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  • And yet, if Christian Gulbrandsen's unex-pected visit had only to do with business matters, why this wish for Miss Believer's company, since the latter dealt only with the domestic side of Stonygates?

    Twin Moons 2010

  • Movies like The Yes Man starring Jim Carey would have you believe that saying "no" leads to a boring life and a host of unex ...

    Tabby Biddle: The Zen of "Yes" or "No" 2009

  • Movies like The Yes Man starring Jim Carey would have you believe that saying "no" leads to a boring life and a host of unex ...

    Tabby Biddle: The Zen of "Yes" or "No" 2009

  • I think that the father and stepmother should have the full merit with our Beauchamp of a turn so unex-pected.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • Pulling another blade, he made a sudden and unex-pectedly forceful lunge straight at his adversary.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • Squatting slightly, he gripped the bench and back and lifted it into the air, shaking it and listening for unex-pected sounds.

    Solitary Man Jeff Mariotte 2003

  • "About your obnoxious cousin-" Lydiell murmured unex-pectedly, startling him.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • From the comer, Dave-the deputy with the monocle-honked unex-pected laughter.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • Not yet mature, unsure of herself, and fascinated by the bipedal apparition that she had encountered unex-pectedly, she had yet to notice that the stone was missing from its place of honor atop the pedestal.

    The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

  • And what a first impression to make to the specialist She took it as gingerly as if it had been an unex - nurse manager, she thought in despair.

    Consultant Care Wirdnam, Sharon 1996

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