lay a wager

Example Sentences

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I will lay a wager it is the servant of the officer with whom you are in love.

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

"Let us lay a wager on it," said the Englishmen.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

I will lay a wager that you have grown captious, fretful, and disposed to take trouble on interest.

From The Last Penny and Other Stories by Croome, William

"I will lay a wager," quoth Sancho, "you took me from the first, only you had a mind to puzzle me, that you might hear some more of my blunders."

From Heathen Mythology by Various

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