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1 But, says the WMO, there may be a sting in the tale.
2 But there could be a sting in the tail, he said.
3 They are free to reject it, but if they do so there could be a sting in the tail.
4 Maude continued; she had a habit of putting forth a sting on occasion, or what she hoped might be a sting .
5 For Theo Walcott, though, there always seems to be a sting in the tale and the pundit Alan Hansen provided it on Saturday night.
6 There was a stinging truth in some of the things she said.
7 It was a stinging night, and the moon was at the full.
8 There was a sting to the flakes which made them rather disagreeable.
9 There is a sting hidden in the honey of such praise.
10 He wants me without reservation or calculation. There was a sting in this.
11 If there was a sting in this reply, Eloise refused to recognize it.
12 You come back a hero, but there 's a sting in it.
13 Once there was a stinging sensation, as if he were receiving the transfusion.
14 But there was a sting , when Oscar made his dramatic entrance.
15 He does finally score, only to discover there 's a sting in his tail.
16 It 's awfully funny-andyet there 's a sting in it, too, somehow.
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