Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
One of our favorite shows last year no joke was the Hootenanny – inspiring evening at Fitzgeralds officially called “You Ain’t Punk’ ’ that featured lots of locals covering bands you are most assuredly going to hear playing on the jukebox at Cecils Pub on any given night.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
There is some chance I might have skipped it on any given night, but a higher chance that I might have watched it had it not been Shabbat.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Naughty Little Donkeys: 80 % of Craig Ferguson’s show, including the opening monologue, is improvised, on any given night.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Seriously, there are creeps at the gas station on a given friday night!
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(. !)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
One example is one I heard from a guy outside a pub during one of the smoke breaks I take on any given night out.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
There’s nothing making a mediocre pitcher look like Cy Young on any given night.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And although I don’t think the NYI have enough to make it they do have a team lead by Rick Dipietro capable of stealing some key points away from you on any given night.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Of course, I hadn’t planned on recapping all of the regular season games on any given night either.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In one night, we counted over 300 little penguins coming ashore, but this number can increase significantly during summer months to several thousand birds on any given night.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Gail lived in a house about a mile from where I was living on Tremont Street with my somewhat derelict roommates, John and Fred, and whoever we would pick up at the Full Circle Saloon on any given night.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Meanwhile, each of us beneath our dress, on any given night, in any given convenience store, beckoned to another’s hope.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
On any given night there are at least 5 amazing things going on.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Flip the channels on any given night and you can find unwed interns hooking up on “Grey’s Anatomy,’ ’ a middle-aged bachelor going after every woman in sight on “Two and a Half Men,’ ’ and a veritable key party on each episode of “Desperate Housewives.”
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In Wikipedia:
Officials report that on any given night in the OKC area, between 6000–8000 people are homeless.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
You want to show up to the arena thinking that you have a chance to win on any given night.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
For example, on any given night for vampire bats, some individuals fail to feed on prey while others consume a surplus of blood.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
How many veterans are homeless on any given night? 16.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
All totaled, between 50 and 100 people are being housed at Coe on any given night.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I bet no one would have known that by observing us on a given night.
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(. .)))
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