| On each occasion to date, the search for the unholy grail has proved more of a wild goose chase. |
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| Elliot said in a lecture in 1956 that he was sorry he sent so many people off on a wild goose chase for meanings that were not there. |
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| Just prior to the formal tour I led an unofficial tour of random colleagues from assorted units on a wild goose chase round the backstairs. |
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| I set off an a wild goose chase for corned beef and white pudding, but having no luck, I returned to the hotel for a late lunch. |
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| Trying to find decent gifts whilst fighting pushy people and time constraints is like going on a wild goose chase. |
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| People might well have argued that it was a waste of money to send Christopher Columbus on a wild goose chase. |
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| A ghostly Métis guide is convinced the students are the Columbia Brigade voyageurs and leads them on a wild goose chase. |
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| And for me to drive into the city, to the Jerrold Morris Gallery on a wild goose chase, I had no idea, but I knew that I was driven to. |
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| But the hunt stank of a wild goose chase as soon as it began. |
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| And tracking down ingredients such as tat tsoi no longer feels like a wild goose chase, since speciality foods are now stocked in many supermarkets. |
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| When we arrived at the address, a highrise near Vancouver General Hospital, we realized it was a home for senior citizens and that we were probably on a wild goose chase. |
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| Sir, again, the people in those vehicles potentially were witnesses, and never in my mind would I classify a potential witness as a wild goose chase. |
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| If we continue to believe that we need to find that one right person or that one wise individual, then we are stuck on a hopeless road of a wild goose chase. |
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| I am hard at work over here researching religious syncretism for an article that I want to write, and it has lead me on quite a wild goose chase around the internet. |
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| So, over these months, we have been on a wild goose chase. |
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| Arkady, the KGB sleeper agent who has been feeding them information, has basically sent them on a wild goose chase. |
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| In fact, the defendant was leading the police on a wild goose chase. |
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| So what possessed Shapiro to undertake this wild goose chase? |
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| It is estimated that approximately 25 million Internet users have been sent on a wild goose chase with the so-called 'Rickrolling', where users are unwittingly diverted to his comic dance video. |
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