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We waited through the long silences and then nodded when he coughed, in collegial approval.
NEWYORKER: Midnight in Dostoevsky
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The queen paused, and then nodded and extended her arm.
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She gazed into my eyes for what seemed a long time, and then she nodded.
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He smiled, he thought and then he nodded his head vigorously.
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Striker Berbatov was denied by a last-ditch tackle from Gael Givet and then he nodded down Valencia's curling cross from the right, but Paul Robinson was equal to it and tipped it over the bar.
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Suchen nodded and then shook her head.
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Forest twice almost levelled when Morgan nodded over and then Luke Steele saved well from Earnshaw, but it was Barnsley who scored again when Trippier got away down the right and outfoxed Cohen before crossing for Gray to head home.
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Then he slowly nodded and for a moment his eyes seemed to swell.
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In the middle of his statement, Mr. Bush turned to see Mr. Gore approaching, paused for a beat, then nodded at Mr. Gore and smiled, evoking titters from the audience.
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Harley laughed again, then he saw how serious she looked and he nodded.
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He nodded towards the pain inflicted by storm Sandy and then moved on to the stump speech that anyone who has attended more than one rally knows so well - the five-point plan, the anecdote about the US flag rescued from the space shuttle Challenger disaster, the dully-delivered homilies about the need for change.
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Peter Crouch nodded Spurs ahead from Gareth Bale's cross and the striker and Tom Huddlestone then hit the woodwork.
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Then along came Parmalat, as if to remind everyone that the dragons of corporate malfeasance and fraud had only nodded off, not left.
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