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Simple sentences
I'm afraid the time is not yet ripe for it.
A ripe apple dropped from the tree.
Do you like ripe apricots?
This lemon isn't ripe.
Tom lived to the ripe age of hundred years.
The apples are not quite ripe.
The apples are ripe.
The apple is not yet ripe.
The apple is not quite ripe yet.
Cherries are ripe in June or July.
These grapes are ripe.
Are these bananas ripe?
A green banana is not ripe enough to eat.
Soon ripe, soon rotten.
A green banana isn't ripe enough to eat.
My grandpa lived to the ripe old age of 97.
If it is not sick, an apple does not fall from a tree until it is ripe.
The Revolution is not an apple that falls from the tree when it is ripe; you have to make it fall.
The apples will be ripe soon.
These plums are ripe.
He lived to a ripe old age.
We've only picked off ripe fruit.
We have collected only ripe fruit.
Movie subtitles
I should've told you it's quite common here to live to a very ripe old age.
I know a ripe subject for one.
Them peaches is ripe.
Nice ripe tomatoes.
That's a ripe old age.
This is a ripe and juicy castle.
Certainly, or who would eat the cherries when they're ripe?
Ripe cherries?
How much longer till I'm ripe?
Yesterday he had a coat the color of ripe corn, patterned with flowers, in damask.
As he be now returned, I will work him to an exploit, now ripe in my device, under the which he shall not choose but fall.
Macbeth is ripe for shaking, and the powers above put on their instruments.
Watching the fruit get big and ripe on the boughs, ready for picking.
I judged that the time was now ripe to make a move in the matter of Edith D'Ascoyne.
Oh, and these are ripe too.
McGraw's ripe for it.
In 2 to 3 months, when they're nice and ripe!
One should only shake the tree when the fruit is ripe.
But he's ripe for more than boyish pranks now, Alejandro.
Moctezuma's city is no ripe plum ready to fall into our laps, gentlemen.
The summer has arrived and the crops are ripe-- the fruit of honest labour.
If I find your moral life is nothing more than a snare and a delusion I'll cut you off like a ripe banana.
Yes, Ezra, like a ripe banana.
If Ezra ever finds out anything about anything he'll cut me off like a ripe banana.
Oh, Ezra, are you gonna cut me off like a ripe banana?
A ripe banana.
Ezzy, you wouldn't cut off poor old Horace like a ripe banana, would you?
No, Horacey, not like a ripe banana.
Like a ripe avocado.
Just ripe for an oil boom.
News and current affairs
But for countries that have scope to invest more, particularly those that are holding a surfeit of precious development dollars in idle US Treasury bills, the time may be ripe to reassess the balance of risks.
The BCB is ripe for reform.
The assumption that the price of mailing a letter or shipping a package should remain constant throughout the year is ripe to be challenged.
Given the country's economic conditions, one would think that Italy is ripe for decisive change.
One area ripe for an institutional mechanism is energy.
The time may not be ripe for a true European constitution, but confronting, rather than evading, the fundamental issues that the EU faces could create a context for reviving the constitutional treaty and preparing the Union for the challenges of our time.
And when the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, conditions were ripe for a perfect storm.
If the Americans can get Israel to agree to these straightforward requests, the situation could be ripe for a ceasefire, which in turn would be the prelude to a genuine peace process.
With so many vivid images of a shrinking and damaged planet, is it really any wonder that human psychology is ripe for high commodity prices?
The US warmongers seem to view any Islamist state as ripe for toppling.
The problem is that the conflict is not even close to being ripe for resolution.
With Nigeria on the verge of burying the ghosts of its past dictatorships the time is ripe for daring reforms.
Egypt was ripe for revolution; dramatic change would have come at some point in the next few years, even absent the spark of Tunisia or the existence of social media.
The region is ripe for unrest.
So, with the bond market appearing ripe for a dramatic correction, many are wondering whether a crash could drag down markets for other long-term assets, such as housing and equities.
Conflicts start to be ripe for diplomatic solutions only when the parties get trapped in an unbearably painful mutual deadlock.
This is a situation ripe for trouble, because one of these two diagnoses must be wrong.
The time is ripe to explore again limitations on conventional forces, and to adjust them to current rather than past needs.
As his opponents have hardened their stance, Russia has become ripe for a peaceful anti-criminal revolution.
With the IMF and Russia engaged in talks over such loans, and as the summit of the Group of Eight (G8) big industrial countries approaches, the time is ripe to assess a decade of economic cooperation between Russia and the West.
The paths differ between countries, setbacks are not uncommon, and it can take decades, but the leap can occur when the circumstances are ripe - as in Tunisia.