| He belonged to a luncheon club and a country club, and he wangled invitations to play golf at Augusta and Cypress Point. |
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| Then we said our goodbyes, but not before I'd wangled an opening night ticket out of him for Saturday Night Fever. |
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| Sometimes she wangled a large marrowbone to cook with our meat ration and lots of vegetables, this lasted a couple of days. |
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| If anyone could have dreamed up an unlikely idea like the Wooden Horse and wangled his way into Troy, he would have. |
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| Bannister had wangled a continuance of the trial, but unless he could produce Pike, Hardiman's chances looked slim. |
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| The box fills with civic worthies, ladies in floral hats, and the occasional chinless wonder who has wangled a sly invitation. |
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| The Oxford history graduate scoffs at the idea that his father somehow wangled him the job of co-presenting and researching the programme and accompanying book. |
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| In September, a Harkin supporter wangled an invitation to a meeting at which Mr Ganske discussed strategy with the White House's political director, Ken Mehlman. |
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| Actress Charlize Theron wangled Ewan McGregor a role as an extra on her cowboy movie. |
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| He was certainly shrewd to have wangled himself a PS145,000-plus salary and peppercornrented Essex housing association gin palace. |
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| But, as anyone who has ever wangled a sick note out of his or her GP knows, manipulation can be a powerful weapon. |
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| After adopting a new identity and passport, he wangled his way into British high society and frequented the best casinos. |
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| Once you've wangled that first assignment, you'll need to work hard at it. |
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| Several, Herberger's golden boy Fritz Walter among them, were wangled comparatively safe jobs at an airforce base, which also just happened to have one of the best football sides in the country. |
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| The trade commissioner has wangled his way out of another row with China. |
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| What are the advantages that some governments think they have wangled for themselves if they delay or circumvent sanctions, for example against Zimbabwe? |
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| Mind you, it's lucky they didn't insist on the fluency in English criterion for students when John Prescott first wangled his way into Ruskin College. |
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| And she also wangled a prime seat at the Champions League final after singing at the official pre-match dinner for VIPs including Sir Alex Ferguson and David Beckham. |
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