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  • So I gave them a roll a-piece, and let them out at the back, and off they ran, as hard as they could! '

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • The author was to divide the profits with the bookseller, and they soon shared above £1000 a-piece.

    Letter 388 2009

  • And then you can give them a licking a-piece, if it's any satisfaction to you, and put them out by the back-door, and we shan't see any more of them, I fancy.

    Matchless Valour 2009

  • So I gave them a roll a-piece, and let them out at the back, and off they ran, as hard as they could! '

    Matchless Valour 2009

  • And then you can give them a licking a-piece, if it's any satisfaction to you, and put them out by the back-door, and we shan't see any more of them, I fancy.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • In New Bedford, fathers, they say, give whales for dowers to their daughters, and portion off their nieces with a few porpoises a-piece.

    Notable & Quotable 2009

  • The idea is to explore the possibilities for innovation and collaboration in this new medium, looking at different ways a group of people can work towards a single whole - for example, a different editor may be used for each scene, or five composers scoring two minutes a-piece, or three actors performing the same part directed by four directors.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • The idea is to explore the possibilities for innovation and collaboration in this new medium, looking at different ways a group of people can work towards a single whole - for example, a different editor may be used for each scene, or five composers scoring two minutes a-piece, or three actors performing the same part directed by four directors.

    VIDEO SLAM :: remixable film project 2007

  • When they go to school they receive a sovereign a-piece from their father, and a shilling a week, which is ample pocket-money.

    The Newcomes 2006

  • Here your dear master has ordered you something a-piece, in honour of me.

    Pamela 2006

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