Already, however, she is conspicuous enough for a good old-fashioned British dressing-down. |
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But it didn't matter, he was still rude, and still going to get a dressing-down. |
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Yesterday, I asked my man-servant to bring forth the telephone-device, so that I could give my idiot spendthrift son a stern dressing-down. |
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He is the minister who was subjected to a public dressing-down not long ago regarding the conduct of economic policy. |
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But a dressing-down from him was something that would be etched in anyone's memory, still fresh after 40 years. |
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I was forced to endure this schoolmaster's dressing-down despite being innocent of any of the alleged conduct. |
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Once they'd been on the wrong end of a dressing-down in front of the other players they didn't ever want it to happen again. |
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Reports suggest he has had occasion to shed the gentlemanly demeanour and give miscreants a good dressing-down. |
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Did I deserve this dressing-down, or is someone indulging in an egotistical rant? |
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It isn't long before the company's inspector soon gives him a real dressing-down. |
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While one player may be invigorated by a brisk dressing-down, another may be demoralised and unwilling to give his best for a boss who doesn't seem to appreciate his talents. |
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Young medical staff who bare their midriffs got a dressing-down yesterday. |
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However, Landry was laid-back about the public dressing-down. |
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Angela delivers a dressing-down that is fierce but remarkably subtle. |
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A handful of big firms that had shown sympathy for Welfare got a dressing-down. |
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They applauded heartily when a government minister introduced him with a lengthy dressing-down. |
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He got us together at the hotel and gave us a right dressing-down. |
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That letter led to Mr. Ding's dressing-down of the attach?1 days later. |
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When she told her boss that she was quitting, he gave her a dressing-down. |
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A dressing-down for not marching in formation? |
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To many, it seemed a public dressing-down for Mr Duisenberg. |
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We will debate it with him and we will give him a dressing-down. |
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