The sober person will bear witness to all the messy foibles of your evening. |
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Some writers are members of the tin-foil hat brigade, but others provide sober analysis of the election results that raise disturbing questions. |
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For this he needs courage above all, and a sober, clearheaded approach to sport, to his own fame and that of others. |
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They are political or philosophical, merrily inebriate or sententiously sober. |
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Better get back to toking and drinking, Jeff, if this is what you come up with sober. |
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The rentable sober drivers ride scooters that are collapsible, so that they fit into car trunks. |
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He is a man on the edge of a mental abyss, a soul tortured by events in his past he dare not confront when sober. |
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His expression was perfectly sober, and he didn't sound anything but serious. |
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Anyone undertaking a sober assessment of our drug and alcohol laws would conclude that they are thoroughly inconsistent. |
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You must be relatively sober or they'll discount the act as drunken foolishness. |
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Inside, the library has something of the sober, purposeful and hand-crafted feel of a ship of the line of Nelson's time. |
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I was actually sober as a judge most of the time, just got bit twisted on this particular day. |
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I laid in bed last night, totally sober, praying for alcohol to fall out of the sky and into my mouth. |
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The classroom, painted in its sober colours of beige and black, is half-full. |
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The first thing that he needed was a trustworthy driver, who could be relied on to stay sober. |
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A sober brick building, unpretentious in scale and design, lies modestly low among lawns at the end of a road with playing fields on either side. |
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Fabrics embellished with elegant cuts, graceful falls and rich hues to gracious and sober tones are those best suited for the special occasions. |
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It was weird being the only sober one amongst the completely bladdered players. |
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The tour was fascinating for those of us that remained sober enough to care. |
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Allen's little book is a sober analysis of the issues and problems involved in hiving off a new Balmain Council. |
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Trust me, I've been around a few drunks and being sober and standing there trying to understand what they are saying is hard enough. |
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The confession made by the appellant on the morning of the murder, when he was calm, sober and explicit, stands uncontradicted. |
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When I saw him at Yankee Stadium, he was as sober as a judge and pitched one of the greatest games of his life. |
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The uniforms may have been replaced by sober suits, but the buzzcuts and the brightly polished shoes remained. |
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Nice to see I'm not the only one who gets all mushy and sappy despite my reputation for sober and cynical thinking. |
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I've been sober for ten years, had small children and know the guilt and how that can eat you up so hang in there. |
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It doesn't worry me now if I'm watching people getting drunk, while I'm as sober as a judge. |
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There was an act to match every taste, and even sober joes like myself could enjoy smoothies, fruit juices, chais and coffees. |
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They are dull, slow, sober and fearful characters with a weak pulse and a cowardly, slothful disposition. |
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This sober attitude is needed, for the negative impact of a local government's financial instability will definitely have a national bearing. |
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Anna sneaks us onto the tube with her pass, something I would never do when sober. |
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She admits that the only thing she ever did sober was rehearse, and she gave up drinking only after a near-death experience in a diabetic coma. |
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The important information is that while he may have gone off the rails in the past, he's clean and sober now. |
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They provide a careful, sober assessment of the biological story in all its complexity. |
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Much alcohol was consumed, yet I have a ridiculously high alcohol tolerance so remained very sober. |
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Detectives said she had consumed only a small amount of alcohol and had been sober at the end of the evening. |
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Also if I had had some sober time and took a shot of junk, I immediately began spiralling down into the dope slavery of everyday use. |
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I got my bearings reasonably quickly, though, despite spending more time drunk than sober in the city centre. |
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He is positively glowing with self-righteous zeal beside his equally sober betrothed. |
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The party started as a sober event but that's boring, so now, like so many keggers, it is riddled with intoxicants. |
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The commander's approach was sufficient to sober down the concerned group, which quickly waved the white flag. |
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When I'm not working, I go out for lavish lunches with my friends, drink too much, and spend the afternoons trying to sober up. |
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The authorities now react to alleged threats with the worst-case outcome in mind, rather than taking a sober assessment of a situation. |
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She was intending to leave him there to sober up and come back to his senses. |
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Two were taken to Tauranga police station to sober up before being released. |
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The coverage was serious, it was sober, it was comprehensive, and the press really seemed in tune with the surge of patriotism in the country. |
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With slow tempos predominating, they are sober, even solemn works, but hardly funereal, and never monotonous. |
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Come 1986 when I was sober and I was out of the business and I was 18-years-old, you bet I worried about it. |
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Cheered but still sober, we head for the Monkey Bar, a more stylish and youthful venue in a Bath Street basement. |
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You'd have to wait till you sober up to drive OR wait for someone to drive you! |
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Well, I had to get my beer drinking done quickly, so that I could sober up soon enough to return the van. |
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Now sober and straight, I can assuredly state that that doesn't seem like quite the best decision. |
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They were lodged in cells, allowed to sober up, issued public intoxication tags and driven back to their residence. |
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Sunday mornings were solemn, and worship, although often grand and glorious, was also serious and sober. |
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He started trying to make fun of me, but since he was drunk and I was pretty sober, it was easy to playfully zing him right back and shut him up. |
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He had grown his intellectual ego, by learning the art of retrospection and sober second thought. |
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His performance provides a sober anchor to Kitano's barely restrained jubilation. |
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Two doormen rush in to carry him out and he is duly removed, embarrassed and ashamed, left to sober up on the pavements outside the bar. |
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It is also a sober commentary on an event that has dragged the town once again into the limelight. |
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It is entirely acceptable to have a lie-down in the afternoon to sober up after lunch and prepare for more drinking at dinner. |
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She must be level-headed and sober enough to realise that certain statements do not help to serve the country at all. |
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David defended himself, hearing the pathetic tone himself, now that he was beginning to sober up. |
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The sober dark suits and flowing robes of 34 ministers and their minders have long since left for the airport. |
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Evidence for this more sober assessment is hate, racism, and misogyny on the Web. |
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The Antipodeans have been known to sink a bevvy or two and let no one try to pretend the Americans are sober and well behaved. |
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The paintings are some of the artist's most sober works, but there is a lightness of being at their core, as well. |
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James, who was about thirty-five years of age and of quiet and sober habits, had died from apoplexy. |
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Kennedy, dressed in a sober grey suit, blushed as the press urged him to kiss his wife on the lips. |
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She's very serious and very sober and as an actor she has a lot of technique and understanding of what's she doing. |
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We got along when she was sober, but otherwise we despised and loathed one another. |
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Manet was starkly linear, and sober in his coloration, whilst Renoir preferred loose curves and a roseate blur. |
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We go into meetings and there's me in a sober business suit, and Sarah, apologising for her outrageous T-shirt. |
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By adopting the sober, plain attire of the butterfly's closest relative, the former world number one was a man transformed. |
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Who can resist a peek at the salaciousness seething behind the sober suits and marble halls of American government? |
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Croft, sober in his tweed hunting jacket, tan buckskins and black, white-topped boots, grinned and went up to his friend. |
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The tattooist testified in court that the man was sober when he was tattooed! |
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Somewhere during this juggling of sober thoughts Stephen dropped off to a sound sleep. |
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Mostly they wear sober suits but on special occasions can be seen in fancy dress. |
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You don't have to be mad to work here, but you do have to be on time, well presented, a team player, customer service focused and sober. |
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Drunk or sober, he was driven by a manic energy and impatience that made him a difficult friend and an almost impossible husband and father. |
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Because turbulence when you're half in the bag is just as bad as turbulence when you're sober. |
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Not a problem, and I was feeling pretty sober, even if the car, being a manual, was something I hadn't driven before. |
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The Rich Tea will be chosen by someone sober, strategic and discerning who sees all the options and helps the team make balanced decisions. |
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The sheer variety of words and phrases which can be used to describe the condition of not being sober is testimony to its cultural importance. |
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Ray's comments swerved from the banal, to the solid and sober, like all good reporters. |
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Only that kind of serious, sober, independent reporting can give the public the insights into American business it now knows it needs to learn. |
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The sober and matter-of-fact presentation makes his discussion seem like just common sense. |
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As other women are pulling on their veils she walks past us in a plain black headscarf and a sober dark ensemble. |
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In a sober dark trouser suit and sensible walking shoes, she ticks the names off the electoral list on her clipboard. |
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He stalked towards her, his strides suddenly a bit too fast and too long to be considered sober. |
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A general rule we should probably all follow, only use selfie sticks if you and your friends are sober. |
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Policies have to be reformulated and alliances rebuilt in a serious, transparent and sober manner. |
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Someone had elected to stay sober and was driving us back to Acton where we were living then. |
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Thanks for your sober and clearheaded assessment of the situation and its significance. |
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Instead, such a point should be one for sober and serious analysis of how we can address some of our key weaknesses and lay the foundations for future growth. |
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But there is proof, Humphreys says, that a free Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor helps people struggling with addiction stay sober. |
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These were sort of sober witnesses to the madness, so it was an amalgamation of thoughts of different women from the time. |
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The alternative to sober, constructive constitutional action is denial, deflection, and death. |
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Clean, sober and remarried, Beck was tiring of the bubble-gum Top-40 morning-zoo format. |
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In the 5th century bc Herodotus noted that the Achaemenids would make important decisions in a drunken state, then confirm these decisions when sober, and vice versa. |
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And things seemed fine between the couple, with the crooner appearing sober and healthier-looking, with a new crew cut. |
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I am completely sober and not on any drugs, medical or recreational. |
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I've been asked to offer some sober reflections on The Latham Diaries. |
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Once it was unfairly expected of women that they should remain sober and ladylike while men were given whatever leeway was necessary to drink themselves under the table. |
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People recognize me more when they're drunk than when they're sober. |
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He manages to talk one of them into a glass or two, but for the most part he remains sober. |
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With our love of repartee, we Irish would challenge the snappiest New York scriptwriter, if only we stayed sober long enough to remember our quips. |
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Does spending 12 grand a week on a sober companion produce better results than enrolling in a free 12-step program? |
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With an affectionate gaze at his sober colleague, the prudent maidservant removes the wine-bottle, while a trumpeter at the door satirically sounds the reveille. |
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If you want sober, cautious, level-headed judgment read The Economist. |
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What else is summer good for but using all of one's magical powers to levitate out of the city for as long as the sober judges of one's conscience will allow? |
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He was always on time and ready with his lines, if not exactly sober. |
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The drunken louts who cause trouble for themselves and others after a skinful of alcohol at the weekend may be open to subtle persuasion when sober. |
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Two years later and sober, he was still acting out, facing 17 years for graffiti and vandalism. |
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In Ancient Rome at the dark-of-the-winter festival of the Saturnalia, drunkenness was part of the general licence, and the reversal of normal sober behaviour. |
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Five screens document the five staffers involved in the sober discussions, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City itself. |
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You want to believe that there is something between good and evil, right and wrong, joy and pain, drunk and sober. |
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As the novel opens, a freshly sober Ellis is living in a McMansion in a fictional suburb outside New York City with a movie star wife and two children. |
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Baldwin introduced the show wearing a jaunty blue blazer, but conducted the taped interview wearing a sober gray suit. |
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As the dust clears and the sonic damage is assessed, the remaining feedback segues into a sober slide guitar, denoting a major transition in the song's emotional appeal. |
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Mitt Romney, the serious businessman known for his sober campaign style, has lightened up. |
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Unfortunately, my spiritual search soon ran aground on the shoals of alcoholism, and would remain marooned there until May, 1993, when I got sober. |
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The company had intended the launch to be the usual raucous, overblown tub-thumping spectacle, but subsequent to last week's events a far more sober event will be appropriate. |
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It is now completely predictable and unproductive to any sober national-security debate. |
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The whole thing can be read as a repudiation of the idea of national identity, rather than a sober exploration of it. |
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The rhythm is perfect for drunk morons who can't dance even when sober. |
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This discussion needs to be conducted in a sober and unexcited manner. |
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But sober, academically exacting attempts to deal with modern mysticism and the occult as an important part of that intellectual and cultural life are comparatively recent. |
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We literally used to schedule calls early as possible in the day because the chances of Yeltsin being sober were better. |
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I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it. |
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They look like the most sober and ambitious of minimal paintings, taking Barnett Newman and paring him down further. |
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He wouldn't have asked even if she had been completely sober. |
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Two, Sadie's a drunk and not a very good singer, sober or otherwise. |
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He emphasised that anyone who is knowingly drunk is not served but anyone who is sober is entitled to purchase alcohol regardless of his or her appearance or demeanour. |
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I'm worryingly sober, despite a rather copious amount of alcohol consumed. |
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He turned out to be an abusive drunk that couldn't apologize once sober. |
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When sober, the man was one of the finest actors in the world. |
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Many players had to sober up from a night in the French Quarter. |
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In recent years, a series of very sober and real statistics have surfaced. |
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These positive emotions are not at all out of place, but need to be tempered by the sober realization that the potential for injury is ever present. |
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I'm later struck by how she's wearing bright red and green outfits in the cabinet photos on the wall downstairs when all the boys are in sober suits. |
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Observing the industrious lads is a 50-ish man in a sober wool suit. |
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The nominee was in a sober suit with the expected white shirt and red tie. |
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If drivers are very drunk, they will be locked in the cells to sober up. |
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One particular Monday morning his mates grabbed him and, after tying him to one of the sails, took him up to the top, a height of 100 ft, and left him there to sober up. |
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And that, as I start to sober up and think it might be a good idea to get to bed before I start to regret writing this and delete it before posting, is probably my point. |
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The shelter, which will be a haven for intoxicated people to sober up overnight, will share premises in Larkin Street with Geraldton Street Patrol. |
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If we are being urged to do anything here, it is to resist indulging too much in these reactions, to sober up a bit and contemplate the task ahead. |
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It's funny you guys say that... he was actually sober as a judge there. |
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He could have been on an awful bender in Phuket, but if he shows up at the gate at the Air Force Base at Butterworth, sober as a judge, with respect, then that is it. |
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We've never been into sobriety at all, I don't like playing sober. |
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DiMarco proves himself a capable director by sticking neophyte actors in extreme situations and then coaxing sober, appropriate responses from them. |
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Even there on the dance floor with everyone copying our thirty-year-old spins and wring-the-dishrag moves, I couldn't stop sober thoughts like this from souring the moment. |
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I'm not going to sugar-coat it that I'm some sober human being, because I'm not. |
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If you've ever imagined being stuck in an upright box with eight halitotic colleagues, it's like doing the Christmas party stone cold sober. |
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Davar Aram of Chino Hills who failed several opportunities to become sober. |
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At the convict hour between four and five when even those with the least to fear are darkened and sober, and back away from waking. |
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Music reviewers responded with surprise when the band began to perform live while sober. |
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Luckily, it turns out to be sober girls carrying trays stocked with slim panatellas, and the hats are trilbies. |
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His character would not afford subject for epic poetry, but will look well in the sober page of history. |
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The drama is a sober and unsensational account of a story in which there is legitimate public interest. |
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The article is a sober reflection on the state of our nation. |
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He made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew. |
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I try to stay sober enough to maneuver back to West Hollywood. |
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In theory, these celebrations are the last chance to let one's hair down before Lent s sober reflections commence. |
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Certainly flouting coat hangers has nothing to do with a sober analysis of the truth of abortion history. |
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Ferris was a fictional David Sedaris, a sober Kingsley Amis. |
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He was taking twenty 80mg tabs of Oxy a day!Did he have any sober periods? |
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Particular professors and sober Scotchmen may denounce as childish the desire for imaginative fiction. |
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At Phoenix Multisport, the physically active and supportive sober community that Strode founded in 2007, people dare to dream. |
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That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. |
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Here was a sober young Harlemite in a gamely tilted bowler with a little French mustache. |
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Amid the popping of champagne corks and the congratulatory patting of well-upholstered backs, there was a more sober story to be told. |
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And although Danny had been sober for a long stretch, you only had to scratch the surface to find that crazy, dramatic, addictlike behavior. |
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Also, duns are dull and generally sober colored, whilst spinners are more brightly colored and shining and their wings are clear and transparent. |
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Now, sobriety does not mean unsmilingness. A man can be just as sober when he smiles as when he does not. |
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She's in no state to go home by herself, so make sure she doesn't drink anything else, and she'll soon sober up. |
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No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck. |
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A production without design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning. |
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A sober and reasonable person would not have foreseen that an apparently healthy person of 15 years would suffer shock as a result of it. |
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He won't get any drinkypoos out here, Rick said and smiled. He'll be sober as a judge by the time we get to Taiwan. |
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But it's a good introduction to the sober Fox and his younger partner, Jamie Breck, a master player of a computer game Rankin has whimsically named Quidnunc. |
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Although I was sober, I did not have what he had because I was still on my dry drunk.Had I known, I am sure I would not have stayed on that dry drunk as long as I did. |
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The physician ought also to be confidential, very chaste, sober, not a winebibber, and he ought to be fastidious in everything, for this is what the profession demands. |
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There are few things as conducive to peaceful resolution as this exercise, and its efficaciousness will only increase if they are given sober appreciation by their parents. |
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So whosoever shall entertain high and vaporous imaginations, instead of a laborious and sober inquiry of truth, shall beget hopes and beliefs of strange and impossible shapes. |
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Although he shared his countrymen's disgust with the treaty, he was sober enough to consider the possibility that the government would not be in a position to reject it. |
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Besides, BJP has been harping on corruption to coronate an extremely divisive character and facilitate the ouster of sober, secular politics from India. |
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Between World Wars I and II, Functionalism, with its sober, progressive forms, took over as the main architectural style in the newly established Czechoslovak Republic. |
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This is to certify that I have been in the service of the enclosed Dorothy Quick for five days and have found her sober, honest, willing, and unlazy. |
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More than anybody this jungle Jesus looked more like Elroy McGinnis the notorious town drunk and begger who was an excellent handyman on the few occasions that he was sober. |
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However, the Patagonian giant frenzy was to die down substantially only a few years later, when some more sober and analytical accounts were published. |
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Stephen, that is when the accosting figure came to close quarters, though he was not in an over sober state himself recognised Corley's breath redolent of rotten cornjuice. |
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Since the Nasdaq took a tumble this spring, venture capitalists are taking a more sober and, many would argue, more realistic approach to investing. |
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One night Robert broke up a drunken party that was shouting they would not obey a bearded boy, saying that he would not fight them as he was sober. |
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I'm glad that the sober policy wonk side of libertarianism still has some life in it, in contradistinction to the hipster utopian conspiracist side. |
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The 56, who all became the objects of vicious manhunts, were sober men. |
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