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1. Quickly reaching into my purse, I extract a £5 note and slip it into Emma’s hand … I know how short they are of cash now that she is at home with Barney and not working
2. with grab sticks and the public purse upturned and empty,
3. the purse of her years and greyed, whittling away, laid low
4. Entry criteria were argued about and the cost of his treatment at the expense of the public purse became an issue for some of the more garrulous members of the establishment
5. How much do I owe you?’ Anna asked reaching for her purse, but Alastair waves away the suggestion that she should pay for her food
6. cost of his treatment at the expense of the public purse became an
7. We certainly don’t benefit at the expense of the public purse as has been suggested from time to time
8. Suzanne opened her purse but her eyes kept traveling around the kitchen, dining room, and what she could see of the living room
9. She opened her purse and took out a crumpled bill
10. folded paper of a ten shilling note into a small purse of the metal
11. The intruder stole twenty dollars out of my mom’s purse
12. ' Jacob was suddenly temped by the purse on
13. mommy’s purse to stop your nose bleed,” the bald man said
14. Heather opened her purse at the ticket window, but Roman clamped it shut
15. You shall have the remainder of this account,” and here he produced a very heavy silk purse and put it into Harry's hands, “in gold
16. She disappeared the little gun into her purse
17. Dumbfound she sat there, playing with the strap of her purse, trying to figure out what he’d ran off for, when like a streak of lightening Jim came bounding thru the door
18. Eventually he pulled out a small purse
19. ” Otto pulled out a small velvet black purse
20. ” She did and Otto poured the contents of the purse in to her open hand
21. could see her mother’s purse lying on the bed
22. Sally reached in her purse
23. Heather reached into the purse behind her and pulled out two fully intact
24. around in his purse
25. He reached into his knee-length chiton, brought out a purse of
26. embarrassment when his nearly empty purse spilled open during the auction
27. He must have stolen someone’s purse
28. She didn’t bother carrying her purse after that and thanked
29. careless, for his purse instead of going smoothly into the pocket,
30. breeze, precisely a nanosecond after the purse had landed,
31. purse thus concealing it from the eyes of eager thieves that prowl
32. drop inconspicuously, bent and picked up the purse along with the
33. “I have his purse,” I said with pride
34. “You have his purse,” my friend said calmly
35. “I didn’t mean that the purse was bad
36. What must be the purse
37. would want a proof and the purse would have to be produced
38. Flashing the purse in my
39. “Thanks a lot! You saved my life! Where was the purse?”
40. He looks awkwardly around while she fusses with her purse
41. And while she had indeed countered his comments about her modest purse with an affable sarcasm, after a few moments of obvious thought she surprised him with a smirk and a strong hand-shake
42. Patrice is collecting her purse and jacket as she gets ready to show a property
43. beat me with that big ugly purse of
44. me with her purse and made me swear
45. The Witch dumps out her purse and several
46. It seemed that with his purse restored, Homer had regained his distaste for low-born neighbors
47. "It is indeed a strain on the public purse," Mr Snickerty agreed
48. His girdle held a purse attached to it and when he moved I heard the jingle of coins
49. “Get me the fuck out of this wire its wrapped round me tighter than a Jock’s purse strings
50. She spent a while looking for her purse, like it was the last thing she'd imagine needing at a checkout
1. Dhaalu’s mouth pursed, ‘What did the Assassin
2. He shook his head slowly and pursed his lips
3. eyebrows shot up and he pursed his lips
4. Leclercq pursed his lips as he considered his response
5. Even their lashes were pursed to a point
6. Pursed lips and another
7. new friend pursed his lips and shook his head
8. ‘Ah – another Church man!’ Jean pursed his lips and
9. ’ The woman pursed her lips and frowned
10. Maurs pursed his lips and nodded slowly
11. waits for no-one, but a wedding…’ He pursed his lips and
12. ‘Consciousness’ that we are about to explore, with a focus Concerning word activation, being the singular word, in the General time of ‘now’ produced/selected from a matrix Of available possibilities, in relation to a ‘context,’ or rather, Possibly an infinite ‘set’ of intersecting contexts could possibly Have devastating effects if pursed beyond the here given Speculations; esp
13. He pursed his
14. She pursed her lips, “I can't verify what I've been told, so I don't think it's wise that I should add more fuel to the bonfire y'all are setting to blaze just now
15. Russell pursed his lips and looked at Sebastian quizzically
16. Danny pursed his lips but refused to be
17. how he pursed his lips together tightly
18. Mother Superior pursed her lips and leaned forward, placing her hands on the desk between them
19. Gonzalez stared at her for a moment then pursed his lips
20. Kay pursed her lips
21. Uncle Hobart pulled off the gas mask and pursed his lips
22. Looking at him with raised eyebrows I pursed my lips, then turned stiffly away
23. Shaking my head, I pursed my lips
24. Leon pressed a restraining fingertip over Herminia’s pursed lips
25. ” Beth pursed her lips and looked at him from the sides of her eyes
26. Conrad pursed his lips, wondering what his brother might do if he ever found out that he had drifted back to his old ways again
27. Nothing moved save her lips, which she pursed then returned to the smile
28. ‘The Adj’ pursed his lips after a deep long breath
29. Beth pursed her lips and nodded shortly
30. They were; with a puff of air between pursed lips, he blew away the worry
31. His lips were pursed into a thin line, his eyes frozen on the road and his shoulders pulled high with tension
32. Later in the car, listening to Beth describe the plan she and Caroline had come up with Truman’s face, with furrowed brow and pursed lips, was betraying his disapproval
33. Ethan’s grin was replaced by a taut line over his pursed lips
34. She tried to hold on as the spasm ratcheted up the pain and was surprised as she felt her mouth form the plea “Mamaaa!” It was more a softly sustained moan than words that escaped her tightly pursed lips this time
35. The Frenchman pursed his lips and nodded appreciatively, tapping a hand on the bar with a sense of accomplishment
36. Nicole looked at Ethan with a warm gaze, her lips pursed together in a show of sympathy
37. Instead her voice is nervous, her lips pursed in anticipation
38. ” Aerith pursed her lips, her voice
39. on his pursed lips, “that is, when working correctly
40. He had developed a serious expression with pursed lips which looked more bee stung at times and wrinkles that stayed in place as he portrayed the dashing fencer to all
41. With pursed lips, she shakes her head; hesitating
42. Lips pursed, he turns to Sean
43. David pursed his lips
44. through pursed lips that she needed to go to the
45. Gelahn folded his arms, pursed his lips for a heartbeat
46. Connie pursed her lips as she studied the demanding
47. “Whew!” The sound of held breath, suddenly expelled, whistled past his pursed lips as he thought, That could have been bad!
48. Bender pursed his lips
49. Pursed her lips
50. She pursed her lips
1. with much money in silver and gold in their purses
2. “Come, I know your purses jingle happily this year,” coaxed Antechron
3. can other purses help us?” I said irritated
4. Now you’ll steal purses too,”
5. hearts were troubled, and they at once emptied their purses into his
6. Perhaps that was part of the ―glamour‖ that attracted the working classes who were able to ―connect‖, in some manner, with hungry boxers fighting for nominal purses; average Joes that they could otherwise relate to
7. I love how they call their purses “handbags” and steal packs of sugar from restaurants
8. I had never paid for any of Henrietta’s things, all the clothes, the Hermes purses at about twelve hundred or two thousand a pop
9. I wouldn’t have cared if Henrietta left all her clothes and purses or brought them
10. My mother purses her lips, but of course, doesn’t say anything
11. “Can I take that to mean…” Jeanine purses her lips and pauses for a few seconds before finishing
12. The doctor purses her lips, and I know that Lynn is as good as dead
13. ” She purses her lips
14. She purses her lips, then says, “You need stitches
15. She thought it strange, people had a habit of always following the same routines every day, keys, purses and other everyday items had their place
16. purses and shoes from the "used" section on ebay, or on clearance at
17. Jemelda purses her lips and Ralph bites back his foolishness
18. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail where no thief approaches neither moth destroys
19. Sell your possessions and give to charity; take to yourselves purses that wax not old
20. Get you not gold nor silver nor brass in your purses; and take nothing for the way except a staff only; nor bag nor bread; neither shall you have two tunics nor shoes nor staff but be shod with sandals; for the labourer is worthy of his food; And whatever city or village you enter inquire who is worthy in it and there be until 52 you go out; And when you enter into the house ask for the peace of the house and if the house is worthy your peace shall come on it; but if it is not worthy your peace shall return to you; And whoever shall not receive you nor hear your sayings when you go out from that house or from that village shake off the dust that is under your feet against them for a testimony; And truely I say to you 50 To the land of Sodom and Gomorrah there shall be rest in the day of judgement rather than to that city
21. Take not with you purses nor a wallet nor shoes; neither salute any man in the way; And whatever house you enter first salute that house and if there be there a son of peace let your peace rest on him; but if there be not your peace shall return to you; And be you in that house eating and drinking what they have for the labourer is worthy of his hire; And remove not from house to house; And into whatever city you enter and they receive you eat what is presented to you and heal the sick that are in it and say to them The Kingdom of Godis come near to you; But whatever city you enter and they receive you not go out into the market and say Even the dust that clave to our feet from your city we shake off against you; but know this that the Kingdom of God is come near to you
22. Put neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses; nor scriptures for your journey neither two coats neither shoes not even sticks because the workman is worthy of his food; and into whatever city or town you all shall enter enquire who is worthy in it and stay there until you leave from there; and when you come into a house salute it; and if the house be worthy let your peace come upon it but if it is not worthy let your peace return to you; and whoever shall not accept you nor hear your words when you depart from that house or city shake off the dust of your feet; Truly I say to you it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that city
23. They varied from individual cut purses
24. individual cut purses to vast organizations that
25. Nicola knows that Simon is lying and putting on an act pretending that it is of no concern and purses her lips in frustration
26. purses there are five florins
27. The group stood and began packing papers and folders into briefcases and purses
28. Even though the economy these days have caused people to tighten the strings on their purses, many US workers are not taking any time off for vacation much anymore
29. They steal wallets and purses; mail, including
30. Without saying a word we both grab our purses and head out to meet the cab downstairs
31. Purses, sunglasses, belts, shoes, fancy pens, you name it
32. Besides that, we took into possession numerous counterfeit items, knockoff Louis Vuitton handbags, shoes, and sunglasses, knockoff Oakleys, knockoff Gucci purses, knockoff Mont Blanc pens, just to name a few
33. His happy men didn’t waste time in obeying him, grabbing Viking purses left and right and quickly becoming richer than they ever could have imagined before
34. She didn’t seem to be armed, although she wore at her belt two strangely-shaped sorts of purses holding each a sizeable metal object
35. Raymond understood at once what Arntern meant by his polite use of the word ‘irregularities’: it was common around the kingdom for men-at-arms in charge of watch patrols to abuse their powers by levying so-called fines under flimsy pretexts, in order to fatten their purses
36. The Sun was low on the horizon when the last of the foodstuff had been safely picked up, leaving many local merchants beaming with satisfaction, their purses much heavier by now
37. them, stamping violently on each of their family jewel purses while lecturing the
38. She purses her lips and glares at them, muttering about how ‘this is a political expedition and they need to take their jobs more seriously
39. Grabbing the basket of food as well as the basket containing her baby and the two purses full of gold, Nancy then left the Cardinal’s apartments
40. Mazarin went to a window and watched her get back to her cart, putting inside it both of her baskets and the purses, hiding the latter under a blanket before untying her horse and sitting in the front of the cart
41. As the others nodded in agreement, Nancy fetched one of the heavy purses she had been lugging around and threw it at d’Artagnan
42. For a while I tried to be cunning, slitting purses and selling scarves and hairpins to the folk I had stolen them from, until Floy told me I was being even less cunning than usual
43. with clothes and purses and shoes and love
44. I was born and the clothes and purses and
45. Heaviness of soul is heavy purses earned under cunning devices and slave workers
46. She purses her lips
47. or because he steals the pocket money of schoolchildren and the purses of old ladies
48. Anstruther,--Today I went down to Jena with the girl from next door who wanted to do such mild shopping as Jena is prepared for, mild shopping suited to mild purses, and there I drifted into the bookshop in the market-place where I so often used to drift, and there I found a book dealing with English poetry from Chaucer onward, with pictures of the poets who had written it
49. A broken ankle here, a fractured wrist there, some jewelry missing from the front desk, three purses stolen–all tort claims for mental anguish and spoiled vacations
50. She tilts her head and purses her lips in a way that tells him she is not going to continue talking about it and he should stop being obnoxious
1. ’ He said, pursing his lips
2. ’ He said pursing his lips
3. 'Dreadfully!' she agreed, shaking her head and pursing her lips
4. ’ He commented, pursing his lips
5. ’ He said, pursing his lips as though this is a disadvantage
6. ’ he said pursing his lips as though not looking forward to the next bit of the story
7. Gilla, pursing her lips at the lack of warning, dashes off to implement crisis plans for the meal while I go back to my room to continue the packing which I have been half-heartedly attacking on and off since we got back from Lyme
8. Sebastian looked back at Glen and considered him, pursing his lips
9. It's one o' them Juicy Coozy things, ain't it?" He rubbed his hand along the rim while I studied the chrome water outlets dotted around the inside, pursing my lips
10. His lips were pursing up, and then going in, and out, and in, and out
11. He avoided her eyes, pursing his lips and looking fixedly at the floor
12. Thoughtful, pursing his lips, he gazed across the table
13. Pursing his lips, Trevor hesitated before answering
14. Was running away the best decision he ever made, or was it the biggest mistake he ever made? What about pursing career over family? How the hell was he supposed to know? He knew they were related since running away for his career meant giving up a marriage and every relationship he had in India, including his parents if they hadn’t passed on
15. ” Elmyra nodded, her mouth pursing as she considered
16. He chuckled, “Since you grew into that—” I gestured at my naked body “—and I had to spend eight years without it,” he said and I feigned sympathy, pursing my lips
17. For Sci–Coll, despite pursuing the concept of nothingness and trying to force reality to conform to its nihilistic ideology, is pursing something
18. Pursing her lips, she shakes her head
19. Her brother shakes his head, pursing his lips at the way the scribe is willing to give up so easily
20. You lick your lips pursing them, sleepy, you reposition your legs over the sides of hips
21. "You're a little behind," she wheezes, pursing the crooked smear of lip-stick that she calls a mouth
22. He instead chided the guards, pointing in the direction of Odalia and in his gruff language told them that arriving in the capital city by the next day was far more important than pursing anything else
23. The Decanus seemed uninterested in pursing any more information about Juko and moved on
24. Pursing his lips, he says, “This is not reassuring you
25. Pursing his lips he says, “Maybe later
26. Mother was sitting with her back ramrod straight, pursing her lips and refusing to look at me
27. “Don’t be so sure, Son,” his mother said, pursing her lips
28. ” “Just as any one of us would’ve done under the same circumstances,” Anna said pursing her lips
29. Practice pursing your lips and then stretching your mouth into a smile to reveal their teeth
30. "Father is very pleased, I think," said Judith, with what in one less lovely would have been a slight pursing of the lips
31. The three of them shot worried glances at one another, my cousin Rosemary’s mouth pursing in…what? Worry? Disapproval?
32. Sykes coolly regarded his junior, pursing his lips
33. Pursing his lips, “Drola has moved a few steps…, but not enough
34. I’ll be there” she said pursing her lips
35. And pursing her lips she slowly drew a long stitch of grey thread
36. "O, no, no, no!" said Father Keon quickly, pursing his lips as if he
37. Mr Dedalus amid the din walked off, murmuring to himself with a pursing
38. ” Rohsail folded his hands behind him, pursing his lips as he considered the information the messenger wyvern had borne from Saram Bay
39. The bishop unfolded it, and only his many years of experience prevented him from pursing his lips in a silent whistle as he scanned the fifteen names written on it
40. The men were strong enough to bear up and keep quiet under this confused suspense; some letting their lower lip fall, others pursing it up, according to the habit of their muscles
41. Englishman looked on sideways, pursing up his lips
42. Lorrain, pursing up his lips, waved a severely negative finger before his nose
43. 'You are,' rumbled Grandpa, pursing his lips, scowling
44. "I don't need charity, thank you," she said, pursing her lips
45. The Englishman looked on sideways, pursing up his lips