The time had come for my Zamboni ride.

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It was distracting my batting at the time so I had to come off.

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The time had come to face my fears.

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At the time, it seemed like my career-miracle had come true and that my life had changed forever.

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If I'd had more time on my hands I'd only have come up with more bright ideas of what we could do with the dish.

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Men like him had come through our house from time to time to visit my father, an Anglican bishop in a small city in the east of England.

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Suddenly all those strangers were beaming at me, and by the time I retook my seat I realized that my sincere attempt to give away my success had just come back to me many times over.

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