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I testified merely eight feet from this monster at a preliminary hearing.

So I begin polishing, Boyle begins to make preliminary drawings, and things are buzzing.

Hitchcock has a few preliminary ideas for camera moves, and I make a few proposals about characterization and dialogue.

Preliminary results performed by Italian authorities “have not detected any manufacturing defect,” she added.

These preliminary results give us hope that the project will succeed in the coming years.

Different lots of Wright's fluid vary, and a few preliminary stains should be made with each lot to learn its peculiarities.

The risk usually begins with the date of the policy, unless it is effected by a preliminary contract.

As he closed in on the V-shaped opening in the ridge, he slowed down, to make a preliminary survey of the country ahead.

I am to teach the theory of music, and yesterday I held the preliminary examination.

After a preliminary defeat he was elected deputy at the time when Sallenauve sent in his resignation, in 1841.