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Without these firms, hydrocarbons would largely stay in the ground or locked in the sea-bed, heavy manufacturing would be difficult to impossible, electricity and communications would be more episodic and primitive, and the list goes on.
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World market players are not ready to pull the covers up over their heads and stay in bed, behavior that will ensure that the prophecy of impending immolation is fulfilled.
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Guests in Filipino homes, for instance, are usually expected to stay in the hosts' own nuptial bed, while the displaced couple sleeps on the floor.
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But one night she was sick and I told her to stay in bed while I went to comfort the boy.
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Anyone who has ever put on a public face when all they wanted to do was stay in bed should understand something about doing the internal hard work of compensating for a disability without showing outward manifestations of it.
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On the other hand, he could stay in bed.
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This meant that people didn't stay in bed but got up and set about solving the problems!
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When we get the flu, we just want to stay in bed and have someone care for us.
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That was the best, because I knew Sall would stay in bed until after I left, whether she was awake or not though times like tonight were almost as good.
NEWYORKER: The Cold Outside
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That doesn't mean that I bounce out of bed at 4 a.m. on the days that I go to the local YMCA for the spinning class, that I haven't wanted to stay in bed on a cold, snowy morning instead of heading across town to do swim drills.
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There was a bed in the kitchen, and he invited backpackers passing through campus to stay with him, in exchange for help building the site.
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