| Television broadcasters on this side of the pond have already plumped for old favourites. |
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| Women plumped for similarly high-flying partners, including managers, architects and designers, and lawyers. |
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| Edamame or butter bean soybeans are varieties that are best used at the green stage, when the seeds have just plumped the pods. |
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| Like a little plumped up raisin, he exudes vanity, smugness and frailty and desolation in equal measure. |
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| I was, as it happens, offered herbal tea but no one lectured me when I plumped for the caffeine-loaded coffee option. |
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| After making the drink, use the plumped, liqueured apricots in desserts or compotes or to top pound cake or ice cream. |
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| Throwing my heart monitor out the window I plumped for the dessert of fresh profiteroles served with butterscotch sauce. |
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| Once the cushions had been plumped up to her satisfaction, she wouldn't allow her children to sit on them. |
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| Made from a classic Aussie mix of firm, blackcurranty Cabernet, plumped up by spicy Shiraz and plummy Merlot. |
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| Vicky plumped for the rabbit, which came two ways, with the shoulder braised with rosemary and the saddle roasted with pancetta. |
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| Staying comfortably ahead of the fashion pack, Nicola Roberts plumped for a pair of on-trend jeggings today. |
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| Finally, the roasted whole boneless quail, plumped with black pudding and puy lentils, proved hardest to resist. |
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| For desserts, we plumped for the grape and butterscotch cheesecake, with a touch of ice-cream, and the banoffee pie. |
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| They'd filled the crystal decanter on her bedside table with fresh water and plumped the pillows and put a nightdress ready. |
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| Despite her refusal to buy anything, the salesman measured her bed while she lay on it and plumped up pillows around her back and feet. |
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| Returning to the bed, she plumped up the pillows, settled herself and began to stitch. |
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| Kristyn plumped her pillows and gently laid her back while she ran to fetch another basin. |
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| Caribbean bananas taste better than dollar bananas because they are less chemical, less plumped up with fertilisers. |
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| In a year it has plumped out and has self-seeded either side of the parent plant, so it will make a bold statement come early April. |
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| The waiter, almost literally staggering under the weight, plumped a huge oval plateful of sizzling ribs in front of Lili. |
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| At any rate, he ran back two or three yards and plumped down behind a rock. |
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| I kind of hoped that, as the box grew and plumped out, the line would appear to be less wavy. |
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| The pews were already full, and women had plumped down in the aisles, their children scattered around them. |
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| For our main course, we plumped for wild mushroom and leek lasagne, and pork and apple sausages, with mustard mash and red wine gravy. |
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| But, as we reported last week, the company have finally plumped for their own services. |
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| Although reasonable food was available in jail most inmates plumped for the least healthy option, they added. |
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| And he eventually plumped for the controversial latecomer without proper technical judgments made on its suitability or the likely cost. |
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| Jamie plumped for the poached mussels to start with, while I chose the baby goat's cheese wrapped in smoked salmon with apricot sabayon. |
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| Lisa had promised me bacon covered in maple syrup, but in the end I plumped for the sausage and egg sandwiches with a side order of raisin toast. |
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| My mother grew up in Gloucestershire, so I plumped, first, for a wedge of a cheese from that County that I had never heard of before. |
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| We plumped for option B. Now, I wish we had known there was something in between. |
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| I plumped my mother under a tree and walked around to take in some action. |
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| I plumped for whole grilled lemon sole with smoked salmon and wasabi butter, while my companion chose grilled halibut with wild mushrooms on creamed leeks and pine kernels. |
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| After much discussion we plumped for a pub in West London for a lock-in. |
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| I've always had thin lips and I wanted them plumped up to be fashionable. |
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| You've crawled into bed, snuggled under the duvet, plumped up the pillows, made yourself as comfortable as possible and can feel yourself drifting away into the land of nod. |
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| She reminded me of a great loaf of white bread, plumped down on the sofa in its cellophane wrapping. |
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| She strolled into her hotel room and plumped down on the bed. |
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| She plumped down into the red velvet chair and poured the tea. |
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| She plumped down on the cushion and started looking through a magazine. |
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| His charming wife Rita, who keeps the Po Valley floodwaters of her husband's conversation from overflowing, plumped for the foie gras and balsamic vinegar salad. |
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| The fabric of the chairs and sofas had been brushed, cushions plumped, the decanters replenished and the used crystalware banished out of sight to the kitchens. |
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| I mashed them into burgers, padded out chillis, plumped up a goulash – my love for the little red bean knows no bounds. |
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| Antipodean neighbours New Zealand have plumped for a trio of over 23s who ply their trade in the British Isles. |
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| Hedge funds have plumped for boutique offices in the choicer parts of the West End, like Mayfair. |
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| Midsize water containers, made as tea ceremony vessels, are stimulatingly varied in shape and proportions: squat, tall, pinched, plumped. |
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| Gamely, I plough on, finishing with a chocolate fondant but gluttonously wishing I'd plumped for the Kentish cheeseboard instead. |
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| However in a telling move, the broadcasters have plumped to recommit to Freeview. |
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| Given that one of the appetites in question was that of Sir Cyril Smith, most plumped for lunch. |
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| I love both, but given the orange zest in my filling I've plumped for the former. |
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| This body rejuvenating concentrate smoothes and restores elasticity for a plumped and visibly younger skin. |
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| With arrival of amplified music, Escoudé plumped for the electric guitar and found in Wes Montgomery a model of innovation. |
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| Your wrinkles fade and your face is plumped, your skin becomes soft, smooth and toned. |
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| Result: the signs of fatigue disappear, the eyes and lips contours are plumped and the features are smoothed. |
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| He eventually plumped for the latter and, after taking a course run by the actor Serge Martin, he enrolled at DAL Théâtre for a three-year stint. |
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| Jon plumped for the main course of skewered collops of Mallaig monkfish, but wasn't too keen on the other half of the combo, that Shetland salmon. |
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| It works from the first wash to give your hair the nutrients it needs, making it shinier and plumped. |
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| In 1964 manual workers favoured Labour over the Conservatives by 35 percentage points, while non-manual workers plumped for the Tories by an overwhelming 39-point margin. |
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| Skin is plumped up restoring its softness, suppleness and beauty. |
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| Just a few weeks after winning the Airport Al-Madinah contract, the Najran airport also plumped for the 8000 airport benches, Design by Porsche Design Studio. |
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| Your skin will appear plumped from within. |
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| I had one that had probably been plumped up with dirty water. |
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| The management plumped for the 7050 Terminal benches to furnish the waiting area. Architecture and nature fuse in a well-matched atmosphere, peppered with interesting contrasts. |
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| Anglicized also as Czarevitch and Czarowitz, his title was given another variation by the Racing Calendar, which plumped for Cesarewitch. |
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| Nevertheless, when choosing between two companies, investors often plumped for the one promising the higher earnings-growth rate, without properly gauging the risks involved. |
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| The St Albert Churched plumped for series 1500 Luca. |
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| What also rather shocks us about this painting is how such violence can take place amidst these lovely stuffs – the jewellery, the coverlet that is falling from the plumped mattresses of the bed. |
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| And, at the same time, goodbye Bangalore, boring colonial cantonment whose name failed to honour the kind old woman who plumped up a hungry 14th-century king with a small bean feast. |
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| It is nourished in depth, replete and very lastingly plumped up. |
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| The voters, however, usually plumped for Mackenzie King's soft sawder. |
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| The entire dessert menu was tempting, but I plumped for the cheesecake. |
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| The poll also found that women more often cited chocolate or strawberries and men more often plumped for meatier options like foie gras and steak. |
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| He then went next door to The Steamie where he sampled a clootie dumpling and macchiato coffee, while his lady friend plumped for millionaire shortbread and a latte. |
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