lay a wager

Example Sentences

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But come, now, I would lay a wager you are no coward?”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Stevenson, Robert Louis

She's gone back to Deep Dale, I'll lay a wager.

From Sharing Her Crime by Fleming, May Agnes

"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 lay a wager I will get a smile from her.'

From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma

We did lay a wager, but I had no idea that the youngster would decide it in that preposterous way.

From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)