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Well, I am glad of it, Mrs. G., because, I assure you, that fogo must be a sickening one to carry about under one's nose.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 by Various

As I see it, at all events, it's a strange little evolution and all taking place here, quite compactly, under one's nose.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry

As if one hasn't got puzzles enough, and bothers enough, under one's nose, without going a-field after a lot of metaphysical quibbles.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas

Usually they are hollow tubes of paper which just flare away under one's nose and are done.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

To have a possibility snatched from under one's nose without warning is annoying, especially if the season in possibilities threatens to be poor.

From The Window-Gazer by Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone




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