He did not sound like a player ready to hand the baton to the 24-year-old Serb.
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Although the Doctor is ready to hand over Jex to the gunslinger, Amy gives him a talking-to, and he instead defends Jex.
The European Commission said it was ready to hand over data about airline passengers with the United States after Washington offered "adequate" privacy safeguards.
But not all were ready to hand Sony the console-wars victory.
For many years, I worked in professional kitchens where the Robot-Coupe, a big red and white plastic monster of a food processor, was always ready at hand.
And as Keegan walked off with a chorus of catcalls ringing in his ears after England's dismal effort, he was ready to hand his resignation to shocked FA officials.
It was no coincidence, perhaps, that Mr Berlusconi then seemed to find fresh enthusiasm for the rough and tumble of political life - having previously hinted that he, too, was ready to hand over to a younger man.
But with the calls for excluding even large depositors from bail-ins, it also underscores how governments aren't quite ready to hand off control over how to protect their voters' savings, even if it comes at the expense of these voters' taxes.
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On July 8, 2010, when LeBron made his announcement on a dorky, drawn-out, one-hour ESPN extravaganza with Jim Gray, many pundits immediately were ready to hand the 2011 NBA title to the Heat because of the Big Three of LeBron, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
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Constraints include a lack of on-hand ready-to-build lots (the price of pre-developed land lots has skyrocketed), tight lending standards for small to mid-sized builders, and a notable shortage of construction workers since tradesmen fled the city several years ago and have not returned.
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He had his rosaries in his hand, ready for the pope to bless them.
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Immediately upon graduation, newly minted doctors arrive, diplomas in hand, ready to take up their resident duties.
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It seemed like landscapers stood by, blowers in hand, ready to catch the leaves as they fell from the stately maple trees on campus.
In a warning to Israel earlier this week, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said his militia "is ready and has its hand on the trigger" in the event of an Israeli attack on any targets in Lebanon.
G7 leaders appear ready to lend a helping hand to Japan as it attempts to stabilize its economy, financial markets, and currency.
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More men were having to cook for themselves and ready meal producers were on hand to make it as easy for them as possible.
Notebook and pencil were in hand, I was ready to grab any trends, cliches and buzzwords I could get.
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So in late 1997, when the navy began dredging 9m cubic yards of sand from San Diego harbour, a ready-made solution seemed at hand: the dredgings would more than replace the beach sand lost over the past decade.
That is one of the reasons why Italian cooks are often compared to designers: On one hand you have the heritage of great ready-to-eat products like pizza, mozzarella, Parmesan, Parma ham, then on the other hand people like me.
With snowploughs, shovels and smartphones to hand, the city is ready for the stormy blast.
"We have the right solution in hand, and we are ready to go, " he added.
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Unfortunately, Scott, despite his outgoing personality, was petrified of getting up onstage, and, despite his reputation as a cannon, his sleight-of-hand skills were not audience-ready.
Yet, on the other hand, they must also be ready for the mayhem that could ensue if, out of the blue, some radical (disruptive) technology were suddenly to rewrite the rules and render their company irrelevant.
OEMs, on the other hand, can take advantage of these ready-made apps and offer them to their customers in an instant.
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Calzaghe's camp confirmed to BBC Sport that the unbeaten Welshman has injured his right hand in training and will not be ready in time.
Then I shook his hand and let a chat flow, ready to leave him alone if it seemed I was getting on his nerves.
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On the other hand, many Samoans may not be ready for a head of state who is not drawn from the ranks of top chieftains.
The blacksmith had the ramrod out and he was shoving it into the muzzle, pumping and pumping and pumping furiously, his hand already on the trigger, and he was ready to fire, strangely calm with the tiger there, almost on him, its whiskers so close and surprisingly bright and rigid.
But with a reminder of his achievements and a warning of what may happen without his hand at the tiller, Mahathir is getting the voters ready.
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