He followed a straight-driven four with a hook for six, but got a little carried away and cut the next one straight to gully.

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Still, parents sometimes get a little carried away with their generosity.

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But sometimes the spirit can get a little carried away.

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"When people get a little carried away, they forget how all their guests may feel, " says Ms. Post, referring to wedding registries that might include such things as farm animals, honey bees and even manure.

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In the nineties and around the turn of the millennium, some of the clever idea people in very prestigious firms got a little carried away and figured out a way to essentially create basis out of thin air, which would mean that nobody with substantial capital gains would ever have to pay tax on them again.

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"I think we got a little bit carried away to be honest, " England Number Eight Tom Wood said.

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Had the Hagel affair been the result of a new and inexperienced Senator getting a little too carried away, it would be one thing.

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