| 1. | After introductory pleasantries, we broke the ice with Dionysian abandon.
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| 2. | There was an animated exchange of pleasantries in mutually incomprehensible languages.
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| 3. | There were few pleasantries between Carter and the Broncos last week.
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| 4. | After just the briefest of pleasantries, it was all business.
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| 5. | Beneath those official pleasantries is more than a grain of truth.
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| 6. | They have exchanged pleasantries, but have not visited at length.
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| 7. | Their visits are short, their conversations an exchange of pleasantries.
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| 8. | I thought we'd at least exchange pleasantries ."
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| 9. | Beneath the pleasantries, though, there was some leftover friction.
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| 10. | They whispered some pleasantries, then Irvin got down to business.
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