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"Yes, my lady," he said and promptly returned with a jelly doughnut.

Mr. Kerry ducked into his private cabin and promptly returned, cake cutter in hand.

Bhumibol was proclaimed king the same day, and promptly returned to Switzerland to complete his studies.In 1926 Prajadhipok had written frankly about the shortcomings of dynastic rule.

East, who was headed for trouble with three suits to protect, won the second trick with the diamond king and promptly returned the club five.

She said that it wasn't until the 1980s that she got up the nerve to ask her mother for the tape and promptly returned it to Warhol.

After a stint with the Angels, he became a free agent in 1979 and promptly returned home to Texas, pitching nine years in Houston before finishing out his career with the Rangers.

At a black-tie benefit for amfAR, the AIDS research foundation, she sold a Damien Hirst etching for $110,000, followed by a six-liter gold-leaf bottle of Moët & Chandon that someone bought for $20,000 and promptly returned for her to sell again.

The mischief maker picked up Smith's yellow card, mockingly booked himself, then, with an entirely straight-face, brandished it high above his head and in the face of the fuming ref. Smith did not take it well and promptly returned the favour, carding Gazza to a volley of jeers from the capacity crowd, Hibs fans included.

He winked, and the Spirit of Election Day Present threw up a little in his mouth and promptly returned Donald to his penthouse, where the Spirit of Election Day Future, in the form of a glittering cloud, was waiting for him.

He was found each time and promptly returned.

This was later justified on the grounds that rescued servicemen would have been rapidly landed at their military destination and promptly returned to active service.