| In the eighteenth century lorgnettes and quizzing glasses became elegant accessories of upper-class dress and fashion began to influence design. |
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| The teacher has handed out worksheets describing the weapons and siege engines which could have been used, and she is quizzing pupils about them. |
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| She does not look at people, she regards them, as though quizzing them at a ball through a pair of lorgnettes. |
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| The nation's general dimness cannot be remedied with a week's worth of quizzing. |
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| Lowe and Bowen spend as much time asking me about media and politics as I do quizzing them about the art of movie-making. |
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| Mug up on quizzing staples: longest rivers, regnal years and FA Cup finalists. |
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| Martin said police would also be quizzing local golfers at a course near Brinsbury Park, as well as visitors to a vintage vehicle rally at Pulborough. |
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| The conference also featured sports, mini-concerts, and a quizzing contest between the churches present. |
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| They see their systems as constantly evolving, quizzing consultants about new and upcoming features. |
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| There is no need to make up duplicate cards for quizzing all three parts of a word. |
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| Beyond the door Matron was ticking Bentham off for leaving Thomas alone and the other nurses were gathering, quizzing each other and expressing dismay. |
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| He begins to meet people, quizzing them, transcribing the answers to his questions. |
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| Children have been firing questions to their new friends by email, quizzing them on how long it takes to get to class and what a typical school meal is made up of. |
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| The gently mocked iPhone commercial featuring Zooey Deschanel quizzing Siri spawned a wildly popular Twitter spoof. |
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| After quizzing councillors on their degree of loyalty towards the Magpies, the council's lawyers have told eight of them not to vote when Sir John's plans come for approval. |
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| The census does not pry that far, but the Office for National Statistics announced on December 4th that it would begin quizzing people about their sexuality next year in six of its regular surveys. |
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| The idea of quizzing people in controlled settings about actual or hypothetical decisions, then coming to conclusions about the way they make them, goes back a long way. |
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| Avoid quizzing them about what made them feel depressed. |
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| The schoolmarm came to an abrupt stop in her arithmetic quizzing, her face set into a pruny scowl that looked to be permanent. |
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| The nights before big exams were usually spent with Fabrizio and Federico quizzing me on the fundamentals and providing shortcuts to a better understanding of their language. |
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| A copy of the Election Questionnaire is being sent to all MPs and candidates, and 10,000 copies have been mailed to EGALE members and supporters across the country for use in quizzing their local candidates. |
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| Such a turnout and participants of this calibre makes quizzing a wonderful experience for quizmasters. |
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| So we're going to the front line: meeting up with the best and observing them, quizzing them and gaining a better understanding of them on your behalf. |
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| Scott Bearse, a retail expert with Deloitte Consulting in Boston, Massachusetts, has led projects observing and quizzing tens of thousands of customers about how they feel about shopping. |
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