Sentence examples for yes instead of from inspiring English sources

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The answers become yes, instead of no.

It was too flippant, and used "yes" instead of her usual "yeah".

This train is going to Mysore, right?" He rolled his head from side to side as south Indians do, meaning yes, instead of what I was sure meant no.

Now comes an actor, comedian and writer, seeking to make his way across the country in the next two weeks with only a dream and, oh, yes, instead of a dollar, a trailer filled with 3,000 pounds of a new bacon.

In a month, I'd be surrounded by sophisticated strangers from the middle of somewhere who said "yes" instead of "Yer darn tootin'!" My role model in adolescent reinvention was Bobby Zimmerman, a Minnesota appliance salesman's son who had told everyone Out East he was Bob Dylan, an Oklahoma orphan who'd grown up in traveling circuses.

"I think it's just really exciting to say yes instead of say no," he says.

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They are young and urban, yes, but instead of a laptop or a tablet, they use a phone for everything.

Oh yes, and instead of a spare wheel, a can of stuff that you squirt in the tyre should it go flat.

She said yes, but instead of leaving, he stayed and stared at her.

Then she asked him to leave, and he said yes, but instead of leaving he stayed and stared at her.

Then she asked him to leave again, and he said yes, but instead of leaving he stayed and continued to stare at her.

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