lay a wager

Example Sentences

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I lay a wager I will get a smile from her.'

From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma

"Now, I'll lay a wager you are thinking about me!" cried Hoffland; "perhaps you still revolve in your mind my various delinquencies."

From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous

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

“And I’ll lay a wager you fellows started the ball rolling and Beverly had to brace up and stop it,” he nodded.

From A Dixie School Girl by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)

And you seem to be out of spirits; but I lay a wager I can cheer you up.

From The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern by Goldoni, Carlo