"Bet on" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... with Gilbert when he asked her, and vowed a little more determinedly to surpass him in the examination. She knew that all Avonlea junior was wondering which would come out first; she even knew that Jimmy Glover and Ned Wright had a bet on the question and that Josie Pye had said there was no doubt in the world that Gilbert would be first; and she felt that her humiliation would be unbearable if ...
— Anne Of Green Gables • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... bound to 'ave a bet on him for the Chesterfield—we can afford it now; what say yer, ...
— Esther Waters • George Moore
... up no hill, you bet on that!" he asserted belligerently. "We go by the road. We're done foolin' with you, my bucko! You go ahead and show the way and be quick about it! If you don't, you'll have trouble with me. ...
— The Plunderer • Roy Norton
... the eve of the great race, and scarcely a member of Lady Susan's house-party had as yet a single bet on. It was one of those unsatisfactory years when one horse held a commanding market position, not by reason of any general belief in its crushing superiority, but because it was extremely difficult to ...
— The Chronicles of Clovis • Saki
... you're still bent on charity," he said at last, "maybe we could find somethin' else to lay a bet on!" ...
— The Untamed • Max Brand
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