After watching us hopelessly slip and slide about on the sheet, he challenged us to a match.

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Each enormous block is perfectly cut, polished smooth and fitted so tight not a sheet of paper would slip between them.

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She reached for a wet towel and quickly swiped it across the mattress, then shook out a clean sheet and managed to slip it underneath him just as he was becoming too heavy for her to hold where he was.

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If one is to sign a carbonised sheet the shop operator cannot find the right slip for a VISA card.

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