lay a wager

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I durst lay a wager," said Don Quixote, interrupting him, "that now thou art suffered to prate without interruption, thou feelest no manner of pain in thy whole body.

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

"You may lay a wager on that," replied Marek.

From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

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

I lay a wager that it righted soon after evicting Jack.”

From Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats by Miller, Barnette

Then I'll lay a wager, Conti, that it is the portrait of the artist's own mistress.

From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim