He grumbled, but eventually he accepted this new reality.

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After we landed, the farmer we met grumbled that he had to drill his well deeper each year so he could grow more rice in the dry lands.

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Mr Jobs grumbled that he had been forced to introduce FairPlay by the majors, which would not otherwise have sold their music through Apple's iTunes, the leading online music store.

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Still, the Nobel was good to have, and in 1995 he was awarded the Cervantes prize, which he had coveted and grumbled that it had come along rather late in the day.

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"I think that things are going to start taking off in the very near future, " he said, noting that some of his clients have grumbled about the slowness of the process.

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This, voters grumbled, felt like your lawyer telling you to sign a contract he has not read.

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