His clothes did not fit well. And he had a plain face, one which many thought was ugly.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

She was an insecure person. She did not think she had the ability to do an important job.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

But he was happy it did. Now he had time to prepare his men for battle.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

The attack was so quick that the audience did not know what had happened.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

It was always a day that my mother did all the cooking. And we had turkey and I got to chop the vegetables for the dressing.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

And that we did not believe that enough was being done to make sure that no one had impunity from prosecution,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

"We had a new strain of flu. We did not really know that its lethality was going to be.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh said Friday the spill was larger than had been reported but did not say exactly how much oil was shed.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

Just last month,Mr.Blair was asked in a BBC interview what he would have done if he had known that Saddam did not hold any weapons of mass destruction in 2003.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

"I had hoped for more," "Certainly the tone was nice, but it just did not seem to me that on the issue of policies he really learned a great deal in the last couple of week.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28