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I don't eat at the restaurant, but I can still hear the specials. Tonight come and eat at the restaurant. I promised her we will eat at the restaurant tonight. Before he died, he came to Istanbul and had something to eat at the restaurant... But I couldn't eat at the restaurant because I'm in Overeaters Anonymous and he couldn't pay the bill because he's in Debtors Anonymous, so we ended up doing cocaine in his minivan, which would've been a slipup in Narcotics Anonymous, We can still eat at the restaurant. They don't eat at the restaurant because of what Mathis calls a "cleanliness fetish."	I know where he works, the restaurants he eats in. We could just eat in the restaurant here, sit down for a change, actually have a decent breakfast. I could not eat in the restaurant... I can eat in the restaurant for free and I still don't you. Mr President, in the United Kingdom when we think of fishing we tend to think of fish that we eat, fish and chips, maybe even fish that we might eat in the restaurants around Strasbourg. You eat in the best restaurants. Tonight come and eat at the restaurant.

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I don't eat at the restaurant, but I can still hear the specials.
Tonight come and eat at the restaurant.
I promised her we will eat at the restaurant tonight.
Before he died, he came to Istanbul and had something to eat at the restaurant...
But I couldn't eat at the restaurant because I'm in Overeaters Anonymous and he couldn't pay the bill because he's in Debtors Anonymous, so we ended up doing cocaine in his minivan, which would've been a slipup in Narcotics Anonymous,
We can still eat at the restaurant.
They don't eat at the restaurant because of what Mathis calls a "cleanliness fetish."

I know where he works, the restaurants he eats in.
We could just eat in the restaurant here, sit down for a change, actually have a decent breakfast.
I could not eat in the restaurant...
I can eat in the restaurant for free and I still don't you.
Mr President, in the United Kingdom when we think of fishing we tend to think of fish that we eat, fish and chips, maybe even fish that we might eat in the restaurants around Strasbourg.
You eat in the best restaurants.
Tonight come and eat at the restaurant.