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

"I would lay a wager that thou art in love with her already," said Selim.

From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Wilt lay a wager with me that another two months will not find John Drayton fighting by my side?

From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Madison, Lucy Foster

"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

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