shoe-lace

The plan worked perfectly, the one Kiwi, stopped just right to tie his shoe-lace, on the bend we jumped into the ditch.

John Keay 2010

Then the broken shoe-lace - then the empty cigarette packet.

Separate Douglas Light 2010

I don't understand why enumerating 6 or 15 million via the use of some kind of physical counter (shoe-lace, paperclip) is less frightening than the number itself. it just takes longer.

Six million what Roger Sutton 2007

The Cojones Frame yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The Cojones Frame'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Long time journalist William Greider has stepped on his shoe-lace with an article about President Obama losing to the "big dogs" on Wall Street.'

The Cojones Frame 2009

Sara had lagged behind; there she was, tying her shoe-lace.

The Years 2004

He did not know one of them worthy to tie up her shoe-lace.

The Way Home 2003

He was in a room and Carling was saying something about a knot in his shoe-lace.

This Side of Paradise 2003

Then he stooped forward, pretending to tie a shoe-lace, and let rip with a loud fart.

Mortal Causes Rankin, Ian 1994

She bent down by the door as if she was re-tying her shoe-lace.

The Second Form at Malory Towers Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1970

Next circuit round I stopped to tic my shoe-lace and then there was no more doubt in my mind.

The Satan Bug MacLean, Alistair 1962