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‘A person may fight a battle.’

[⟨det person.nfight.v ⟨det battle.n⟩]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Aro – I am smart and I will never fight a battle in which I will lose!
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But instead of me going into the process, I figure I’d let them tell you: hey gang, here are a few tracks, that we are calling the bedroom covers. as you may have guessed, all these songs are covers? and yes, we did them at home in my room! the songs that you hear here are just songs we really really like. we didn’t deliberate over which songs to pick. we didn’t try to stick to a certain time period or genre. we just recorded songs we were going to be playing around the house anyway… these songs sound the way they do, because we recorded them with a laptop and one mic. we used mainly acoustic guitars and shakers because that’s what we had lying around, and we couldn’t make much noise in our apartment anyway. we didn’t spend time arranging any of these either. we learned the chords and the lyrics (which was pretty easy because we’ve heard all these songs hundreds of times), and we played ’em. what you hear at the basis of the recording is generally a first take. sometimes we added some background vocals or another guitar part here or there, because the songs we were covering had a lot more going on than us, and we were feeling a bit inadequate? but hey, you’re always fighting a losing battle when you’re recording covers, because 99.99 % of the time the cover isn’t going to be as good the original. well, for the record, let it be known that none of our covers are as good as the originals. that’s part of why we wanted to give all these tracks away for free. if you haven’t heard one of these songs before, you should go out and buy it from the original artist, RIGHT NOW. disclaimer aside: if you want to hear some kids having a lot of fun playing some of their favorite songs ever, check these out. love, the morning benders The Morning Benders – The Bedroom Covers (CLICK TO DOWNLOAD) Exactly.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The truth of the matter is that Systems Succeed Where People Fail and without a powerful Marketing System you will always be fighting a losing battle.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I don’t mean to shut people out, but I’m fighting a battle inside myself right now, and I’ve been doing it pretty quietly.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In the war on weight, if you become so concerned that you weigh yourself daily or several times a day, you are fighting a losing battle and you will be discouraged.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I have always been the LAVINIA to my friends but they always tell me that I am the sweetest because I will fight any battle for them.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I’m be fighting a battle against my thoughts – perfectly valid thoughts that vastly outnumbered my intent – failing to catch up with myself, and merely exhausting my mental energy on nothing.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I started adding them as negatives but I’m wondering if I’m fighting a losing battle – there are hundreds of these sites that are clearly all about tricking people into clicking an adsense link.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I will definitely be fighting an internal battle. 10.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

This is part of what I fight for in my blog here, but I sense that I’m fighting a battle that would have King Leonidas I of Sparta tossing in the towel.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I decided that sombody had had a little too much fun at the competitors party and that I was fighting an uphill battle so I let them go on their merry way with no fighting words.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

This episode made me uncomfortable, as I internally fought a battle between quiet acceptance and futile denial.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I tried to hold back my tears but I was fighting a losing battle.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Ah, Daniel, you are fighting a losing battle.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I have always been the LAVINIA to my friends but they always tell me that I am the sweetest because I will fight any battle for them.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

You might not make it all the way to the podium, but at least you would be fighting a winning battle.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I expect I’m fighting a losing battle and having them say horsey is infinitely preferable to having them say’ muthafucka ’, which they will no doubt say with perfect diction and impeccable clarity.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I am a college student, barely out of my teenage years and, ever since I could remember, I have fought an intrapersonal battle about my sexual identity.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I’ve been smoking way too much lately, and I promised myself I wouldn’t until Saturday, but right now, I feel like I’m fighting a losing battle and I really don’t care.
(Parse)

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Queried on 2013-05-20.