Sunday Times
  • Try to forget about your girl friend.
  • A fair rule of thumb is that you will get about 40% of the live weight of a deer if carefully deboned so as not to have excessive waste. How much meat do you get out of a deer when you debone it? Let's say a big whitetail doe.
  • After returning from Ireland and trying to forget about my dreadful mistake I found another person to throw my unrequited passion at.
  • Tone it down or forget about making a love connection this week. You won't impress anyone if you brag, exaggerate or are self-centered.
  • She must forget about all of it, the therapy, the homeless, the whole wounded world. LOST CHILDREN
  • We must not forget about the grass roots.
  • Finally, I'll forget about stripers real fast when big bluefish are just hitting anything you throw like a freight train. Fish That Save The Day
  • Editor's Note: Don't forget about Daley Thompson, the two-time decathlon gold medal winner. Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories
  • So let's forget about the open-topped bus ride,
  • Of course, I answered him that I would make the "feint," regardless of public clamor at a distance, and I did make it most effectually; using all the old boats I could get about Milliken's Bend and the mouth of the Yazoo, but taking only ten small regiments, selected out of Blair's division, to make a show of force. Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals
  • European Houses were only expected to get about one third of their receipts from the box office. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
  • But if that apprehension is so severe it inhibits you, forget about it.
  • I can expect to get about 20 or more pearls in each shell. Times, Sunday Times
  • Let's forget about it, it's all water over the dam.
  • And on the other hand I don't want him to call me, because it would be so much easier to forget about him that way.
  • To ‘flow’ in this context means that you are able to immerse yourself in some activity so deeply that you forget about anything else.
  • Amid all the razzle-dazzle of the party convention, it was easy to forget about the real political issues.
  • Somebody with such potential for embarrassing gaffes should forget about the White House. Times, Sunday Times
  • Do we just cast them aside and forget about them and think they're lost causes? Times, Sunday Times
  • If you're selling a used car, forget about upgrading the sat nav or adding alloy wheels. Times, Sunday Times
  • Now the average consumer can forget about toying with adhesive labels and just print right to the disc.
  • Your loyalty is admirable, however I new nothing about crossfit prior to Tyler's blog site and the numerous video bits he has shown in the past (search crossfit and you should get about 10 hits if you include this blog). Hi. I'm Megan Fox.
  • One must simply accept these performances at face value and forget about problems of piano versus harpsichord versus clavichord.
  • Naples, and containing actual drippings of sweat from a pieman who can trace his lineage back to a 15th generation pizzaiolo, forget about it. A New 99 Cent Pizza Battle Surfaces | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
  • That's why people like to be told stories, so they can forget about their own lives and enter another world.
  • What kind of pushback did you get about the idea?
  • Somehow he seemed to forget about the average American who frankly is tired of his misleading rhetoric. Obama: Midterms will be hard
  • Just forget about it, " I mumbled pulling the covers over my head.
  • Maybe for a few days people at home could forget about the bad things. Times, Sunday Times
  • I just wanna face today. Forget about the woes of yesterday.
  • Forget about the number of unanswered questions that the backstory of this character opens up.
  • The other pearl buyers and myself, between seas, managed to get about fifteen women and children into the cabin, and battened down. THE HEATHEN
  • The players and management can go home and forget about it, we have to live with the trauma of possible relegation every day.
  • To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. Self-esteem. Denis Waitley 
  • My gran is finding it harder to get about these days.
  • I say we forget about all this for now and go the Crestman's Christmas party and enjoy ourselves tonight.
  • Feeding them disrupts their natural rhythm: they get hooked on people-food and forget about the food they've buried.
  • He needed to forget about Elizabeth and bury the love he still felt for her in a grave someplace.
  • It is ten to one he will forget about it.
  • We should forget about the Government, forget about the doctor and think about the patient.
  • Then we film loads of links - it's best to get them in the bag now so we can forget about them when the contestants perform. The Sun
  • But, he says, there's no better way to forget about work than to enter a capoeira circle, known as a roda, which he describes as a "howling vortex of energy. Fighting the Fun Fight
  • The mountain air makes you forget about it. The Sun
  • You could put your money in government stock and forget about it. Times, Sunday Times
  • But if the heart specialist says all is well then you can forget about it. The Sun
  • Her letter was an uncomfortable reminder of responsibilities I preferred to forget about.
  • He had more confidence to get about and could do a lot more - it allowed him to potter about in the house, in the garden and the greenhouse.
  • The groom may say he doesn't want to get blotto, but once he's having a good time and you get about 3 pitchers in him, he's not going to care about the impending morning doom.
  • Anyone in his position would have wanted to completely forget about his escape from the long arm of the law.
  • Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. Denis Waitley 
  • And let's forget about playing the game entirely - you won't get any of the numerous tongue in cheek jokes, the intros won't make any sense, the interfaces will seem busy and complicated.
  • Made me forget about the 12 year old punks sitting behind me squawking the whole damn time.
  • I rented a car from a garage so that I could get about.
  • If an acquaintance ruffles you, you walk away and mutter "jerk" under your breath, then forget about it; if an intimate hurts you, you perseverate on the offense forever. Joyce McFadden: Marriage: A Cakewalk
  • Forget about the hypothetical risks of a human bird flu epidemic or terror attacks on cinemas. Times, Sunday Times
  • By and large, they had to forget about big names — although a few good examples are here: three Bouchers, three Fragonards, two Houdons, a Guardi party, a Jordaens orgy, an Ingres Madonna. Nice Wing, Pity About the Art
  • I mean, is it this cartoonish that -- that he could just come out and forget about the merits of the argument one way or the other and just attack the messenger in this kind of boorish a way? CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2009
  • I get about five emails per day from them.
  • You know how twitchy they get about security. Times, Sunday Times
  • Oh yes, after the "jobs thingamijig" don't forget about the "Fannie Freddie dohickey" ... that's going to leave a bruise on the grandchildren's piggy bank. US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha
  • How good it is to giggle and forget about the body for a bit. Times, Sunday Times
  • With candles all around the bathroom and a glass of fizz in hand, it was the perfect place to drift off and forget about the outside world.
  • Try to forget about your girl friend.
  • So much of the time we forget about how professional or unprofessional our appearance is.
  • The surprising answer is to forget about the board. Times, Sunday Times
  • Do we just cast them aside and forget about them and think they're lost causes? Times, Sunday Times
  • Staring today, I am going to do myself a favour.To forget about the burdens. To forget about the pains.To forget about the hurts.
  • This project code is highlighted in GREEN in the uploaded word document attached to this project******** homepage to make sure you don't forget about our website next time you need to develop an IT project for yourself or your company. GetAFreelancer.com New Projects
  • The fatigue, nausea and uncertainty that often accompany early pregnancy may tempt you to forget about fitness.
  • It is good, of course, for the nobs to get about a bit and see how the other half lives; but this will not necessarily benefit anybody but themselves, whereas joining a political organisation might bring the masses real gains.
  • Forget about it. Life's too short.
  • It is a Budget about the carping minorities that have captured Labour.
  • I get about three calls a week from guys saying "do you remember me when I called you last January 23, and fedexed you our stock selections – since then they are up xx%". Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Calls from the Boiler Room
  • It detracts a little from the level of realism but after a while you forget about it.
  • In addition, don't forget about the wind: The more wind there is, the better off you'll be because of the slower touchdown.
  • I found it very easy to forget about Sumner.
  • Best to forget about the operatic theme altogether and simply enjoy the flashes of raw excitement. Times, Sunday Times
  • Forget about muffins, missy,’ she says to me, ‘you need energy today.’
  • With top tips for how to ace festive recipes, you can forget about spending hours slaving away at the stove. The Sun
  • The garden is increasingly seen as somewhere to escape to, to reconnect with nature and forget about the pressures of life. Times, Sunday Times
  • The garden is increasingly seen as somewhere to escape to, to reconnect with nature and forget about the pressures of life. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sir Peter Ustinov was a great raconteur and notable humanitarian, but don't forget about his acting says a noted film historian.
  • But if the heart specialist says all is well then you can forget about it. The Sun
  • All that is true, nor must we forget about it.
  • She urges local care trusts to forget about money when deciding whether to offer the miracle treatment. The Sun
  • He began meandering down the halls, as was his duty as a monitor, trying to forget about the event that had just transpired.
  • Forget about painting the town red. Times, Sunday Times
  • As far as I'm concerned, you can forget about it.
  • Forget about Flora Danica china unless you have 1500 Euros for a demitasse! Terry Kelhawk: It's Different in Denmark
  • I told them to forget about the result and remember the performance. Times, Sunday Times
  • Richard realized that he would have to forget about electrical engineering, but he had no idea what else to major in.
  • There's a woman's voice, kind of singsongy and whiny, but forget about her. The 6th Target
  • We made a really conscious effort to forget about the critics - nothing good can come from thinking about that, anyway.
  • Either buy the girl her superstructure out of the goodness of your heart or forget about it.
  • I want to forget you, forget about any of your memory.
  • Forget about all the psychotic blabber and idiosyncratic ramblings about visions in his head.
  • A place where beasts and divinities could be dissolved, and get about the work of oneness. EVERVILLE
  • I want to forget you, forget about any of your memory.
  • I go home to my apartment at around 11 or 12 and get about six hours of sleep and a couple of hours for an afternoon siesta.
  • Melissaria: I admire a man's ability to block things out: I always did after I'd argued with my cohabitor say, in the morning and he'd go to work and forget about it and I'd be working but worrying if everything would be alright. The perils of housework
  • Now we need to forget about the disappointment of this game. The Sun
  • Our guide encourages us not to make a scene, but rather to pay the money and forget about it.
  • Forget about the scoreline, which flattered the home team for the second week running. The Sun
  • Amid all the razzle-dazzle of the party convention, it was easy to forget about the real political issues.
  • She was finding it increasingly difficult to get about.
  • Forget about the semiotics of the workforce—these juveniles are walking emblems of cultural playfulness.
  • If you're selling a used car, forget about upgrading the sat nav or adding alloy wheels. Times, Sunday Times
  • You'll find a huge array of cakes and pastries on offer, so forget about calorie counting. Cheap Eats Guide to Europe 1994
  • Forget about explanations; they'd only end in arguments. Times, Sunday Times
  • Let's also not forget about the Francis Ford Coppola-directed, "Captain EO," with its 3D amalgam of pop music and sci-fi genre tropes. ‘Book Of Eli’ Director Allen Hughes Calls Michael Jackson Incredible Actor Who Got ‘Too Weird And Freaky’ » MTV Movies Blog
  • Forget about the dollar, the yuan or the pound. Times, Sunday Times
  • Forget about brass horseshoes, dried hops and grannyish chintz. Times, Sunday Times
  • Democrats in Iowa, New Hampshire and numerous elsewheres disagreed, but Ms. Hope was a bitter-ender, urging Mr. Dean to drop plans to make Wisconsin his last stand and crash his Zero into the New York primary-forget about John Kerry getting cut up. A Woman Called Hope Installs Mrs. Clinton At Democratic Podium
  • If you work here, you can bring your phone to work, but forget about using the phone's voice-activated digital assistant.
  • They should just forget about 2 new brothers and call it "3 Brothers," it'd be an interesting twist on a sequel title. Four Brothers Sequel in the Works, Unsurprisingly Titled Five Brothers | /Film
  • He advised people with dogs to forget about exercise in the excessive heat and to make sure there was plenty of shade and cool water.
  • When push comes to shove, you just forget about it - it's just not worth the heartache.
  • Maybe for a few days people at home could forget about the bad things. Times, Sunday Times
  • Contrary to what most singers today seem to believe, scatting is as much about choosing the right harmonic intervals as it is about rhythm; so forget about it unless your pitch is as true as Fitzgerald's or Betty Carter's was. The Singing Epidemic
  • European Houses were only expected to get about one third of their receipts from the box office. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
  • You'd think a little boy this popular would forget about a girl who was quiet and unsociable like him, but no… He would always find a way to make sure I wasn't alone, wasn't left out.
  • How good it is to giggle and forget about the body for a bit. Times, Sunday Times
  • Forget about its shameful fine for bribing Chinese doctors. Times, Sunday Times

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