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Examples
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She had to stand on her tip-toes to see all the way down to the street.
68 & Riverside Andrew Shelden 2012
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During the Dave Matthews thing, where he's just facing the camera and really saying some serious and poignant things about my work, there's this chubby guy in the background who thinking he's off camera who tip-toes right through the scene behind Dave.
Mike Ragogna: Funstyle: A Conversation With Liz Phair, Plus Ozzy Gets Boxed Mike Ragogna 2011
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Standing on her tip-toes, trying to peek in, she was interrupted by a teen girl running hastily by, looking for the entrance to the school.
Tammy Tibbetts: Meeting Emotional Creatures in Brooklyn Tammy Tibbetts 2011
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At a shade over 1.83 m in his size 9 Doctor Martens, Ronnie Smith was just tall enough to reach up on tip-toes to unclip the faulty fluorescent tube in the small kitchen at the top of the stairs.
The Obald, Book 1: 1983. Chapter 1: Tuesday November 1 « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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Standing on her tip-toes, trying to peek in, she was interrupted by a teen girl running hastily by, looking for the entrance to the school.
Tammy Tibbetts: Meeting Emotional Creatures in Brooklyn Tammy Tibbetts 2011
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Standing on her tip-toes, trying to peek in, she was interrupted by a teen girl running hastily by, looking for the entrance to the school.
Tammy Tibbetts: Meeting Emotional Creatures in Brooklyn Tammy Tibbetts 2011
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Standing on her tip-toes, trying to peek in, she was interrupted by a teen girl running hastily by, looking for the entrance to the school.
Tammy Tibbetts: Meeting Emotional Creatures in Brooklyn Tammy Tibbetts 2011
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Standing on her tip-toes, trying to peek in, she was interrupted by a teen girl running hastily by, looking for the entrance to the school.
Tammy Tibbetts: Meeting Emotional Creatures in Brooklyn Tammy Tibbetts 2011
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Standing on her tip-toes, trying to peek in, she was interrupted by a teen girl running hastily by, looking for the entrance to the school.
Tammy Tibbetts: Meeting Emotional Creatures in Brooklyn Tammy Tibbetts 2011
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Bobdylanologists, those expert in the field of Dylanology, will no doubt be flocking to the Gagosian Gallery in New York next week for the opening of Dylan's debut art exhibition, "The Asian Series," but as we leave the Summer behind and Autumn tip-toes in on little leafy feet, it is one of Dylan's oldies that keeps playing in our minds.
Black Tomato: Inspiration For A Rainy Day Black Tomato 2011
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