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Sternly, he warned that if anyone did not follow his directions, Mr. Strauss-Kahn would be taken back inside and not leave for the day.
Strauss-Kahn Goes Out on the Town Pervaiz Shallwani 2011
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Sternly she wrenches her mind back to what she is doing.
Study Break--A Sky Without Zeppelins Missing Scene--Happy Birthday Amyo67 amberfocus 2009
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Sternly, he warned that if anyone did not follow his directions, Mr. Strauss-Kahn would be taken back inside and not leave for the day.
Strauss-Kahn Goes Out on the Town Pervaiz Shallwani 2011
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NEIL [Sternly] Or, for our dancers to get changed.
Pet Shop Boys: 'Gorillaz should be worried about going on at Glastonbury 2010 after Dizzee Rascal' 2010
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Sternly he told me that, given his position and the political situation (the disastrous Six Days War had just ended) I had to be careful and act like the "good girl from a good family" I was.
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Sternly resist the temptation to show the reader how much science you know (or how many reference books you have read) by piling on detailed explanations of scientific matters.
Ten Minutes, That's It Benjamin Kral 2010
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Sternly telling myself to calm down, I tried to think up some excuse for why I was laughing.
The Haunted Jessica Verday 2010
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Sternly he saluted the two guards and then watched them depart.
Gulliver’s Travels Movie Novelization Sarah Willson 2010
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Instead, these scofflaws get a Sternly Worded Letter and threats to seek contempt citations which, face it, will never happen because the DOJ is owned by the Bush crime family.
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I looked forward to many Sternly Worded Letters demanding Mother Nature present herself to the committee.
In Big Win For Liberals, Waxman Ousts Dingell As Energy And Commerce Chair 2009
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