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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And walked back to the hotel minus her ball and chain .
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At which point she unlocked her ball and chain .
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Even after he had clubbed it to death it was part of him, his ball and chain .
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If her grandfather removed the ball and chain , he wrote, would she visit?
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Like a couple of convicts bound together by a ball and chain , neither could betray the other without exposing himself.
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This belief was like a ball and chain for the allied war effort.
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You may be surprised to find that she doesn't want to shackle you with a ball and chain .