| Sylvia went into a mod boutique and nicked two pairs of huge white plastic sunglasses with blue lenses. |
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| A dinged-up dresser and desk sat on the adjacent wall, both nicked and scratched from years of abuse. |
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| Their best ideas were all nicked, but sharp songwriting and a fantastic image elevated them beyond mere copyists. |
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| Elsewhere in the city last Saturday, a double blade cutting machine and small drill were nicked from a van parked in Ballytruckle. |
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| Whenever possible, hang tools with cutting edges separately to keep them from getting nicked or dulled. |
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| My sister thinks the little old ladies next door nicked it, to teach us a lesson for not bringing our bin back in as soon as the garbo leaves. |
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| Bicycles are parked in special areas which are watched over by attendants, so your bike doesn't get nicked. |
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| We do not need to know that Mrs Whatsername nicked something from the supermarket. |
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| Sensors can also be placed around buildings to track the travels of laptops and desktops and prevent them being nicked. |
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| You needed a long bar, made of some dark aged wood, all nicked and scuffed smooth along its edges. |
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| Not your regular four-cylinder screamer but a torquey, burbling five-pot nicked from the firm's iconic Coupe. |
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| And if he nicked you bad enough to bleed, he'd dab a bit of toilet paper on his tongue and stick it to the wound! |
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| He let himself be pressed back toward the door, barely blocking one blow after another, until finally the knight's sword nicked him in the side. |
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| They held their knives in our faces and I was nicked by one just to the left of my left eye. |
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| A bio weapon delivery system could be your next-door neighbor, or the mosquito that nicked you before dinner. |
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| We first see the hero, Jamie, as a violent 18-year-old Gravesend thug who, having nicked a car, runs off with 15-year-old Lynsey. |
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| Last year, 10,000 mobiles were stolen and two-thirds of those were nicked or robbed from kids. |
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| Although it claims it is impossible to say exactly how many mobile phones are being nicked it estimates that 700,000 were stolen last year. |
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| In January a Government funded report found that 700,000 phones were nicked last year sparking a crime wave of theft and violence. |
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| Anyone who continued to use the site in search of illegal images, despite repeated warnings, was nicked. |
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| Janet nicked off on a one-way flight to Australia, letting her family know where she was one week later. |
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| But credit to Lancashire, they hung in well and could even have nicked the two points. |
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| I can't cut my boy's hair, I nicked his ear last time and I felt awful, it was the tiniest cut but he bled like a stuck pig. |
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| With 1 minute remaining plus injury time the score was 0-0 but with the last kicks of the game the opposition nicked two goals. |
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| Wavell Hinds nicked his first delivery, and Lee struck again when he angled a ball down the leg side that flicked Chris Gayle's glove. |
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| The fasces of Italian fascism are nicked from the fasces carried by the lictors, symbolising the unity of the Roman people. |
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| That other stuff was just to throw you off the scent while I nicked your MP3 player. |
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| I scraped off a good bit of skin on my right forearm, barked my shin, and nicked up my right knee. |
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| Touchingly, he drank out of a pint glass that must once have been nicked from an English pub. |
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| A top Navy Officer was hauled before a court martial yesterday after a laptop packed with military secrets was nicked from his car. |
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| A quick skinny-dip left two drunks red-faced when children nicked their clothes and ran off. |
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| My holiday snaps are usually not up to Hockneys's standards and a fancy camera will just get nicked. |
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| The Liverpool supporter, it was announced, couldn't make it because his car had been nicked. |
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| Anyway, bails and I went along, had a couple of glasses of free champagne and nicked off just before the speeches started. |
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| She would have given it a decent burial only the neighbours dog nicked off with the carcass before she could get to it. |
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| So Janae has told Janelle that Karl has abused her, and then she's nicked off back to Colac while Karl faces the Spanish Inquisition. |
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| She nicked off at midday feeling mildly exhilarated and trying to ignore the guilt nibbling away at her stomach. |
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| Residents might use their democratic right to tell their local councillors, quite rightly, to stop wasting their money and go and get nicked. |
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| They can all get nicked. They can't sue me, they can't threaten me, they can't do anything. |
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| Bullet cases also get nicked and dinged by a gun, so examiners often scrutinize them, too. |
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| If they get caught and copped, if they get nicked and weighed-off, fair enough. |
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| We nicked off to Melbourne for the weekend and it was fantastic. |
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| This week, a judge ruled that the band had indeed nicked it from the campfire song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree. |
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| If you nicked a bag of potatoes they'd put you away for five or seven years. |
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| After losing a fortune on the dishlickers, he found his radio had been nicked, and when he went to the car park to go home, he found his car had been pinched too! |
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| Out in Malibu, the billionaire's gardener has nicked a bronze with his weed whacker. |
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| The propeller was nicked and scuffed in a manner consistent with striking the severed power line. |
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| It also helps keep the blades from being nicked or damaged when the tool is in storage. |
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| Simply replacing worn or nicked blades will add months or years to the glue mechanism's life. |
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| The night of the party, Gerald nicked his cheek — with an electric razor, no less — and had to find the styptic pencil to stop the bleeding. |
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| Helmet returns after a long time away, during which a buttload of bands have nicked their sound but haven't been able to match the sheer power of the band. |
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| Search warrants in hand, the coppers nicked some computers, video game manuals, Blockbuster movie rental cards, DVDs, a microphone and a power cord. |
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| This round though, Clay was more composed as he glided out of the way and began to pump the left jab with enough accuracy to have Cooper nicked by Cooper's right eye. |
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| San Jose, meanwhile, nicked a 2-1 win against Blooming of Santa Cruz to set them up for their visit to Colombian side Cucuta Deportivo. |
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| Though they were nicked by neighbours Uruguay, the Evaristos set the groundwork for brothers appearing in the same team in a World Cup final. |
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| Erik Thornval and Lt. Puc Piotr only reported a nicked finger and a car in the river. |
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| Gold higher than 18k is too soft for body jewelry because it can easily be scratched or nicked. |
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| Scissors and clippers require intermediate to high level disinfection between clients, if skin is nicked or broken. |
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| Michael Azzerad nicked the title of his recent book about the American '80s music underground, Our Band Could Be Your Life, from a minutemen song. |
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| I would have nicked him too but there was no room in the police car. |
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| He was nicked after one of the shop attendants recognised his voice. |
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| He and Esther nicked off before I could get changed and say hi, too. |
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| They were small cuts on her shoulder from when she was training with her brother, he nicked her with his sword, she had forgotten about them until now. |
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| I guess I must have zedded, for I find a police officer, the same one that nicked me, shaking me. |
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| I KNOW this hottie who had her mobe and her bumbershoot nicked by a ned but the police said she was a bit of a numpty. |
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| They didn't, and it now means a nicked scuffler from Eto'o, Messi, Henry et all, could mean they're out. |
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| We nicked crab apples, played conkers, fired peashooters, dodged into the local cinema and chased the girls who played peever. |
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| He was endearingly brave when, clad in a dressing gown, he pursued one of them through the streets in a bid to recover the wallet and jewellery which the ingrate had nicked. |
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| The Magpies might even have nicked it when Emre went one-on-one with keeper Markus Proll 11 minutes from time. |
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| This Wayne was nicked Red-handed, like to an errant mountain cat that does not see the subtle hunter's net And strays too close. |
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| Will and the Duchess sat in the sunshine and shared an apple Will had nicked from a fruitmonger's stall. |
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| She said Lorraine, 36, had five stab wounds to her neck and body and one nicked the jugular vein. |
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| The just season of doing things must be nicked, and all accidents improved. |
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| It was local people who nicked cigarettes and alcohol on the street. |
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| The propeller blades were twisted, and the leading edges were nicked in a manner that is typical when a propeller makes contact with trees and rocks while at a high power setting. |
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| It is possible for the copper braid to be nicked during this operation, which would allow the strands to flex sufficiently to initiate separation. |
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| The leading edges of both blades were nicked and damaged on impact. |
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| Caution: If the plunger surface is nicked, the high points must be cleaned up to prevent damage to the bushing in the solenoid, or the plunger replaced. |
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| A nicked pearl opens a treasure of innovation. |
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| Ensure that you replace the O-ring if it is nicked or punctured. |
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| Nothing vital has been damaged, but a major artery was nicked. |
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| The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he'd broken into. |
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| The batsman succumbed to a snorter of short balls from the bowler and nicked a thin edge to the keeper. |
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| The ratbags also nicked Philip's car, but at least that was later found abandoned. |
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| He drove right at, and through, the platform. It began to move, but I'd have nicked it myself, had it been nickable. |
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| I've never met the woman and I'm a bit niffed that she's nicked my name. |
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| And it was great, even if I ended up face down after a bit of oversteer to avoid a collision with my toddler who was wandering around wondering who had nicked her sledge. |
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