Unexpectedly Sentence Examples

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  • In September 1665 the king unexpectedly paid him a visit at Wimborne.

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  • He said he was just asking about Dean's return trip but he was fishing for details on why the FBI was so unexpectedly interested in Billie Wassermann.

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  • Their only boy came along unexpectedly nine years later.

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  • And having entered on the path of definition, of which he was fond, Napoleon suddenly and unexpectedly gave a new one.

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  • He unexpectedly felt himself ridiculous, weak, and alone, with no ground to stand on.

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  • A few months later Philip unexpectedly died at Burgos (September 25th).

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  • But early one morning the fever left me as mysteriously and unexpectedly as it had come, and I fell into a quiet sleep.

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  • This is your place and I came unexpectedly.

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  • Seeing their enemy unexpectedly the French fell into confusion and stopped short from the sudden fright, but then they resumed their flight, abandoning their comrades who were farther behind.

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  • The Guardians knew that betrayal would be confronted by Dusty, and even those loyal to Damian feared him appearing unexpectedly at their door.

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  • Spanish rule, however, came unexpectedly to an end by the retrocession of Louisiana to France in 1800; and French dominion gave way in turn in 1803 - as the result of a chain of events even more unexpected, startling, and for the United States fortunate - to the rule of the last-named country.

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  • When Carmen or Alex dropped by unexpectedly, she was happy – until she saw them.

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  • The king in person undertook the siege of Ely, which proved unexpectedly difficult.

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  • His election had been facilitated because he was thought to be on the edge of the grave; but he unexpectedly rallied.

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  • On the 2nd of February 1831 he was, after sixty-four days' conclave, unexpectedly chosen to succeed Pius VIII.

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  • Had the completion of unity depended wholly on internal causes, it certainly would not have lieen soon achieved; but other forces, not altogether unexpectedly, came to Bislnarcks aid.

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  • By contrast, an unlikely spark can also cross the abyss unexpectedly.

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  • The only area in which Rise & Fall actually succeeds in being truly awe inspiring is, unexpectedly, in the naval warfare.

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  • We unexpectedly demonstrate that all these genes play key roles in regulating Pol II transcriptional elongation and termination [44, 45] .

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  • Unexpectedly, Agra was to prove memorable beyond merely the Taj Mahal.

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  • Commerce is unexpectedly confident and serene, alert, adventurous, and unwearied.

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  • It was just when the count's affairs had become so involved that it was impossible to say what would happen if he lived another year that he unexpectedly died.

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  • In 1810 he was about to enter upon his new post of governor of Rome when he was, unexpectedly, elected successor to the Swedish throne, partly because a large part of the Swedish army, in view of future complications with Russia, were in favour of electing a soldier, and partly because Bernadotte was very popular in Sweden, owing to the kindness he had shown to the Swedish prisoners during the late war with Denmark.

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  • In 1788 when the Danes unexpectedly invaded Sweden and threatened Gothenburg, it was Armfelt who under the king's directions organized the Dalecarlian levies and led them to victory.

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  • Individuals reproduce unexpectedly the traits of earlier ancestors, and ethnologists and criminologists frequently explain by "atavism" the occurrence of degenerate species of man; but the whole subject is complicated by other possible explanations of such phenomena, included in the scientific study of normal "variation."

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  • But the transport difficulties were very great; Germany could not spare troops or material to make an unlimited effort on the Italian front, and the unexpectedly weak resistance of the Italian II.

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  • The attacking troops, both gunners and infantry, found their task unexpectedly lightened by the absence of a heavy return fire upon their batteries, trenches, and zones of concentration.

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  • On the outbreak of the Civil War the Catholics naturally sided with the king, and a great many fell fighting for the royalist cause; towards the survivors Cromwell was unexpectedly merciful.

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  • Towards the end of 1853, after having spent two years at University College, where his favourite subjects were chemistry and botany, he unexpectedly received the offer of the assayership to the new mint.

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  • Under these circumstances Lysias unexpectedly guaranteed to the Jews their religious freedom (162).

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  • In favour of the latest it is urged that, if Rabelais was born in 1483, he must have been forty-seven when he entered at Montpellier, and proportionately and unexpectedly old at other known periods of his life.

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  • He occasionally contributed papers to the Albany Institute, in the years 1824 and 1825, on chemical and mechanical subjects; and in the latter year, having been unexpectedly appointed assistant engineer on the survey of a route for a state road from the Hudson river to Lake Erie, a distance somewhat over 300 m., he at once embarked with zeal and success in the new enterprise.

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  • On the 26th of October Lord Monteagle, a brother-in-law of Francis Tresham, who had formerly been closely connected with some of the other conspirators and had engaged in Romanist plots against the government, but who had given his support to the new king, unexpectedly ordered supper to be prepared at his house at Haxton, from which he had been absent for more than a year.

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  • In due time she started with the intention of being confined at her parents' home, but the party halting on the way under the shade of some lofty satin-trees, in a pleasant garden called Lumbini on the river-side, her son, the future Buddha, was there unexpectedly born.

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  • On the approach of a body of Illyrians, who, though summoned by Perdiccas, unexpectedly declared for Arrhabaeus, the Macedonians fled, and Brasidas's force was rescued from a critical position only by his coolness and ability.

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  • A lesson in geometry, given by Ostilio Ricci to the pages of the grand-ducal court, chanced, tradition avers, to have Galileo for an unseen listener; his attention was riveted, his dormant genius was roused, and he threw all his energies into the new pursuit thus unexpectedly presented to him.

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  • The terms were unexpectedly favorable, and so great was the joy excited in Madrid that popular acclamation greeted the bestowal upon Godoy of the title of Prince of the Peace.

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  • In 1677, being now prolocutor of the Convocation, he was unexpectedly advanced to the archbishopric of Canterbury.

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  • It was in vain that, on the death of Ladislaus, which took place unexpectedly (August 6, 1414), John was inspired with the idea of breaking his compact with Sigismund and returning to Rome, at the same time appealing to Louis of Anjou.

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  • The Dulciana is unexpectedly lovely, a silvery, gentle diapason.

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  • Unexpectedly, the radiation hardness has been found to be worse than silicon under charged hadron irradiation.

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  • He died unexpectedly on August 9th of that year from liver cancer.

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  • When the dreaded exit occurred, it happened so quickly and unexpectedly that there was no time for proper good-byes—if such biddings exist.

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  • Together they had hurried to Janet O'Brien's trailer in hopes of catching Donnie before he wandered unexpectedly into the macabre turmoil his mother had caused in her violent exit from life.

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  • When Carmen or Alex dropped by unexpectedly, she was happy – until she saw them.

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  • We got caught in a downpour unexpectedly today and we all shivered while I wrapped our picnic blanket round the Mutsy!

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  • These sections have yielded an unexpectedly diverse vertebrate fauna, in comparison with previous work, with over twenty individual taxa present.

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  • He died unexpectedly on June 4, 1922 from a strangulated hernia, a twisted bowel.

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  • Rather unexpectedly it was noted to have an effect in 30% of patients with advanced stage myeloma.

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  • Sir Alex has been cursed by injuries to key players and the unexpectedly rapid decline of kingpins like Paul Scholes.

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  • Prior to our arrival, strong winds, driving spindrift and unexpectedly low temperatures had made life at Patriot Hills very difficult.

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  • His relaxed style immediately landed in television's top 20, giving Ralph Kramden and company unexpectedly strong competition.

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  • It contains an unexpectedly great throwback to 1963 of a guitar break at a certain point.

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  • Is the NOMAIL setting really a time bomb that may flood your mail directory unexpectedly?

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  • We usually visualize our imagined future good luck as something that will unexpectedly " come out of the blue " and surprise us.

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  • After a long interval salvation came from Scotland, somewhat unexpectedly, because although, along with its winter analogue of curling, bowls may now be considered, much more than golf, the Scottish national game, it was not until well into the 19th century that the pastime acquired popularity in that country.

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  • This is unexpectedly placed in C major, the remotest key reached in the overture, and one that had already appeared in an impressive passage in the introduction which foreshadows the reference in the first act to the hero in his dungeon ("Der kaum mehr lebt and wie ein Schatten schwebt").

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  • It is amusing to find him speaking jubilantly of the unexpectedly large audience of eight which assembled to hear his first lecture (in 1854) on partial differential equations and their application to physical problems.

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  • But although the emperor's possessions on the Italian mainland had been attacked in his absence by the papal troops and their allies, Gregory's efforts had failed to arouse seripus opposition in Germany and Sicily; so that when Frederick returned unexpectedly to Italy in June 12 29 he had no difficulty in driving back his enemies, and compelling the pope to sue for peace.

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  • But we dropped into this adventure rather unexpectedly.

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  • She brought her face close to her sister-in-law's and unexpectedly again began to cry.

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  • The prince, who generally kept very strictly to social distinctions and rarely admitted even important government officials to his table, had unexpectedly selected Michael Ivanovich (who always went into a corner to blow his nose on his checked handkerchief) to illustrate the theory that all men are equals, and had more than once impressed on his daughter that Michael Ivanovich was "not a whit worse than you or I."

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  • It was Timokhin's company, which alone had maintained its order in the wood and, having lain in ambush in a ditch, now attacked the French unexpectedly.

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  • The crowd unexpectedly found itself so close to the Emperors that Rostov, standing in the front row, was afraid he might be recognized.

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  • Then, unexpectedly, as often happens, the sound of the hunt suddenly approached, as if the hounds in full cry and Daniel ulyulyuing were just in front of them.

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  • And this life suddenly seemed to Pierre unexpectedly loathsome.

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  • In the evening, when Prince Andrew went to him and, trying to rouse him, began to tell him of the young Count Kamensky's campaign, the old prince began unexpectedly to talk about Princess Mary, blaming her for her superstitions and her dislike of Mademoiselle Bourienne, who, he said, was the only person really attached to him.

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  • Of a fourth opinion the most conspicuous representative was the Tsarevich, who could not forget his disillusionment at Austerlitz, where he had ridden out at the head of the Guards, in his casque and cavalry uniform as to a review, expecting to crush the French gallantly; but unexpectedly finding himself in the front line had narrowly escaped amid the general confusion.

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  • The first to speak was General Armfeldt who, to meet the difficulty that presented itself, unexpectedly proposed a perfectly new position away from the Petersburg and Moscow roads.

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  • Unexpectedly, in the middle of the service, and not in the usual order Natasha knew so well, the deacon brought out a small stool, the one he knelt on when praying on Trinity Sunday, and placed it before the doors of the sanctuary screen.

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  • But such undercurrents still existed among the people and gathered new forces ready to manifest themselves just as strangely, unexpectedly, and at the same time simply, naturally, and forcibly.

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  • But this he was unable to do, for he received tidings that the French had unexpectedly advanced, and had barely time to remove his own family and valuables from his estate.

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  • While listening to these love stories his own love for Natasha unexpectedly rose to his mind, and going over the pictures of that love in his imagination he mentally compared them with Ramballe's tales.

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  • His relaxed style immediately landed in television 's top 20, giving Ralph Kramden and company unexpectedly strong competition.

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  • The hot and airless weather made everyone uncomfortable after our air conditioner broke unexpectedly.

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  • If your doctor has scheduled a Caesarean birth for the delivery of your baby, you will not experience any of the above labor stages unless you unexpectedly enter labor earlier than the date of your surgery.

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  • Often, premature babies arrive too soon and quite unexpectedly.

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  • While other people may fall back on easy standbys, you can find an unexpectedly perfect gift.

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  • Include a thermal blanket in case temperatures drop unexpectedly.

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  • Even much loved pets may unexpectedly bite when they are in pain or feel threatened.

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  • Unexpected interest rate increases - Cardholders stated that the interest rates for their cards were unexpectedly increased without notice.

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  • It can give your workspace an unexpectedly stylish look, or put your creative skills to use and give your "new" furniture a facelift.

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  • The result is unexpectedly adventurous and unlike anything else out there.

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  • Puppy Center revolves around a pet salon worker that is in charge of taking care of all the puppies that come in after her parents must leave town unexpectedly.

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  • If the ski binding is too loose, the ski may unexpectedly let go.

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  • The point is to make it clear that the marriage has already occurred but at the same time not offend anyone who may receive the news unexpectedly.

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  • These celebrity deaths are only a small percentage of those stars who have died unexpectedly.

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  • Her life was turned upside down by the arrival of her celebrity sister, Faith (played by Ripa), who was a soap opera star unexpectedly killed off by her evil twin.

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  • It is always tragic when someone so young dies unexpectedly.

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  • When actor Heath Ledger unexpectedly died, it's needless to say that not only were the fans of the actor stunned, but so too were many Hollywood actors.

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  • In modern stories, the dog often appears unexpectedly in the road, startling unsuspecting motorists.

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  • This sensor will prevent anyone from being trapped should the garage door close unexpectedly.

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  • Quite literally, these were clothes worn by athletes that grew in popularity and unexpectedly transitioned to the layman's wardrobe.

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  • This is very important, as babies' temperatures can rise and fall unexpectedly.

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  • Often considered the "new neutral," red is one of those colors that unexpectedly seems to pair well with almost anything.

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  • Women as young as 31 may enter menopause quite unexpectedly, while women in their early 50s may think they've reached menopause only to be surprised to learn their period stopped because they are expecting a "change of life" baby.

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  • This is great news if you happen to lose your glasses or break them unexpectedly.

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  • Being aware of ride surroundings, such as whether or not the train may move unexpectedly.

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  • The other player may take a long time to complete their move or they may unexpectedly lose their Internet connection.

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  • Another tip is to make sure you set the game to "autosave" so that if you die unexpectedly, you will not have to go too far back on a level.

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  • Just don't go climbing up the Empire State Building unexpectedly!

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  • On others, you may find that the operating system or user interface "freezes" unexpectedly.

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  • Symptoms that occur unexpectedly suggest a blood vessel or seizure problem.

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  • The rapid, uncontrolled muscle contraction, or spasm, happens unexpectedly, with either no stimulation or some trivially small one.

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  • Other babies may exhibit confusing patterns such as crying unexpectedly after being held or displaying odd, dazed expressions.

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  • One of the reasons doctors don't try to pinpoint your exact conception date is that ovulation can occur unexpectedly.

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  • While the majority of teens find themselves pregnant unexpectedly, some teens make plans to become premature parents.

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  • A few key guidelines can prepare you for an unassisted birth at home, should the situation arise unexpectedly.

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  • If the baby moves unexpectedly during the procedure, it's possible for him to get pricked by the needle.

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  • You may experience a wave of nausea roll over you unexpectedly.

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  • We know that this can be difficult to do, especially when the doorbell or telephone rings unexpectedly, but it is precisely times like these when you need to be most vigilant.

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  • Most women know ahead of time if their "monthly visitor" is on its way, however for younger girls or for those instances where Mother Nature shows up unexpectedly, you want to be prepared.

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  • Some lessons are merely meant to help participants learn the basics of swimming by mastering useful skills that will help anyone enjoy the water or save themselves should they fall into a body of water unexpectedly.

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  • In ground alarms use the same technology to alert home owners when something has unexpectedly entered the water.

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  • The Snuggie is yet another in a long, long series of trends that take off unexpectedly and are massively popular despite a flurry of derision.

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  • Babydoll sweaters are also adorable options for fall and winter, and they also add an unexpectedly fresh element to a season when fashion is unavoidably more sedate and serious.

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  • A short-sleeve women's cashmere cardigan is one of those pieces that works unexpectedly well in almost any wardrobe.

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  • Relationships can change quickly and unexpectedly.

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  • You can give a gift for a special occasion, or make it an even bigger surprise by giving the gift unexpectedly.

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  • If your new boyfriend is your best friend, he won't unexpectedly introduce an ex-wife or child to you.

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  • Slip little notes of love in his suitcase, lunch, briefcase, pillow, car, wallet, or shirt pocket where he will find them unexpectedly to remind him of your affections.

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  • Unexpectedly, outsiders starting visiting.

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  • When Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly in the same place at the time same time again, the two former lovers try to date while their all-too-different social tiers deal with the fallout.

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  • Add to that the initial shock, surprise or even terror of unexpectedly seeing a huge ape-like creature, and you can understand why there isn't any better photographic evidence.

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  • They are also great to keep tucked away in the glove compartment of your car for use when you are unexpectedly stuck in traffic.

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  • Getting the cheapest last-minute airfare is important when your holiday plans suddenly change, you have a family emergency or have to travel unexpectedly for any reason.

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  • The combination was unexpectedly stunning, and the heels helped add some sophistication to a youthful outfit.

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  • Convenient because it's an easy web address to remember and accessible anywhere you can find an Internet connection, many fans catch up on episodes while traveling or when they unexpectedly can't be at home during airing.

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  • Jane is the size 16 attorney who is ensouled by the size two blonde, Deb Dobkins after both women die unexpectedly.

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  • Denise unexpectedly gets pregnant and goes into labor while she's on the phone with Jeremy.

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  • Not only that, but when someone shows up at your door unexpectedly what do you do?

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  • The light can change quickly and it may become windy or raining unexpectedly.

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  • Set rules regarding whether or not other teens who weren't invited can drop in unexpectedly.

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  • Not only may you unexpectedly click with a certain show or production team, but being cast on one MTV show may lead to being cast on others, including your top choice.

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  • When relatives or friends drop in from out of town unexpectedly, it's almost impossible not to be caught off guard.

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  • White patches on skin may cause some alarm, if only because they typically appear very suddenly and unexpectedly.

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  • Adrienne didn't see or hear from Brandon again until Friday, when he showed up unexpectedly and started packing clothes.

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  • When the dreaded exit occurred, it happened so quickly and unexpectedly that there was no time for proper good-byes—if such biddings exist.

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  • His large hand was unexpectedly gentle as it settled on her neck over where the demon bit her.

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  • On the 22nd of December 1873, however, he unexpectedly created twelve cardinals, and subsequently proceeded to nominate a number of bishops.

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  • No serious mutinies have ever occurred in the Italian army, and the only results of the propaganda were occasional meetings of hoohgans, where Hervist sentiments were expressed and applauded, and a few minor disturbances among reservists unexpectedly called back to the colors.

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  • Ayala was nominated to the post of president of congress shortly before his death, which occurred unexpectedly on the 30th of January 1879.

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  • A few years later (1553) he found unexpectedly a different route for communication with the West.

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  • This grandiose project was unexpectedly destroyed by the energetic resistance of Japan, who had ear-marked the Hermit Kingdom for herself, and who declared plainly that she would never tolerate the exclusive influence of Russia in Manchuria.

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  • In April 1793 he unexpectedly received tidings of the death of Lady Sheffield; and the motive of friendship thus supplied combined with the pressure of public events to urge him homewards.

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  • However, he found a friend in Bestuzhev's supplanter, Michael Vorontsov, and when in 1760 he was unexpectedly appointed the governor of the little grand duke Paul, his influence was assured.

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  • The terms were on the whole unexpectedly favourable to Austria.

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  • In 747 Carloman unexpectedly abdicated, became a monk, and retired to a monastery near Rome, subsequently founding on Mt Soracte the monastery of St Silvester.

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  • In the elections of 1828 the new party proved unexpectedly strong, and after this year it practically superseded the National Republican party in New York.

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  • While abundant warning of the caving-in of the workings is thus given in advance it may happen that men are unexpectedly imprisoned by the closing of the main passage ways.

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  • He executed many rapid marches and counter-marches, assaulting isolated bodies of the enemy unexpectedly, and harassing them continually.

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  • In January 1737, Potter was unexpectedly appointed to succeed Wake in the see of Canterbury.

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  • She had exhausted every art of diplomatic obstruction to the aggressive action of France; her counterstroke to the unexpectedly easy victory of the French arms was the formal recognition of the revolted colonies as independent states.

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  • At the beginning of the war the attitude of the nationalities of the Austrian Empire was somewhat unexpectedly loyal to the state.

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  • The situation has had some analogy to that of France from 1815 to 1860, when similarly a highly restrictive system established during a period of war was unexpectedly retained long after peace had been established.

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  • At Wilmington the British general faced a serious problem, the solution of which upon his own responsibility unexpectedly led to the close of the war within seven months.

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  • At a short distance from that city they unexpectedly encountered the Vitellian troops.

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  • He managed to get more money than his father could ever get, and at one of his diets won the hearts of the whole assembly by unexpectedly appearing before them in the simple grey coat of a Masovian squire.

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  • At the moment when Lesseps had secured the signing of a treaty with the Roman Republic permitting peaceful occupation of the city by the French army, he was peremptorily recalled and Oudinot was as unexpectedly ordered to take the city by storm.

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  • Soon his discourses exercised a potent influence on learned and unlearned alike; and, although he restricted himself, as indeed was principally his custom through life, to the inculcation of practical righteousness, and the censure of clamant abuses, a rumour of his heretical tendencies reached the bishop of Ely, who resolved to become unexpectedly one of his audience.

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  • Keep a sharp look-out for cold snaps, as they come very unexpectedly in November, and many plants are lost thereby.

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  • Great as were these results, they did not satisfy the aspirations of patriotic Germans, who, having so suddenly and so unexpectedly approached unity, longed that the work should be completed.

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  • The 21st Lancers gallantly charged a body of 2000 dervishes which was unexpectedly met in a khor on the left flank, and drove them westward, the Lancers losing a fifth of their number in killed and wounded.

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  • A year after his marriage he had been stricken down by severe illness, from the effects of which he was never completely to recover; financial cares followed, which were relieved unexpectedly by the generosity of the hereditary prince of Holstein-Augustenburg and his minister, Graf Schimmelmann, who conferred upon him a pension of moo talers a year for three years.

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  • These women watched His burial, which was performed by a Jewish councillor, to whom Pilate had granted the body after the centurion had certified the reality of the unexpectedly early death.

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  • A few months after the fall of Zenobia, Palmyra revolted again; Aurelian unexpectedly returned, destroyed the city, and this time showed no mercy to the population (spring, 273).

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  • There is no real reason to doubt that the painful news fell on Moawiya unexpectedly, and that he, as mightiest representative of the Omayyad house, regarded as his own the duty of avenging the crime.

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  • Louis was thus unexpectedly brought into the line of the succession, and was only five years old when Louis XIV.

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  • Then, wholly unexpectedly, came a letter from Capo d'Istria upbraiding Ypsilanti for misusing the tsar's name, announcing that his name had been struck off the army list, and commanding him to ?ay down his arms. Ypsilanti's decision to explain away the tsar's letter could only have been justified by the success of a cause which was now hopeless.

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  • A few years later another band appeared, rising unexpectedly from the sea to sack the famous Northumbriars monastery of Lindisfarne (793).

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  • War unexpectedly broke out between Black Sea France and Prussia.

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  • But at length they came unexpectedly upon a huge rock that shut off the passage and blocked them from proceeding a single step farther.

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  • This appeared so unexpectedly that they were unprepared to take advantage of it at first, and allowed the rocky wall to swing around again before they had decided to pass over.

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  • Sometimes he would come up unexpectedly on the opposite side of me, having apparently passed directly under the boat.

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  • When I crossed Flint's Pond, after it was covered with snow, though I had often paddled about and skated over it, it was so unexpectedly wide and so strange that I could think of nothing but Baffin's Bay.

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  • The old prince did not evince the least interest during this explanation, but as if he were not listening to it continued to dress while walking about, and three times unexpectedly interrupted.

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  • Pierre, on unexpectedly becoming Count Bezukhov and a rich man, felt himself after his recent loneliness and freedom from cares so beset and preoccupied that only in bed was he able to be by himself.

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  • Only now and then detached ideas and impressions from the world of reality shot unexpectedly through his mind.

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  • The French were supposed to be a mile and a half away, but had suddenly and unexpectedly appeared just in front of us.

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  • Rostov was struck by the totally altered and unexpectedly rapturous and tender expression on Dolokhov's face.

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  • Napoleon, riding to Valuevo on the twenty-fourth, did not see (as the history books say he did) the position of the Russians from Utitsa to Borodino (he could not have seen that position because it did not exist), nor did he see an advanced post of the Russian army, but while pursuing the Russian rearguard he came upon the left flank of the Russian position--at the Shevardino Redoubt--and unexpectedly for the Russians moved his army across the Kolocha.

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  • Pierre went to the right, and unexpectedly encountered one of Raevski's adjutants whom he knew.

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  • I want peasant clothes and a pistol, said Pierre, unexpectedly blushing.

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  • She thought her life was ended, but her love for her mother unexpectedly showed her that the essence of life--love--was still active within her.

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  • Afterwards when one of the generals addressed Kutuzov asking whether he wished his caleche to be sent for, Kutuzov in answering unexpectedly gave a sob, being evidently greatly moved.

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  • In practical matters Pierre unexpectedly felt within himself a center of gravity he had previously lacked.

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  • Chance puts the Duc d'Enghien in his hands and unexpectedly causes him to kill him--thereby convincing the mob more forcibly than in any other way that he had the right, since he had the might.

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  • In the session of 1907 he introduced an Irish Councils bill, a sort of half-way house to Home Rule; but it was unexpectedly repudiated by a Nationalist convention in Dublin and the bill was promptly withdrawn.

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  • Disappointed of this last hope, and moved by the despairing appeals of his sister Ulrica and the senate to return to Sweden while there was still a Sweden to return to, he quitted Demotika on the 20th of September 1714, and attended by a single squire arrived unexpectedly at midnight, on the 11th of November, at Stralsund, which, excepting Wismar, was now all that remained to him on German soil.

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  • The Sienese government conceived hopes of gaining possession of the city of Arezzo, which was first occupied by Durazzo's men, and then by Enguerrand de Coucy for Louis of Anjou; but while the Sienese were nourishing dreams of conquest the French general unexpectedly sold the city to the Florentines, whose negotiations had been conducted with marvellous ability and despatch (1384)..

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  • Christendom would welcome gladly the intelligence of a counterpoise arising so unexpectedly to the Mahommedan power; while the statements of the letter itself combined a reference to and corroboration of all the romantic figments concerning Asia which already fed the curiosity of Europe, which figured in the world-maps, and filled that fabulous history of Alexander which for nearly a thousand years supplanted the real history of the Macedonian throughout Europe and western Asia.

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  • He unexpectedly gained the accession of many Jews by race who were indifferent to the religious aspect of Judaism, but he quite failed to convince the leaders of Jewish thought, who from first to last remained (with such conspicuous exceptions as Nordau and Zangwill) deaf to his pleading.

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  • He had organized another counterstroke for the 6th, to be led by Kaulbars, but this collapsed unexpectedly after a brief but severe fight.

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  • His brother Gaston survived him, but gave unexpectedly little trouble during the wars of the Fronde which ensued on the death of Louis XIII.

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  • The news of that battle of Tarutino, unexpectedly received by Napoleon at a review, evoked in him a desire to punish the Russians (Thiers says), and he issued the order for departure which the whole army was demanding.

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  • Petya was as musical as Natasha and more so than Nicholas, but had never learned music or thought about it, and so the melody that unexpectedly came to his mind seemed to him particularly fresh and attractive.

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  • Hildebrand, now pope as Gregory VII., next summoned him to Rome, and, in a synod held there in 1078, tried once more to obtain a declaration of his orthodoxy by means of a confession of faith drawn up in general terms; but even this strong-minded and strong-willed pontiff was at length forced to yield to the demands of the multitude and its leaders; and in another synod at Rome (1079), finding that he was only endangering his own position and reputation, he turned unexpectedly upon Berengar and commanded him to confess that he had erred in not teaching a change as to substantial reality of the sacramental bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.

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  • The thought was unexpectedly disturbing.

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  • He often fell asleep unexpectedly in the daytime, but at night, lying on his bed without undressing, he generally remained awake thinking.

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  • She had fallen ill unexpectedly a few days previously, had missed several gatherings of which she was usually ornament, and was said to be receiving no one, and instead of the celebrated Petersburg doctors who usually attended her had entrusted herself to some Italian doctor who was treating her in some new and unusual way.

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  • His death came very unexpectedly, after an injury in a local cricket match.

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