| When the latest batch of fresh-faced first years arrives, I shall wait on tenterhooks for their response to new, improved Toryism. |
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| Project partners were on tenterhooks over the last few months, uncertain as to whether ospreys would return this spring. |
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| The elimination final started on tenterhooks for both sides as the scoring was slow and the passages of play at times cumbersome. |
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| Hospital bosses in south Essex were today on tenterhooks as the future of controversial foundation trusts went back into the melting pot. |
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| The turns and twists of the dialogue keep us on the tenterhooks of suspense. |
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| We're sitting here on tenterhooks waiting for some advice, and we just can't make any comment until we get that advice. |
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| Margaret was on tenterhooks recovering from the operation and waiting for the results. |
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| Army chiefs were on tenterhooks today ahead of a major announcement on the future of an historic West Yorkshire regiment. |
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| Meanwhile, kidnappers threatening to kill a Filipino and two Bulgarians seized in Iraq kept their families on tenterhooks. |
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| When the Spice Girls split up, we were on tenterhooks to see who would dish the dirt first. |
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| I put calls out concerning an acquaintance of mine who lives in Rockaway, so I'm sort of on tenterhooks waiting for a callback. |
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| For weeks, they were on tenterhooks waiting for the final, where either Mandy, Sara or Marie would be announced the winner. |
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| But Notts remain on tenterhooks about a possible points deduction for the quality of the pitch. |
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| In the OT bus from UB airport into town, Andy is on tenterhooks waiting for the overnight hotel allocation. |
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| Ever since, the Irish have been on the run, and the Greeks and others on tenterhooks. |
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| The channel has promised faithfully it will re-air the missing episode in full for all the superannuants that are still hanging on tenterhooks to find out who's the killer. |
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| I wince when I spot a bill on the doormat, I'm on tenterhooks when the car is in for a service and fear the worst when I get a receipt from the cash point. |
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| Everyone is just waiting on tenterhooks for the ward phone to ring. |
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| The couple were left on tenterhooks about their grandson's performance after having to dash to a friend's golden wedding celebration party just before the match. |
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| So I'm probably going to be on tenterhooks for the next few days. |
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| Every attorney at his firm is hanging on tenterhooks waiting for the bonus announcements. |
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| Now I am on tenterhooks and pacing the ops block like an expectant father. |
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| Kate and Gerry will now be on tenterhooks as they wait for any potential developments. |
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| If Steve Webb and Jo Swinson are right, Moody's, Standard and Poors and Fitch will be on tenterhooks. |
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| The audience in hall 66 seemed to be on tenterhooks, one could feel that the 6.000 spectators really granted the German champion this victory. |
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| I am on tenterhooks, Commissioner, regarding the fate of the package that was presented yesterday. |
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| I am on tenterhooks to see what happens next, and whether we will indeed be able to come to an agreement following first reading. |
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| Ugandans will now sit on tenterhooks as they look forward to September's date with destiny. |
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| They go forward on tenterhooks,seeking to grasp all that life offers, and end up without making a choice and find themselves alone. |
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| However a completely unexpected twist in the meteorological conditions may now put what seemed to be a solid lead on tenterhooks. |
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| We will not succeed in making our country a better place when citizens are on tenterhooks. |
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| We knew that EAD were happy, but we were on tenterhooks as we kept a close watch on the server. |
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| Still on board A long six months ahead Italy on tenterhooks An ideal ally? |
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| I must not keep you on tenterhooks before reassuring you about this. |
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| This campaign kept us on tenterhooks from start to finish. |
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| The US economic climate, however, is keeping Europe on tenterhooks. |
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| The tenterhooks are beginning to draw blood. |
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| Not to say Riva, the veteran screen star, is on tenterhooks. |
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| What was a tenter and its associated tenterhooks designed to hold? |
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| Why do you keep me on tenterhooks like this, putting me off and off? |
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