Just as the Chelsea fans were beginning to direct their frustration at Ancelotti, their prayers were answered with the opening goal.

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My prayers were answered.

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He had even prayed for Sunday not to come, though his prayers were never answered.

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Their prayers were finally answered in the late 1850s after Commodore Perry's gunboats opened Japan to Westerners.

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The greatest sight is the kavadi carriers, the devotees who subject themselves to seemingly masochistic acts as fulfilment for answered prayers.

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"We are thrilled our prayers have been answered and that Molly and her companions are safe, " Gore said in a statement.

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Truman Capote would not let go on the subject and deliberately twisted the facts to savage Ann Woodward in his novel entitled Answered Prayers.

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I'd hate to think prayers weren't being answered because God was watching the Super Bowl.

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Replays did suggest referee Batres was correct to order a retake - and the prayers of Valdez, who was on his knees just outside the penalty box, were answered when Alonso saw his effort saved and Spain failed to score.

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