sneaking suspicion that
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsneaking,suspicionandthat
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sneaking
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈsniː.kɪŋ/us/ˈsniː.kɪŋ/
If you have a sneaking feeling about someone or something, you have that feeling, although you are not certain it ...
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suspicion
noun
uk/səˈspɪʃ.ən/us/səˈspɪʃ.ən/
a belief or idea that something may ...
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that
determiner
uk/ðæt/us/ðæt/
used to refer to a person, object, idea, etc. that is separated from the speaker by space ...
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I have more than asneakingsuspicionthat much of his analysis is correct.
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I had asneakingsuspicionthat other people would be employed.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat my definition is probably just as good as any other.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat it is not yet over.
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I must confess, however, to asneakingsuspicionof civil servants of any shape or form.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat the proposed clause is unnecessary.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat on this issue no one will go to prison.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat we shall not be market testing the chaplaincy service.
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I have more than asneakingsuspicionthat if we get the capability right, the architecture will almost certainly follow.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat he will not be taken by surprise by my raising these matters.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat the same could be true when we apply the pressures in the opposite direction.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat the majority of electors do not object to freak or unusual candidates.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat we shall deal with this more fully on a future occasion.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat this may not be the last debate that we have on this subject.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat my family and other better-off families should not necessarily benefit from the resources available to those in need.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat although this amendment is somewhat technical, discussion of it might roam a little more widely.
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I have always had thesneakingsuspicionthat trace elements—perhaps from the earth, and so on—could have an impact.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat a great many of them might have been considerably improved should that have been the case.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat they have taken the right decision for the wrong reason and that, having done so, they are reluctant to admit it.
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I have asneakingsuspicionthat it has been the old people who, since the last rise in pensions, have suffered most trying to cope with rising prices.
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It was news that confirmed everysneakingsuspicion, every paranoid fantasy of anyone who had ever felt wronged in a divorce court.
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