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Velvet claimed on the insurance - which was a bonus - and everything went tickety boo.
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But the government should not give credence to them by enacting legislation which says that Islam is tickety-boo and thus demanding of our respect.
We should not absolve Islam of the crimes committed in its name 2010
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As for Kyrgyzstan, where things are not exactly tickety-boo either, we are going to do some more urging, though as David Lidington put it: "We have to accept some practical limits to the ability of the UK to put right all the problems mentioned …" You can say that again.
Diplomacy inaction 2010
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"Eric" I said, "just stop apologising and rattle out that old Layla intro and let's be getting on, places to go babies to see, trust me everything'll be tickety boo" and so he did, as we thundered through the lanes around Lifton, past the Ambrosia rice pudding factory Devon Creamery on up to Jethro's and out into the wilds with the car windows wide open.
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"Eric" I said, "just stop apologising and rattle out that old Layla intro and let's be getting on, places to go babies to see, trust me everything'll be tickety boo" and so he did, as we thundered through the lanes around Lifton, past the Ambrosia rice pudding factory Devon Creamery on up to Jethro's and out into the wilds with the car windows wide open.
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They responded promptly, and everything was tickety boo.
I Could Want You, But I Don’t. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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I could go with three screws, but having dealt with unbalanced drives – tickety tickety tickety - I decided against it.
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"Eric" I said, "just stop apologising and rattle out that old Layla intro and let's be getting on, places to go babies to see, trust me everything'll be tickety boo" and so he did, as we thundered through the lanes around Lifton, past the Ambrosia rice pudding factory Devon Creamery on up to Jethro's and out into the wilds with the car windows wide open.
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So, everything was installed and tickety-poo, but all you hear now in the neighbourhood are crickets.
The econopocalypse, in pictures. Ann Althouse 2009
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Former co-worker who is Irish used expression “tickety boo”, which stuck in my head.
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