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  • Luckily, I have a very understanding boss.
  • A couple of times her footholds cracked and she plunged a few heart-stopping feet, but luckily she grabbed another hold.
  • ‘Oh, goody,’ Kate muttered under her breath, but luckily Emily didn't hear her.
  • Luckily I didn't hurt myself when I fell.
  • But everything of mine seems so tacky (trouser wise) but luckily, I found a ripper pair in the shop which are simply perfect.
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  • Luckily, the company that made it has multiple copies. Times, Sunday Times
  • Luckily I cast a spell on the clothes so you can't take them off.
  • The crew are split up and captured by the strange enemy on a planet that luckily has an atmosphere identical to Earth 's. The Sun
  • Luckily, there are a multitude of books on hand that can help. The Sun
  • Luckily, someone who wants to produce a bare-bones syndication feed does not need to work very hard.
  • Well, luckily for you, the publisher hornswoggled more out of me than this mere introduction. The Codex Continual » Bulwark Publishing: Kharndam Collected (#3)
  • Luckily it had short sleeves, and she knew that the subtle shade of pale aquamarine suited her colouring.
  • Luckily there was consolation at home in the form of a birth announcement. Times, Sunday Times
  • But luckily it went well! The Sun
  • Ben Muirhead mishit it like normal and luckily I was able to react quickest - it's just goal-poacher's instinct!
  • Luckily for the neighbours, the musical learning process was swift. Times, Sunday Times
  • Luckily I was feeling in a good mood.
  • Scragg, meanwhile, stuck to her graymare, and went bumping along to the admiration of all beholders, and was soon out of sight: luckily a joskin, who witnessed my dear aunt's immersion, ran to her assistance, and, with the help of his pitch-fork, safely landed her; for unfortunately the pond was not above three or four feet deep! and so she missed the chance of being an angel! Sketches — Volume 05
  • On the field, the pretournament expectations were more pedestrian and luckily dashed. A Fun, Creative Germany
  • Luckily for us, although they have some fussy tastes, many of the bacteria they like to eat are major pathogens, so they eat proteus and proteus is a bacterium that causes a lot of urinary tract infections.
  • Luckily I smelled the noxious fumes, ran upstairs and managed to extinguish it.
  • Luckily, I've anticipated and manage a pre-emptive strike while he's still taking in the last statement.
  • Luckily i dont, but what i do want to say about all this hate you have towards Islam, and the pakistani's in particular, that "dare" try to live in your town, well first tell how does this sound lionheart: Dunstable - Death threat & the Al Qaeda connection
  • Luckily, the banks of Loch Fyne, the longest sea loch in Scotland, are ideal for cultivating both oysters and mussels.
  • A quick call to Young Watski who was luckily in the area secured the loan of his car for the rest of the day.
  • Luckily, we stopped in during happy hour to take advantage of the $4 maki rolls and $5 mojitos.
  • Luckily, Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, a recent exile from London, who also loves scouring the beaches. WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR JANUARY 3RD | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
  • Luckily our fire marshals reacted in time and prevented the total loss of an expensive participating vehicle,’ he said.
  • Entitled Aquila after the swooping eagle found in John Flamsteed's 1729 Atlas Coelestis, its merits do not really derive from any imitation of eagles actual or imagined perhaps luckily, given that Flamsteed's eagle resembles a grouse. Chroma chamber ensemble – review
  • Luckily I only get homework about once a month. The Sun
  • Luckily, the Snake River is our home course, so we've had to practice in this weather before," Williams said. The Daily Evergreen News Feed
  • I hate that job, and luckily the manager doesn't know how I disillusion customers so much, otherwise he'd definitely fire me.
  • A wire caught Jim around the neck and he luckily escaped with lacerations.
  • Luckily for our boys, it also has a trapdoor in the floor leading conveniently into a series of maintenance tunnels which are accessible through any manhole in Montreal.
  • Luckily for Berwick, washing the cast's nether garments is about the only job he doesn't take on in the annual Theatre Royal panto, in which he is the star, writer and co-director.
  • Luckily, it isn't long before he learns that a family amulet, passed down from his father, is actually a powerful gem that possesses the ability of time travel.
  • I underwent extensive testing and luckily, I was healthy, but this scare was enough for me to realize that no weight-loss drug is worth harming my health.
  • Air France in L.A. has a firm and continued hold on worst firearm service, although in recent years British Air has pluckily attempted to give Air Chance a run for their money. Flying with Guns
  • He would have had little chance against them had not the slender lady very pluckily pulled up and returned to his help. The War of The Worlds
  • We had five overturned sledge accidents - every one of our sledges suffered an overturn or two, but luckily no significant damage was incurred.
  • Luckily, we found him dozing behind the sofa. Times, Sunday Times
  • She would have wretched and thrown up at that very moment but luckily, she hadn't eaten anything today so she would be fit to scry.
  • Luckily, prison reformers need not be alarmed. Times, Sunday Times
  • Luckily, she doesn't have that much screen time as the group tracks a bio-terrorist with a huge bounty on his head.
  • Luckily sanity prevailed with the manager intervening and the test went on.
  • Luckily, Dylan was awake, so they could fawn over him some more.
  • Luckily the gray dress wasn't made to be worn with any underskirts, so it didn't drag on the ground when I didn't wear any.
  • But luckily this reflects well on me and strengthens my role as a mother and a grandmother. Times, Sunday Times
  • Luckily, the reactor was turned back on before the submarine imploded from the pressure of being beyond its maximum design depth.
  • Professor von Duhn told me that once when approaching an Italian village in search of inscriptions he was taken for the devil, being unluckily mounted on a black horse and dressed in black, and was met by a priest with a crucifix, who was at last persuaded to "disinfect" him with holy water as a condition of his being admitted to the village. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus
  • The offenders then tried to leave the scene in the victim's car, which luckily didn't start.
  • I predict this evening to go the same, with virtuous relations sitting vigil, with no time for her groggy and confused, luckily I am fluent in groggy and confused. Groggy and confused
  • Luckily we have relations who live nearby and we were able to go and stay with them over night.
  • Luckily with condolences it wasn't necessary to go into detail -- all she need do was commiserate on the tragic accident. PROSPECT HILL
  • They fired away with wild abandon, but luckily with little accuracy, and he was able to extricate himself.
  • Luckily, her inclusion within the family group had sent a clear message; she was not troubled by any of the visitors. DEVIL'S BRIDE
  • Luckily for us, Jim Boulden has decided to explain with one of his jargon busters, "U," "V," "W's" and bathtubs. CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2009
  • It was a stately allemande, and luckily he knew all the steps.
  • Luckily I got a reserved berth and the train left for Kolkatta on schedule.
  • But, luckily, neither of us had gotten splattered with barf.
  • Luckily none of the 12 people who had turned up to see me had been discouraged by my unpunctuality.
  • Unluckily for her, we were cuffed together, so she came crashing down with me.
  • But luckily my poor put-upon mother was around and did the chauffeuring trick to the NRMA and the RTA. This'n'that
  • Luckily for all of us, a steady diet of pop culture, horror movies, vampire books, and science fiction television saved Lauren from the restrictive confines of her normal suburban routine; she has only just now realized that there are other geeks out there in the world. Lauren Kalal | Fandomania
  • Luckily, one of the classroom teachers owned about 20 different plastic dinosaur models.
  • Earlier, she and the audience got a good laugh when she asked to hear the word "simnel" in a sentence and was told: "The Wilsons had long ago lost their appetite for simnel, but luckily their poodle had much lower standards. Undefined
  • I almost get lost when I get of the highway, but luckily I run into a friendly oom and tannie and they point me in the right direction (Note to self… do not trust a map downloaded from the Internet).
  • As for enlisting the resourceful Wilma production for being "more evocative of the real-life Housman's seething emotions than the text itself," Mr. Mendelsohn unluckily picks an evocation which is prescribed in the stage directions. 'The Invention of Love': An Exchange
  • Luckily, the team does not need to trade players to lose payroll, just let some go.
  • Luckily, the broken pipe section was to a spigot that isn't used anymore anyway, so, in the end, we just hacksawed off the broken section, capped it, and called it good. Dirty Stuff
  • Luckily a pinch of salt got rid of them, leaving behind a blood-stained sock.
  • While we were descending the icefall, there were two very large collapses of seracs (luckily not near us), and many places in the icefall which have looked the same all season but were not recognizable upon descent.
  • Luckily the room was not without excellent acoustics (even if her ears were still ringing a bit).
  • But luckily for him his pet cat has other ideas and, having equipped himself with a snazzy pair of new boots, sets out to make his masters fortune.
  • he was Brentford's defensive star in pluckily holding out the determined Reading raids for long periods
  • Luckily the evening was warm enough so a stole was all the wrap she needed. MISS MELVILLE REGRETS
  • Luckily, Sue is very efficient and does an excellent job as Fred's personal assistant.
  • It was like a vice gripping my arm but, luckily, it stopped just short of my heart. Times, Sunday Times
  • Luckily I didn't hurt myself when I fell.
  • Kim wasn't there, but luckily we're getting better at managing problems on our own.
  • Luckily, in downshifting we didn't need one. Times, Sunday Times
  • And unluckily just missed a farcical interlude, for the chief accountant, accused of embezzling public funds, was attacked and chivied from the town with a petroleum can on his head. High Albania
  • Luckily enough, a circus happens to be passing by, and one dwarf leads his elephant over to the car, where the elephant plucks the woman out with his trunk.
  • Luckily, someone from behind caught her before she fell back onto the parking lot floor.
  • Luckily, kitchen companies have this in hand, and for years now they've been innovating all manner of special features to make a consumer's life easier.
  • Luckily, sentiments like these fall flat when gravelized through the vocoder anyway.
  • Luckily for us, there is also no verb conjugation.
  • Luckily enough, most of Scotland was spared shameful scenes of bacchanalian excess.
  • But luckily she chose to be inspired rather than discouraged by the experience.
  • Luckily the Cayuga is quite neutral and makes a great base for the Cab Franc fruit to lead the way. What We Drank (6/16/09)
  • Luckily, however, this year the festival admin could look to organisation for inspiration.
  • Luckily the performers had enough energy to rouse even this heat-weary crowd, with one dance after another full of high-powered jumps, stomps, shimmies, and kicks.
  • Luckily for Clyde, the beaker had shattered between his sweatshirt and his scrub top. DO NO HARM
  • Dollar Bill Jefferson will win comfortably tonight, and luckily this embarrassment will presumably be overshadowed by an Obama win. Your Right Hand Thief
  • Luckily there was a taxi stand nearby.
  • Luckily, his razor-sharp intellect streaked into action, as he claimed.
  • Luckily, I was born with a body that renders me quite incapable of doing anything very well. Times, Sunday Times
  • Luckily, with most of my gift suggestions, both giver and receiver can share the pleasure.
  • Mr. Cooper, luckily, is well qualified to keep such comic material within range of masculine bearability.
  • Luckily three friends in the chalet did wake up and doused the fire. The Sun
  • He was Brentford's defensive star in pluckily holding out the determined Reading raids for long periods.
  • Luckily for him, the soft food hadn't spilled out of the bowls.
  • Luckily for the FDIC, the costliness of failures has dropped as the failure rate slowed. Bank Fails Slow, Backlog Looms
  • Most foreign opinion saw Britain as the aggressor, an evil Goliath against the David who was pluckily standing up to his bullying.
  • Luckily, the surgery was completed without a hitch and the patient was informed of the problem.
  • Luckily, her inclusion within the family group had sent a clear message; she was not troubled by any of the visitors. DEVIL'S BRIDE
  • I had malaria 46 times during captivity, although luckily not while I was in the cage.
  • Luckily, my wife heard it "clunk" in the washing machine and pulled it to safety - but it got wet. Wednesday Giveaway – $25 iTunes Gift Card and iPhone Case | Manolith
  • Luckily, I've found the story -- it's condensing it into 250 words of something "fresh" and "interesting" but not "hooky" and "gimmicky" -- and please, yes, let's add well-written -- that's kicking tail with me. HH Com 426
  • Luckily, the damage was not serious.
  • It was a real miracle that the little boat capsized in the storm, but luckily didn't sink.
  • Luckily we're past the full moon, when I undergo a transformation into a snarling she-devil, especially when I'm hormonal.
  • One of the reasons why the debate about this year's Hugos has been so ferocious and (at times) ill-tempered is because while there are no pluckily ambitious outsiders to root for (such as Watts 'Blindsight in 2007 or McDonald's Brazyl in 2008), the list is also ignoring breakthrough genre successes such as Stephenie Meyer and Laurel K. Hamilton. MIND MELD: The Hugo Awards - Success at Picking the Best, How Well it Represents the Genre, 2009 Predictions & Overlooked Titles
  • Luckily I had a friend with me who spoke German.
  • Luckily, he was on crutches on the time of our exchange and I was able to quicken away from the confrontation. The Sun
  • Luckily, working for an international outfit means I'm not trapped in English drizzle all year long. Crusader Gold
  • Luckily we've been through so many swamps and rivers and I think they are far more scared of us than we are of them. The Sun
  • Luckily, these guys love to cook - whoever isn't cutting tracks is cooking!
  • Luckily using macros and the customisable icon palette you can tailor Ami Pro 3.0 to your way of working.
  • But, unluckily for Beorminster, he was dead and his relict was a mourning widow, who constantly referred to her victim as a perfect husband. The Bishop's Secret
  • Even I got one, a smacker, on the cheek, luckily.
  • Luckily it was only 3 hours to Flagstaff and he's not normally a puker. Because you might be headed on the road... (warning, do not read if you have a weak stomach) - SpouseBUZZ
  • Luckily, there are plenty of units for energy, so it is probably best to just leave the calorie unit to the food people, and use joules or Kilowatt hours or therms or ergs for energy calculations unrelated to human nutrition.
  • Luckily it does include a protective screen for your iPad. The Sun
  • Luckily, Subterranean Press/PS Publishing decided to get together and co-publish a lavish, dense, and beautiful based on the ARC edition of these seminal stories in one massive volume inside a terrific cover by Edward Miller, sporting introductions by John Scalzi, Joe Hill, Richard Matheson and Mark Scott Zicree. Archive 2009-07-01
  • Luckily, the damage was not serious.
  • It is not commonly known that, luckily for the U.S. economy, the 1990s was a period dominated by asynchronous global recessions, when key economies took turns going into recession.
  • Luckily our precious records were saved from the fire.
  • Luckily, the robotics sales engineer knew from former sleepwalking experiences to pack his pyjamas. The Sun
  • Luckily for the Blues, the midfield ace was having a laugh in training yesterday. The Sun
  • Luckily, the crowded routine of rehearsal, memorisation, and performance does not leave much time for brooding. Exit the Actress
  • There is one clarinet player who's a snot like her, and another whose a little conceited like her, but luckily no one is as mean as she is!
  • Carrick Troop, unluckily brought down last time, has decent claims in the TFM Cyntergy Handicap Chase, while the RPS Group Handicap Hurdle offers Konker the opportunity to get back on the winning trail.
  • Well, luckily she wasn't wearing it. The Sun
  • Luckily, I had my binocs with me and was able to observe him for a minute or so before he turned and lolloped away.
  • Luckily, the smoke was blowing away from Halifax Road.
  • Luckily for me, there were quite a few options in how to reduce the realism and improve my chances in outfoxing the enemy.
  • Luckily, he fell towards the house and was able to rouse the unsuspecting mate from his slumbers by head-butting the wall with his helmet.
  • Luckily for us this incident had caused no harm or any damage to the equipment.
  • Jim's father wanted to invest his own father's fortune in the business, which unluckily went by the board.
  • Luckily, part of his blogging empire includes a blog on the best ways to improve ones site in order to make a little scratch.
  • Luckily, we have numerous options these days for exercise apparel, or what the retailers like to call activewear. The Fiber35 Diet
  • Luckily I didn't have a guide like Carey to prevent me from reading all sorts of apparently unenjoyable books without shame.
  • Luckily we both had the same mind-set about this decision. The Mommy Diet
  • But luckily, because we rehearsed it for five solid days before we performed it for an audience, we got used to the funniness of it and were able to keep a straight face.
  • Luckily .. with the invention of the internet, misinformation can protect them only for solong. The Volokh Conspiracy » Let Turkey Have Gaza
  • Unluckily, this year's Constitution, which was formed, and its genethliacon sung by the noble author while it was yet in embryo, or was but just come bloody from the womb, is the only one which in its very formation has been generally resisted by a very great and powerful party in many parts of the kingdom, and particularly in the capital. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12)
  • I'm sure nobody believed us, but we persevered and luckily most of our sponsors have stuck by us.
  • This unluckily was not my business: I wished to elevate their minds; but to what they called their hearts I had not the slightest claim. Chapter XVI. Book IV
  • Luckily or unluckily, depending on how you look at it, we can't choose what sex our baby will be.
  • Luckily a bush broke his fall.
  • An out-of-towner drove his car into a ditch in a desolated area. Luckily, a local farmer came to help with his big strong horse named Buddy.
  • Luckily an Australian locum doctor recognised the symptoms and arranged emergency treatment. Times, Sunday Times
  • Albert, vowed not to change her linen till Ostend was taken; this siege, unluckily for her comfort, lasted three years; and the supposed colour of the archduchess's linen gave rise to a fashionable colour, hence called _l'Isabeau_, or the Isabella; a kind of whitish-yellow-dingy. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
  • Luckily for Alan a Llarnian disembodied supermind from a planet in the Canopus system decides to hyperspace him the hell out of there at that time. Archive 2007-04-01
  • Luckily, we only caught the tree a glancing blow.
  • Luckily, the doctor in charge kept on giving her a chit that she was fit and able to work although she was not.
  • But luckily there are very few poachers there because the Mpassa River is completely unnavigable until the stretch near the reserve - there are rapids everywhere.
  • Cameron's college audience in Beijing will know all this stuff just as British kids know about the wickedness of Hitler and the ambitions of Napoleon or Phillip II of Spain – all pluckily thwarted by you know who. David Cameron should not have worn that poppy in China
  • Luckily, the smoke detector automatically alerted the fire brigade who extinguished the blaze and moved the couple, and their pets, away from the house.
  • Luckily the men were wearing their buoyancy-compensating vests and wetsuits.
  • Luckily for the forest industry, the country can grow hardwoods and softwoods in equal quantities and on a relatively short rotation basis.
  • Now luckily for movie buffs the massive heist is being turned into exactly that. The Sun
  • Luckily, she licked the top of his fuzzy head and began sucking on his ear, and he happily gave himself up to her ministrations. Exit the Actress
  • Luckily in this case, the end of the card where the station code was written was in better shape than the rest and after I removed some of the overlaying filamentous stuff (fungal remains?), the station code appeared: MO-53 from the Monocacy survey. Archive 2009-01-01
  • Luckily for me, I have a focus for my geekery, in the form of this weblog.
  • Luckily the performers had enough energy to rouse even this heat-weary crowd, with one dance after another full of high-powered jumps, stomps, shimmies, and kicks.
  • Luckily I arrived at the costume store with the ring still attached to my sweaty hand. Times, Sunday Times
  • We walked along to make sure it got round the corner - luckily it just made it.
  • Luckily the JVM comes out-of-the-box with the ability to do so, with the built-in tool 'jmap'.
  • Luckily, I had a gift for him as well—a new silver engraved hairbrush. Exit the Actress
  • Luckily we all had a common language, English, which meant we could communicate with each other.
  • But luckily my car is a good one and it stops very efficiently and I came to a halt with about ten feet to spare.
  • So we gave him a call, and luckily for us, he was available.
  • Apart from the pouring rain, we had to contend with mist - luckily we were on a clear path.
  • O'Brien failed to escape three times and unluckily went in-off when he did make contact.
  • Luckily, it's just a one-mile walk from here along the disused trackbed. Times, Sunday Times
  • Luckily for him though, another chap called Ananias soon came along and seeing that Saul couldn't see Travel Blog | Travel Journals, Diaries and Photos
  • Unluckily, there are still many children who ___ suffer from __ hunger today.
  • Luckily, the gangway gate, which he had pushed out had floated alongside of him on the tideway, and he had retained consciousness enough to grasp one side of it with a drowning man's grip, but was in danger of momentarily losing it. The Boy Scouts on the Yukon
  • Luckily I have many loyal friends here - more, perhaps, than you do.
  • Luckily for both of us, it was just a harmless pellet gun. The Sun
  • Luckily, you can now plonk your curious infants in front of Knowledge Adventure and let them find out for themselves.
  • Luckily, Robin came back and informed us that the table had been set and it was time to dig in.
  • Unluckily , raindrops the size of peas starts falling, we are in great confusion.
  • Luckily for him, the referee is a complete homer so he gets away with it both times.
  • The crew are split up and captured by the strange enemy on a planet that luckily has an atmosphere identical to Earth 's. The Sun
  • Luckily, the state's xenophobic legislation doesn't apply to me, a private citizen.
  • Twenty-five years later they met again in Glasgow where, after more ‘foregathering’, they attempted to chuck stones into the outstretched hat of the statue of James Oswald MP in George Square, luckily without being arrested.
  • But luckily we came back. The Sun
  • Luckily for some of us there is still a healthy amount of hostility and disdain in both of these lovely little cities to balance things out.
  • Luckily, it turned out that we didn't have to muscle in at all, as the normally packed-out eatery was unusually uncrowded.
  • Luckily, modernizing society does not depend on such technical understanding, indeed the essence of modernization is the separation and autonomy of social systems - so that economic policy (for example) is over the long term becoming progressively separated from politics. Farm Subsidies: The Dirty Truth, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • Luckily it had short sleeves, and she knew that the subtle shade of pale aquamarine suited her colouring.
  • Unluckily for him, the fraud officers were watching this flight too.
  • Luckily, she found employment at a bank through her friend Saira who had been her college chum.
  • Luckily they spotted my beard and moustache before they hauled me out. Times, Sunday Times
  • He said luckily no one was in the house at the time, which was reduced to four external walls and two interior walls in the blaze.
  • Luckily for us simple folk the game plot is very straight forward.
  • There was only room for six to wield their weapons with effect, so our scanty band of followers scattered themselves along the line of the rails, which were luckily so high and strong as to make an escalado difficult in the face of any opposition. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734

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