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Examples

  • Jean-Pierre nodded, fixing his eyes on a ball-point pen chained to the comptoir.

    une pantoufle - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • An automation of this nature in the inventively advanced culture the background of this picture implies, would be as astounding a sight, I should think, as a ball-point pen in present-day European or American society.

    Will You Go See Avatar? 2009

  • Jean-Pierre nodded, fixing his eyes on a ball-point pen chained to the comptoir.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • The slow life reminds me that I actually lived before the ball-point pen was common.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • Jean-Pierre nodded, fixing his eyes on a ball-point pen chained to the comptoir.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • Jean-Pierre nodded, fixing his eyes on a ball-point pen chained to the comptoir.

    Characters 2009

  • Best average performance (I only tested cheap brands) was probably plain old Federal ball-point, though if you exclude the thrown shots, the CCI did better, so maybe the high-end CCI stuff is nice, but I never checked.

    My new .22 shots great. I can hit a soup can every time at 100 yards. 2009

  • Best average performance (I only tested cheap brands) was probably plain old Federal ball-point, though if you exclude the thrown shots, the CCI did better, so maybe the high-end CCI stuff is nice, but I never checked.

    My new .22 shots great. I can hit a soup can every time at 100 yards. 2009

  • Now that its customers can stock up on ball-point pens and letter-size paper through Staples.

    As Big Boxes Shrink, They Also Rethink Miguel Bustillo 2011

  • The slow life reminds me that I actually lived before the ball-point pen was common.

    New Year Blessings 2009

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