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    Rub my back, would you? - Not there, a little lower down. You are not supposed to rub those plastic baths with abrasive cleansers. Before the guests arrived, we rubbed the silver till you could see yourself in it
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    The ache may be relieved a bit if you rub on some liniment
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    It's bad enough that Caroline did better than I did - you don't have to keep rubbing it in
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    It's a pity, Peter, that you rubbed out the right reply and wrote in the wrong one. The boys were released on the condition that they would rub the graffiti off the wall
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Your mother and I had hoped that some of our love of music might have rubbed off on you
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    The Godfather ordered all witnesses to be rubbed out
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Since getting his knighthood Charles no longer rubs shoulders with the likes of us
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    I don't know what it is about Underbridge, but every time we meet he manages to rub me up the wrong way
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    You will have to give that stain a good rub to make it come out
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    After exercising, Jane always has an alcohol rub
    
    
    
    
    
    The only rub I can see is that Warren may not agree to resign