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‘Now I just need to sort out the voiceover.’
‘They only got £90 million for House of Fraser...’
‘Looks like they’re finding
the discussions frustrating.’
‘I prefer filtered coffee.’
‘Sorry, I don’t have a spare pound
today but I plan to have one by 2027.’
‘It’s outrageous that a real space alien didn’t get the role.’
‘It might look better in
portrait than in landscape.’
‘He refuses to go home until
Boris is out of the news.’
How your smart devices talk about you
when you’re out.
‘He just encountered some free speech.’
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