| I found the whole process rather unsatisfactory as it took a number of minutes to quieten the class so the lecture could begin. |
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| She desperately needed sleep and hoped that the partygoers outside would eventually quieten. |
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| Even if that does not quieten the little gannets, it may make you feel less like tearing your hair out during the 78 shopping days we have left. |
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| It took a long time to quieten his irrational paranoia. |
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| Patsy and Cloe try their best to quieten the distressed animals. |
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| Neighbours and friends who visited Pamela's home yesterday recited prayers and a decade of the rosary in a bid to quieten the restless spirit. |
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| In a subsequent document, drafted to quieten critics, Paris clearly avoided targeting Roma. |
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| I try to quieten her screeches of laughter by shaking her, to no avail. |
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| The prankster was quickly rumbled, however, and forced to quieten down by the arrival of some heavy-looking official bruisers. |
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| They only quieten down after the City players move over to the opposite wing to continue their warm-up. |
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| In approximately four years' time, however, the construction boom will quieten down. |
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| Quiet children help to quieten down a lively child, whereas lively children may be a distraction. |
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| As the economy rebounds and public outrage subsides, the clamour for change will quieten. |
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| I try to discover the steps of the Lord in what one lives, I wonder, I question myself, I value, I quieten myself, I try to understand. |
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| This is a chance to leave the bustle of everyday life behind, quieten the mind and practice introspection. |
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| Fresh, straight, long and balanced on the palate, this wine can quieten during two years before serving it with a trout and almonds or oysters. |
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| With a single gesture he can awaken, underscore or quieten this or that voice, this or that group of voices. |
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| Pippa is facing renewed pressure from the palace to quieten down and behave like a good girl. |
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| He took his seat on the stool and waited for the crowd to quieten. |
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| If you can quieten the Paris crowd you have half the battle won and they proved themselves magnanimous in defeat by giving the Scots a rousing cheer at the final whistle. |
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| To quieten down the howling, countries set up panels of academics to discuss the controversies. |
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| The close bodily contact gives it a feeling of security, and the gentle movements quieten it. |
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| His steady performances have managed to quieten the clamour that was hitherto building for the inclusion of the younger Marcelo, who looks to have cemented his first-team place at Real Madrid. |
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| This Australian musician offers with The Hour of Separation his seventh album. This disc refutes however all assumptions, far from the rock of a forty years old musican quieten by the experience which we could expect. |
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| Many western firms fear this expansion will cut into their profits. Perhaps with Mr Chernomyrdin's return to power, the row between the government and the energy bosses will quieten down. |
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| Certainly, there is also a sombre element to a story about a man hoping to solve a problem largely caused by human greed, yet unable to quieten his own appetites. |
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| They do quieten down, but not necessarily when you'll be wanting to sleep. |
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| Things quieten down after Dietikon, the Reppisch gurgles peacefully along, occasionally drowned out by the thunder of army artillery fire. Turk's cap lilies and bitter cress blossom on the Albis slopes. |
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| The advertising debate had appeared to quieten down until early 1999, when several prominent American conservatives joined with longtime liberal critics of commercialism in schools. |
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| The session leader needs the teacher's help to quieten everyone down. |
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