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1  Elinor only was sorry to see them.
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2  But I am sorry to relate what ensued.
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3  Good-by; I am sorry Miss Marianne was not here.
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4  "I am sorry we cannot see your sister, Miss Dashwood," said Miss Steele.
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5  I am not sorry to see you alone," he replied, "for I have a good deal to say to you.
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6  I am sorry to say that my patronage ends with this; and my interest is hardly more extensive.
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7  Elinor started at this declaration, and was sorry for the warmth she had been betrayed into, in speaking of him.
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8  I am sorry I do NOT," said Elinor, in great astonishment, "if it could be of any use to YOU to know my opinion of her.
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9  John Dashwood was really far from being sorry to see his sisters again; it rather gave them satisfaction; and his inquiries after their mother were respectful and attentive.
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10  Mrs. Dashwood was sorry for what she had said; but it gave Elinor pleasure, as it produced a reply from Marianne so expressive of confidence in Willoughby and knowledge of his intentions.
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11  Mr. John Dashwood told his mother again and again how exceedingly sorry he was that she had taken a house at such a distance from Norland as to prevent his being of any service to her in removing her furniture.
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12  Elinor did feel a little ashamed of her brother; and was not sorry to be spared the necessity of answering him, by the arrival of Mrs. Jennings's servant, who came to tell her that his mistress waited for them at the door.
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13  An intimate acquaintance of Mrs. Jennings joined them soon after they entered the Gardens, and Elinor was not sorry that by her continuing with them, and engaging all Mrs. Jennings's conversation, she was herself left to quiet reflection.
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