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1 Berger hesitated only a second before she said: We had a story .
2 In the following year she had a story in the Atlantic Monthly.
3 He too had a story to tell: but who would believe it?
4 I wish now that I had a story to capture her attention.
5 They had a story to tell, and I'm glad I read it.
6 I started thinking that each of these dogs had a story too.
7 It's true enough he now had a story fit for a king.
8 Those lips had a story to tell and I was all ears.
9 Everyone had a story to tell and time to tell it.
10 Everyone had a story to tell about Papa, memories they wanted to offer.
11 We had a story and we should have stuck with it.
12 The two messengers had a story of absorbing interest to tell.
13 Feral had a story - he always did-ifhe was stopped by someone.
14 Every heap of stones had a story , and Nimble Dick told them all.
15 I had a story ready to account for my being there.
16 Everyone in our village had a story of lost relatives, including my own family.
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