lay a wager

Example Sentences

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Of those renowned in life I will lay a wager I will find more that have died before they came to five-and-thirty years than after.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

I'll lay a wager Chatterton will give you a lot of stuff like the "Friar's Bridge" when he sees you.'

From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma

We did lay a wager, but I had no idea that the youngster would decide it in that preposterous way.

From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

Nobody is stirring there yet, I'll lay a wager.

From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma

"An I was still shrewder," says I, "I'd trust a surmise an' lay a wager that I was right."

From Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. by Duncan, Norman