lay a wager

Example Sentences

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Master Walter Wade, I’d lay a wager, that before Mistress Lora Lovelace be of age, she’ll choose her own guardian—one who will not object to her staying at Bulstrode for the remainder of her life.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

And you seem to be out of spirits; but I lay a wager I can cheer you up.

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

I will lay a wager that he sold it for six.”

From Anecdotes for Boys by Newcomb, Harvey

They know that they have done wrong; and I’d lay a wager, there’s not an hour of the day that they’re not thinking of me, and dreading that I will make my appearance.

From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.

I’ll lay a wager with you that this car tumbles off the bank before five minutes are past.”

From Lord Stranleigh Abroad by Barr, Robert