Somewhere on my bookshelves, I've got many a dog-eared and tatty book from the 1980s and early 90s about the home video revolution. |
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One might wonder why someone would go nosing around a musty corner to buy an old dog-eared book instead of buying crisp, gleaming copies. |
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All four corners were dog-eared, some were torn, but she would have recognised it anywhere. |
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Let's go back to reading recipes in food-stained, dog-eared paperback books instead. |
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I found no joy in cleaning up some little tyrant's mess and I didn't have enough emotion in me to cry over a silly dog-eared card. |
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He was reading a dog-eared Raymond Chandler paperback instead of the anatomy text he planned to study. |
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He liked old and beaten books with the pages slightly worn and dog-eared from use. |
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No matter how ratty or dog-eared or water-stained the book, it will find a happy home with me, at least temporarily. |
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The yellowed pages were dog-eared and extremely battered, and I replaced it gingerly on the shelf as I went to answer the door. |
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It was tattered and dog-eared, and its margins bore notes in my mother's girlish hand. |
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Let the collarbones feel open so your shoulders are not like dog-eared pages. |
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For years, we've all known that consulting, as a profession, is getting a little, well, dog-eared. |
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Mr. Wilder headed upstairs for bed, and Kate wandered back over to her couch, plunking down in it and picking up her dog-eared book. |
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He placed all three mugs on the laminate table top, along with three hideously chocolatey muffins and a shabby looking flyer, dog-eared and yellow. |
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Of course he would never have been able to discard a used sheet and his would have looked like an enormous, dog-eared paperback after about a week. |
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Beside the bed was a stack of worn books, dog-eared and creased. |
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He sighed audibly in the empty shop and thumbed at a dog-eared corner. |
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Among the pots and pans was a dog-eared ledger book with faded batters. |
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My brand strategy, advertising and crisis management course notes are now dog-eared. |
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Whether it is the use of cutting-edge technology or dog-eared textbooks, Ailwin is committed to the success of her students. |
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The covers of all publications shall be free of defects such as dog-eared corners, scuffs, scratches and dirt. |
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The sleeve may present a few defaults like corners slightly dog-eared and so forth. |
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So no more receiving dog-eared photos in the post or wasting time on complaints! |
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In this connection, we note that there was a lack of precision relating to thickness in the scope definition for dog-eared fencing. |
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The pages are all dog-eared from being constantly used by the children year after year. |
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The dog-eared flap of cardboard hung on the fence post, stained by a lengthy exposure to the elements. |
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Teachers treasure dog-eared, third generation xerox copies of a manuscript that took ten years to reach publication. |
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Still, one can easily envision hordes clutching their dog-eared paperbacks of Inferno straining to find the flag. |
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Accusing Washington of failure to work properly is one of the most dog-eared pages in the political playbook. |
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Many of them opened bistros or little restaurants with big ideas and some dog-eared paperbacks. |
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Archie performs his moth-eaten variety act before dwindling audiences in dog-eared music hall theatres. |
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Was there really a market, even in Sri Lanka, for a genuine, galleried, verandahed and slightly dog-eared, colonial hotel? |
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The pages were dog-eared and yellow, now covered with a thin, spidery hand. |
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The collection was comprised of out-of-date, dog-eared paperbacks. |
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If you asked any 12-year-old what shots she has received, she would probably wince and point to a dog-eared immunization record, received in early childhood and updated dutifully at every school immunization day. |
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After only a few days in my possession, this book already bears the thumb-print smudges and dog-eared pages which denote it as much, much more than the average read. |
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Since the risk of fingerprints, tears, dog-eared corners and other physical mutilation increases with the frequency of handling, original and valued materials should be protected from excessive handling. |
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In his last studio, one wall was reserved exclusively for the original dog-eared photographs of his make-believe family and the fictive families of old friends. |
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Rhea handed him a thick paperback book with dog-eared corners. |
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Over my coffee, I dog-eared the pages of a fencing catalog. |
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By thumbing to the dog-eared pages, she quickly found the items in the catalog she wanted to order. |
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The pages in his favorite book were dog-eared from years of reading it at bedtime. |
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Documents have clearly been damaged by poor repackaging after reading: creased, dog-eared, some with rust stains caused by pins. |
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But it would seem that it is not only teenagers who are passing around dog-eared paperbacks in the lunchroom. |
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Or shove a dog-eared thriller behind highbrow volumes on our living room shelves so as to cultivate a more intellectual image. |
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Madeleine dog-eared the page she was reading. |
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As Canfor was not requested to provide additional data regarding its sales of dog-eared fence pickets in any supplemental questionnaires, it had no reason to conclude that its treatment of these sales was improper. |
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The contents are dog-eared from constant use and reference. |
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But for many universities, especially in Britain and elsewhere in Europe, a more accurate emblem would include slummy buildings, dog-eared books and demoralised dons. |
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His eyes went to his book and stayed there long enough to finish a paragraph. He dog-eared it and put it down. |
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Downer said, a green hardcover history book, its pages dog-eared and marked with yellow Post-it notes for quick consultation. |
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They were dog-eared by the hands of many a publisher's-reader and postman. |
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