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This might make you think I was a passive by-stander in my own romantic and erotic life, either because I really was too much of a nice guy or I was a coward.
Random Thought Number Two on the Hoosier Hypocrite---Now With More Middle-aged Sex Appeal. 2010
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And like any other by-stander, we stood by and watched.
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Since then, I ask DD about interactions with her peers more and we also talk about how she needs to be a “stand by-er” (supportive) if she sees someone else being bullied rather than simply a by-stander.
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(Viewpoint of a by-stander, and then the crash victim).
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This might make you think I was a passive by-stander in my own romantic and erotic life, either because I really was too much of a nice guy or I was a coward.
Lance Mannion: 2010
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(Viewpoint of a by-stander, and then the crash victim).
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"While the DK's Moon over Marin is good, Les Thugs cover version of the same is even better," screeches Mike Taylor while pogoing into an innocent by-stander.
Tottenham v Werder Bremen - as it happened Paul Doyle 2010
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A by-stander was able to get this sound that we are going to share with you now on his cell phone.
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While behind the barricade, I turned to ask a fellow by-stander what was happening.
Riva Greenberg: Times Square Bomb Threat and Diabetes Share Common Thread 2010
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While behind the barricade, I turned to ask a fellow by-stander what was happening.
Riva Greenberg: Times Square Bomb Threat and Diabetes Share Common Thread 2010
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