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Theo sat down in the one rickety chair provided in the reception area and checked his phone
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The big man began to shuffle around the counter and squeeze through the small entrance into the reception area
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I storm past the girl on reception, ignoring her polite greeting and do my best to slam the door as I leave the building … I’m thwarted by the fact the blasted thing has an automatic door closer, a fact which merely inflames my temper even more
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Another reception area … this one tastefully decorated with palm trees
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Let me explain: After one and a half month of inaction, we finally carried out a telepathy experiment which “of course” proved to be a flop! Not even one of us managed to make a close guess of the object placed on the reception table
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As soon as I arrived at the gym this afternoon, I noticed a white card on the reception desk saying “Massage from Themis
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This was much better reception from her than he had expected
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The reception office was unassuming, if not downright unattractive
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Karen’s sitting in the shade of a potted palm, leafing through one of the multi-coloured brochures which litter the low tables in our reception area
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What a surprise - Ben has done ‘nothing much’ at school ever since he left the reception class - it takes at least a week for information about any event to percolate through and every single time he swears that he told me all about it on the day
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Anna outlines her plans – ‘We’re looking at late morning at the moment, on the basis that we can have a lunchtime reception together and then Simon and I can go off to Dartmoor with Rob and his family
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Simon and I had come to the conclusion that a late morning service would be best, followed by a lunchtime reception
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‘Sally’s going to help Jane get the reception all organised at the vicarage and I had a word with Katie about the flower thing – she was up for it and we’re going to go clothes shopping in a couple of weeks
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Jim makes a great parade of escorting them from reception through to his office without explaining to anyone why they are here
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Jim dashes out into the reception area and comes back with a glass of water
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Sally and Jane will be tied up with the reception and stuff
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In her usual efficient way, Jane has got the reception all sorted out – various people have been dragooned into helping and all the food has been ordered
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It is very quiet inside … this getting married business is a serious matter, Anna … forget all the hustle and bustle of the reception and stuff … this is about the rest of your life …
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After lunch, I manage to get started on Bunty again but am interrupted just after three by the arrival of a woman in reception who wants to talk to someone about an article in the last edition
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Nice! As a result, I spend the morning on the reception desk
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Joseph hurried to the reception area and tore open the envelope
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Alex leans on the reception desk
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The girl at the reception desk had been right in her assessment
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Billy only has a few steps to go until he is safely inside the hospital reception area
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The majority of people in the main reception area are middle aged or older, which, Alex thinks, is how things should be
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I’ll meet you down in reception at 1
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I’ve produced a considerable amount of correspondence, even if the letters were all one liners … Mel’s waiting for me down in reception
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Clive House was the scene of frenetic activity from their reception of the announcement forward to the named date of the blessed union
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It was a most beautiful occasion and the reception was bacchic, by Victorian standards
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“Chloe and I are thrilled at our reception here and have an announcement
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including a reception room on the ground floor for
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Claude was still consigned to the reception room, as they
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” Harry said with certainty and a great deal of personal appreciation for the story's good reception by others
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went to reception to sign the registration forms
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I remember nothing of the bus ride home, or the reception they had for us
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I returned to the car and a silent reception
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Along Betakka, one of the hundreds of smaller, quieter business services khumes twenty stories below outdoors in the western part of the South Fastness neighborhood of downtown Zhlindu, Klowa was in his reading compartment in the loft over the reception room of the Nidon-Mlarkile Finders Union where he had a career as a full case agent
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than friendly reception, the problem had been anticipated
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also a wedding reception going on, but this one was inside
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Some of the people from the reception in the next house began to
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” The bespectacled man dressed in a light tan suit turned on his heel and turned towards the hotel reception, he turned again before opening the door
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” You are welcome to bring your credit cards or cheque books to Reception where a payment will be requested to reinstall those privileges you have been enjoying
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They went down two more flights of stairs, then down another hallway and passed another vacant reception desk
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Chrístos, our buddy at the reception of the
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In harmony with all reception
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But after the ill-mannered reception you’ve offered, we have no intention of coming near your town
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You have just the basic television antenna reception (and no big, flat-screen plasma device) with no cable or satellite hookup or other options
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The invisible Huntress backed away from the little cluster of ships and once beyond the Naud's limited scanning range, reeled them the rest of the way into the reception bay
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Stung by this reception, Chuff returned to his laboratory and basically became a recluse, working day and night to refine his theory - partly to prove himself to his colleagues, partly because he didn't get out much anyway
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The ceremonial, too, of the civil government in the colonies, upon the reception of a new governor, upon the opening of a new assembly, etc
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The sums spent upon the reception of a new viceroy of Peru, for example, have frequently been enormous
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The Elf laughed, “Nothing unsettles a Naud more than an armed reception party---even if it's just one white-haired old lady
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He walked across to the edge of the building - strangely, despite the cell tower being nearby the phone reception here was never good
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As she was about to leave the reception area, Jannson dashed out from his office, his face etched with worry
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’ She turned abruptly, left the reception room, feeling the swoosh of the air con against her face
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Inside the waiting room the impression had starkly altered; calmness created by colours and textures – something Deanna could lecture on, and it made him realise just how deliberate it was: the vast deep blue of the carpet, covering the entire area up to the reception desk, plants arranged neatly and
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At the reception desk the young woman told Raiya her new office was ready, and said, ‘Dr Heigener will be ready to see you shortly
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Detective Palman stepped through into the reception area
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She still had to make it across the lobby and past the reception desk
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Joan here, at reception
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to be met with a mere cordial reception by their audience
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„Ho, Ho, Western Culture"s got to go," whether he would have received the same reception at the University of Peking, shouting: „Ho, Ho, Eastern Culture"s got to go
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The next day I was moved into a side room and I thought my god things are looking up the next thing you knew they would be giving me a civic reception
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of downtown, then have a reception at my house in the suburb of
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over the formica counter in the basic, functional reception of L
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The gaoler lit a torch in the reception area, which cast a little light into the steel grilled cell
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On Saturday, the 18th, Governor Maxwell arrived, and he was accorded a full official reception
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The captives were marched, shortly after, to a house prepared for their reception, and the Ansahs were incarcerated in the Houssas' Guard room
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The Princes were struck dumb at their reception
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Once in the Protectorate proper we were accorded a warm reception, for the villages had just heard of Prempeh's capture, and as we passed through, the women danced and shouted, clapping their hands in transports of joy at the Ashanti king's overthrow, and various offerings of palm wine, fou-fou and plantains were always ready
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Walking the length of the corridor Gonzalez entered the reception area
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Even this early in the day a young man was sitting at the reception desk, reading a novel that was half-hidden under the counter
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Fidel Castro is coming to town! This poorly stylized villain, who for years has fed off the (romanticized) illusions conjured up by left-leaning individuals, will undoubtedly receive a warm reception in some quarters by disaffected groups whose alienated affections for this great nation have grown naturally disposed toward honoring every ideological enemy of America as some visionary liberator in their incorrectly perceived fight for ―freedom
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The auditorium at the church building was more than large enough and with a little blue decor, in no time it looked like a reception hall
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church grounds and under the black skies, I took the long train off the dress before we went to the reception
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I love you,’ Spencer held me for the brief moment that we had to ourselves on the way to the reception
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The intimate moment was interrupted by Evelyn calling for us to join the reception
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I was bored stiff of watching the guests check in or out at the reception desk, of the staff going about their duties and of the uninteresting documentaries they had on the TV channels, and I was even more bored of the hotel room I was in
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The reception room of the attorney’s office was cold and unfriendly
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We looked at the main reception and conference building directly in front of the parking area
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We entered the reception hall at the school
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He became so angry that he turned over the reception desk and kicked a stretcher that was lying on the floor beside him
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The reception was getting worse, I could hardly make out what she was saying
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There was no one at the reception desk when we walked in, so I knocked hard on the bell that was on the desk
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I entered the hotel, walked up to the reception desk and inquired about renting a room for a few hours
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The reception desk was next to a bar where some young girls who unmistakably did not have high moral standards were hanging around
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She smiled maliciously, imagining him standing at the reception desk feeling shy about speaking personally in public, and considered forcing embarrassing comments from him, but just giggled, saving him the torture
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He stationed them behind the reception counter, rifles leveled in a businesslike manner and pointing out at the front door
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Having to give up her job at the walk-in clinic, where she once earned a small salary on the reception desk; was a real blow to his wife
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Mixed up in? No, hell no, operating the damn thing! That’s just outrageous! If you could only see the gallery in the reception area of his office lined with awards for fighting drug trafficking then you’d know the absurdity
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“Yeah, that and a regiment of cavalry! Just what we needed,” I babbled, steering Smith-Barry out into the reception area, where a cluster of personages were still backed up at the entrance of the dining hall
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The First Lady will excuse herself for a few minutes later from the reception and join you shortly,� explained the Captain as he leaned back in his chair
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The First Lady then made the announcement for everyone to venture to the Red Room for the reception
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When she strolled out again into the reception area the secretary greeted her with brochures on several charities
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The President and First Lady left the library to rejoin their guests at the reception
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He cheered up a little at this reception to his conversational gambit
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�The bride's father pays for the reception, so let's invite as many as we wish
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We had a hot reception waiting
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In fact, they didn’t go to the office at all the first day Truman was in town, they went to his middle daughter’s second son’s first Holy Communion reception
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We were preparing a hot reception