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as she speaks , leona grabs a gray water jug and exits through the door , disappearing into the darkness.

He said the interest conflicts and power grabs within the Cabinet made no policy-making easy.

As Jack watches, the crocodile grabs a steer off the bank and kills it in a death roll before devouring it too.

When something grabs our attention, we divert some of our working memory to it in case it turns out to be important.

Just how much slower is still up for grabs.

A man in a white coat rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps (v. ) over to a table by himself.

He sprints, trying to escape, but one of the viperwolves grabs him by the ankle with its powerful fore-hand.

That means the future of television is now up for grabs: the screen, the industry, even the meaning of the word.

Before he gets out of bed, Zhang Kaihong grabs his phone, logs on to his microblog and checks out the early morning buzz.

Unaware of the dangers, he climbs, gets inside the narrowest passages , grabs everything that he finds handy and puts it in his mouth.

He grabs the shard and slowly pulls it out, trying his best not to cry out in pain.

"Birds, " he says. She laughs and grabs hold of his hand. For a moment he feels like everything is going to be okay.

As she is about to react, "SKINNER" grabs her around the throat and flings her across the room where she crashes into a glass wall.

A racket bounces a tennis ball up and down on the court , before a hand grabs the ball.

Whether or not a dramatic historical tale can preserve the allure of these grand old dames of Parisian tourism is up for grabs.

The goalkeeper grabs the ball, has the ball in his hands, slides because he dives and the pitch is wet, and the player goes direct for him.

She grabs a syringe from her tray and stabs him in the arm.

It was one of those stories that grabs attention.

What all this portends in the wake of Columbia's loss is still up for grabs.

By now the boy is getting tipsy, and with his new hands he reaches down, grabs his drink and guzzles the last of it.

He grabs a plant and pulls it out of its pot. He knocks over other pots.

Before putting the robot on the market for grabs he tested it on his live account on which he claims to have earned over $100, 000.

Everything about this deal is big, even the $200 million in bank underwriting fees up for grabs for global investment banks.

He said: "I don't understand why people rubbish the Europa League. There are only two European trophies up for grabs every year. "

I'm not much of a home handyman. I'm the kind of person who grabs the nearest heavy flat object to pound nails.

Inoue stares for a moment before seeing Ichigo. Then she ran to Kurosaki's side and grabs his cheeks with her shaky hands.

Ms Suu Kyi says that she herself will contest one of the seats up for grabs.

Half of its seats are up for grabs, and a poor showing will make it harder for the DPJ to pass legislation.

In particular, investors appeared to fear that KPN would bid for Bouygues, a big French mobile operator that could be coming up for grabs.

With many plants are idled, that export business is up for grabs, at least temporarily.

A Republican majority in the Senate, though possible, would be astonishing, because relatively few Democratic seats are up for grabs there.

"Kyu, wait, I-" she reaches out and grabs hold of his arm as he takes a step. He rejects his grip and whips off her hand.

Schofield marches down the hall, grabs a seismometer and an oscilloscope and hauls them into a van.

As chance would have it, an old post office came up for grabs and Strathdee saw the potential for "a general store for the 21st century" .

The mobile phone President Bush's twin daughter, Barbara, lost in Buenos Aires - was reportedly up for grabs on an internet auction site.

CM grabs vials of medicine and instructs him to put them in a bag.

Jack grabs Nils but he is not strong enough to pull him out of the animal's huge jaws.

For dredging works, only mechanical dredgers with bucket-type closed-grabs shall be used for the dredging of river bed or ponds.

Finally, he drops his underpants, and after a quick glance, she grabs her purse and runs screaming to the front door.

Well one of the Eiffel Tower's spiral staircases is up for grabs. . . but it'll cost you.

NEARLY seven years after the toppling of the Taliban, Afghanistan's future is still up for grabs.

Someone can "own" the right to the remote control; the best seat can also go up for grabs, as can exemption from the washing-up rota.

Natasha quickly turns and grabs the Queen's foot, yanking her to the ground.

Our deal is constantly up for grabs as we check to see what other options we have.

When I ask him if he wants his tea. . . he shakes his head and grabs the TV remote.

Such acquisitions also typically involve water rights, meaning that land grabs potentially affect all downstream countries as well.

Why said grabs the moment to take a picture, because day one big bright, the snow can dissolve the water.

Meanwhile, Sara arrives at the hospital with Mahone in tow. She grabs a doctor's lab coat and slips into a supply closet.

If the child grabs a toy out of someone's hand, stop him, ask gently to give it back.

The governor's office and a Senate seat are up for grabs, with no incumbents running.

But also the hunger of any one of them will be satisfied by a hare, so, as a hare comes within reach, one of them grabs it.

If one night a big fat man jumps in at your window, grabs you and puts you in a sack don't worry I told Santa I wanted you for CHRISTMAS.

Some of the other items up for grabs include recycled paper vases, stationery holders made from recycled glass and even art pieces.

4versa automatically grabs all the namespace declarations within the root element of the source file as a convenience to the user.

Zero, glad to see Yuuki is alive, grabs her arms and pulls her in to hug her.

and then grabs Blackbeard and runs with him. Aokiji wants to chase them, but Garp stops him.

China also promises to crack down on land grabs by local officials without adequate compensation, a major cause of protests.

Your partner growls and roughly grabs your arm, telling you in an increasingly louder voice what you are supposed to do.

After a minute, the guy grabs a beer bottle and bangs the gator on the top of its head.

Nina through an ear mike directs Tony as he grabs Jamey and takes her out of the bathroom.

Del Bosque says there are still places up for grabs in his squad before he finalises his selection for this summer'sWorld Cup finals.

From the very beginning, Constantinople really sizzled. New religion new state new government everything here was up for grabs.

Eli grabs Teri and pulls out his own gun.

The legal meaning and validity of all euro-denominated contracts and instruments would be up for grabs.

Allison rolls a couple of suitcases to the front door and grabs her keys.

His seat is now up for grabs; pundits give the Republicans a good chance of taking it.

Bite: Tasting term used to indicate a powerful initial sensation of acidity or tannin, which grabs attention immediately the wine is tasted.

He steps out of his dugout, grabs his sniper rifle and smashes it to the tree.

As voters, he reckons, Latino evangelicals are therefore the quintessential independents, up for grabs by either party.

if they are not breaking the law, then apparently everything else is "up for grabs" in business, regardless of the consequences to society.

Q: The championship is still wide open with five races to go and 50 points up for grabs.

In a nature reserve near the botanical garden, he grabs leaves from a seedling; dry as parchment, they disintegrate.

He grabs one, sticks it up his butt, then pulls it out and eats it.

Did you know that Senator Stone is retiring and that his seat is up for grabs?

Right now the house is a real bargain. Don't let the grass grow under your feet -- sign the agreement today before somebody grabs it.

It failed to gain a plurality in any of 41 prefectural and municipal assemblies that were up for grabs.

The willows and aspens were bursting out in young buds. Shrubs and vines were putting on fresh grabs of green.

Up for grabs are his house and everything that's in it: his car, his jet ski , his parachuting gear , even his pots and pans .

An incremental backup grabs all changes since the last full backup image (sometimes called a level 1 backup).

But in December, it dominated parliamentary elections, winning about half of the seats up for grabs.

In recent years a few Chinese scholars have suggested that privatizing rural land would make such land grabs far harder.

In recent years a few Chinese scholars have suggested that privatising rural land would make such land grabs far harder.

Later, he grabs the Sword of Gryffindor and chops the head off a python in a manner that suggests he is onstage at a Black Sabbath concert.

As some of you may know, pictures and screen grabs of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn as a work in progress have leaked on the internet.

Since the minister died suddenly, his position is up for grabs.

Jewelry, watches and luxury green travel packages round out the items up for grabs at Thursday's auction.

Our concept of free will is intimately related to the idea that the past may be set in stone, but the future is up for grabs.

Production manager Samuel Bernstein grabs one of the three fire pails. . . but the fire is already spreading.

There may be no land grabs or oligarchs tossed into jail, as in Russia, but China is in effect ordering owners to surrender assets for free.

She leans over and grabs the steering wheel. The car is still speeding up as it nears the barricade.

An alien grabs and terrorizes his son, injecting him with a poison.

It's one of the most exciting finals in Serie A history this weekend as there is plenty still up for grabs.

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road. Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go. - Green Day, Good Riddance.

This thing grabs hold of us in the wrong place, and we're dead. -You boys sure found a way to make the time pass up there.

He grabs his girlfriend, throws her on the table and has sex with her in front of her parents.

When a shaken Kim turns back to her friend's lifeless body, Rick grabs her from behind.

Michael grabs a fire hose from the wall and unrolls it. He hands one end to C-Note and Abruzzi hurries to unravel the rest.

It would be better to liberalise food markets and boost trade than encourage further land grabs.

Michael pulls the toilet away from the wall, and grabs a concealed bag of tuna from under a notebook.

Thus far the land grabs have contributed more to stirring unrest than to expanding food production.

Andy grabs a handful of dirt and sifts it through his hands.

Capri grabs her hand. "Tell the truth, " he says. "You liked him more, a lot more, when you thought he was dying. "

The reputation of the king is still up for grabs.

And once one company does something that grabs the public attention, many often follow, which then gets the attention of the lawmakers.

The float on a fishline bobs up and down when a fish grabs the hook.

He grabs a box of bullets. Spills them everywhere, all over the seats and floor.

That moment where he grabs Meredith's hand is one of the most affecting moments of the episode, and it was without words.

A few apartments are still up for grabs, but they're selling fast so you'll need to be quick if you want to buy one.

Showbusiness can be a dog-eat-dog world - especially when there's a part in an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical up for grabs.

The opposition Workers' Party won six of the 87 parliament seats up for grabs, the most opposition seats since independence.

The orderly asks for documentation, so she knocks the guy out and grabs Whistler's cell phone from his belongings.

Thomas, charging through the midfield. . . it's up for grabs now. . . Thomas, right at the end!

The router grabs the message from responsequeue and returns the converted text back to the waiting client, as shown in Figure 4.

The prize was up for grabs to anyone under16 years of age.

In these elections, all seats in the House of Representatives and one----third of the Senate seats are up for grabs.

Lincoln grabs T-Bag and forces him down on the hood of a car parked in the barn.

The companies I've mentioned may be leading today, but in all categories the title is still very much up for grabs.

Hadley grabs Andy's collar and propels him violently toward the edge of the roof. The cons furiously keep spreading tar .

In its most deadly attack (called the Death Roll) the crocodile grabs an animal or human with its mouth and begins to roll.

you are at the newsstand, which one of these grabs you?

Jack grabs Penticoff by the hair and shoves his hand into his mouth.

United's goalkeeping coach Tony Coton says the position of Edwin van der Sar's understudy is up for grabs.

Before I proceed to mention this cool SaaS web app, I think videos are a great way to convey a message as it grabs users attention easily.

NASA's soon-to-be-retired space shuttles are up for grabs.

When Rose grabs the correct bottle the computer praises him and tells him to take two tablets.

I tell you, Jim, the job is up for grabs - go in there and ask her for it!

However, Guinness says Hernandez's title could be up for grabs very soon.

She grabs Hansel and puts him into her stable. Then she locks the door.

The party has returned to the yacht, and Sandro, Anna's lover, grabs Claudia, her friend, and kisses her.

The sharp, pointed tip on the hook assembly which grabs the loop of the thread behind the needle to form a stitch.

And legal reform and curtailing corruption have been made harder as minor officials have aped the asset grabs of superiors.

He grabs a gun and heads out to the conference while Sara stays at the apartment.

Yet seven years later, the title to Mr. Farani's house is still up for grabs.

Advanced member states are not leaving their strategic assets and know-how up for grabs.

That the circus is going to perform in the town grabs the headline.

If the House vote grabs Beijing's attention, that would be a good thing.

Chris grabs the plastic marker and randomly jabs it in the stack, somewhere near the middle.

But after he died, at the age of 90 in 1980, his image was up for grabs.

What the whole incident portends is still up for grabs.

This week Mr Obama is front and centre in both states where governorships are up for grabs.

The topic grabs the attention of the Pharisees, who have been listening in and who have a keen interest in the topic.

My life is such that anything with an "instant" label on it grabs my attention.

With a total of 86 gold medals up for grabs this year, Canada will be hoping to cash in.

Jacob grabs for a blessing because he wants the blessings of the firstborn. We do too.

The American grabs all his dollars and throws them out.

Suddenly a bigger dog runs in, grabs the small dog by the scruff of the neck, and drags him out.

Right now that title is very much up for grabs as exports have been slipping especially those to the United States.

The knee generator uses sophisticated electronics to ensure that it grabs only excess energy.

Westmoreland grabs a piece of industrial pipe and they try to wedge it between the ceiling and the pipe.

Bellick grabs the door to the guards' room but it doesn't budge.

Rachel grins as Ross removes the girlie jacket, grabs his own, and rushes out .

He's with them one night in a local bar when their reaction to a hot blonde grabs his attention.

He grabs my hand and puts it on one of his immense quadriceps. I can feel him pulsing the muscle.

Griffith - Keep your movie collection in order with this app that automatically grabs film information and cover art from the Internet.

As we are taking 3 pages of notes she grabs mine and rips them up, saying that she is sick and tired of me drawing.

Ohio and Texas vote on March 4, with a combined 370 convention delegates up for grabs.

Even as Islamist terrorism grabs the headlines, more familiar varieties cling stubbornly to existence.

When Giacino hands her a toy ball, she grabs it, smoothly and naturally. It is a good sign.

Polls suggest widespread discontent, especially among farmers upset at land grabs by local officials.

Linger: [Grabs Zinn by the arm] Quick! You're coming with me!

One version features a young woman singing about CNN's coverage of events in Tibet with screen grabs from the CNN website.

Cable operators are making aggressive market-share grabs in residential and business voice services.

After the demise of the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago, suddenly the domination of the Earth was up for grabs.

Music grabs our emotions instantly in a way few other art-forms can manage.

Indeed, the low-income countries that host land grabs or import grain will likely see their food situation deteriorate.

Nearly that many are up for grabs on February 5th ( "Super Tuesday" ), when 21 states hold Republican primaries or caucuses.

CHANDLER: Well I didn't think that was serious. [grabs the spoons back] Ya know I thought that was just a fight.

Little Frank: Whenever we cross the road, she always grabs hold of my hand.

Dobby grabs the bedside lamp, starts beating himself and makes very loud noise. In the living room, Uncle Vernon is telling a joke.

He grabs her nervous hands and presses them between his own to calm them.

If there's a hot property up for grabs in their area, they'll know about it.

Instead of taking off, she falls back, and she grabs Paula Radcliffe, says, "Come on. Come with us. You can do it. "

When the user runs an application, the operating system's loader looks inside the executable image's header and grabs this subsystem value.

Susie grabs her man and puts a grip on his hand as the rain puts a tear in his eye.

When one grabs too large a slice of the nation's income pie, it usually signals a downturn waiting to happen.

Now that Mr. Reynolds is retiring, his position is up for grabs.

Local hostility toward such land grabs is the rule, not the exception.

When they do occur, they are usually to air grievances about more local affairs like land grabs, factory wages or police brutality.

Hughes, with sandy hair halfway down his back, grabs a marker and scribbles the agenda on a whiteboard.

She goes right over to BigAnton and grabs him around the waist.

The top four places will certainly be up for grabs, but we want to make sure we are up there.

The CspB protein grabs the molecules and stabilizes them, allowing the RNA to fold neatly into their proper shape.

General Elections apply to the whole House of Commons at one time. This means that all Members of Parliaments seats are up for grabs.

In this example, the User module grabs user information, constrained with the location field.

It grabs his rifle and breaks it in two, then knocks the man unconscious.

Then grabs another and picks it up bodily, hurling it against a tree.

Like King Kong snatching airplanes from atop the Empire State Building, Neal grabs for butterflies.

A fledgling white-tailed kite [bottom] grabs a vole from its father 100 feet above the ground in mid-flight.

Dr. Knowlton is dazed by the blast. Michael grabs the gun, and Ferguson injects Dr. Knowlton.

Lincoln grabs a piece of blueberry pancake, but can barely stomach it.

Sara grabs a hole-punch and smashes the glass of a nearby cabinet.

If the Democrats think things are bad now, wait until Sarah Palin grabs them by their bleeding hearts.

Dandy grabs Daniel by the neck, standing near the cliff.

The west's imperial adventures, resource grabs and proxy wars harmed the developing world enough.

Just about every other spot in the rotation will be up for grabs when the Knicks open their preseason in Milan on Oct.

Jake grabs the glass, SLAMS down the shot as they cheer.

Occasional grabs for market share, or the threat of aggressive new entrants, usually prevent prices rising much above that level.

What makes land grabs unusual is their combination of high levels of corruption with low levels of benefit.

Big bat flies down and grabs all of the babies and carries them away.

That method then grabs the number and uses it to construct a URL string stored in the url variable.

No. 3, another bus scene from the first "Police Story. " Chasing after some bad guys, he grabs on with an umbrella.

She grabs the kids and pulls them away, leaving Grace's avatar helpless in the path of the flames.

The Basics Every image needs strong underlying compositional order so that it grabs the eye from a hundred feet away.

Grace kneels on his back and grabs his breathing mask.

A few minutes later he grabs her mom, throws her on the table, and does a repeat performance.

This site is in my building, carvalho half-grabs from inner to site layout I very attentively chain, everything is based on the idea of SEO.

Meanwhile, the original owner of locker 305 returns from lunch, grabs the book bag, and takes it to class.

A good signal jumps at you from the chart and grabs you by the face - you can't miss it!

One powerful avatar arm grabs Quaritch and yanks him out like a soft oyster from a shell.

This next example instead returns the whole Web page that each thread grabs, and then places it into another queue.

The ship captain grabs at Kratos feet.

If a country grabs this one-off chance for productivity gains and investment, economic growth can jump by as much as a third.

Kathleen runs and grabs some garden shears . Does she try to cut the flowers?

It grabs a single line of data from your file and returns it as a string.

AS HUMANITY grabs great swathes of land for its use, the wilderness favoured by other animals shrinks.

The 2010 election is especially important at state level, with 37 governors' mansions up for grabs.

Each path element contains a single dirname element, so the code searches for elements named dirname and grabs the first entry.

Steve remembers his motorcycle. He jumps up and grabs his jar of Vaseline.

Mom: OK. [grabs frozen pizza boxes] Let's get some parmesan cheese, and maybe some seasonings, too.

Michael quickly grabs a long sleeve shirt and covers his skin, telling Haywire curtly, "They're just tattoos. "

She breaks down and grabs him by the shoulder.

The electric field grabs the negatively charged DNA and holds it in place.

It really grabs attention when placed on your wrist.

I'm only eating the skin, so the chickens up for grabs.

Queen Miho grabs slave's cock and yanks it like a rubber dong.

He grabs a sledge hammer and begins hitting the floor until he hits something that sounds hollow.

Using stars to promote a company or its message grabs the public's attention.

A soldier grabs some shut-eye after catching a movie in a cinema on the base.

As we walk in from the parking lot, the dazzling allure of the sideshow first grabs our attention.

And desperate times grant political cover for calculated power-grabs too.

Really grabs your attention, doesn't it? Take a gander at the executive summary.

Firesheep grabs that cookie, allowing nosy or malicious users to, in essence, be you on the site and have full access to your account.

The position is suddenly up for grabs.

Then when the woman behind the counter closes the window, she grabs a half-empty beer bottle and throws it through the glass.

There are seven races to go and 70 points up for grabs, which means there is plenty of time to make up ground.

He grabs defensive rebounds. He hits. . . ' best team defender.

Little Frank: Whenever we corss the road, she always grabs hold of my hand.

this gun is so cool. [grabs toy gun and starts shooting kim] kim: hey!

Suppose a psychiatrist can see the left hand belonging to one of his patients as it grabs a pen and begins spreading ink onto a check.

Yuri grabs and hugs his arm, ignoring or forgetting what happened half an hour ago.

Though the full-spectrum palette grabs attention right away, it's still simple, and the use of gray keeps it from irritating the eye.

All 435 House seats and 37 of the 100 Senate seats are up for grabs on Tuesday, as well as governorships in 37 states.

Instead, the JavaScript code grabs the form data and sends a request to the server.

While he's stroking you with one hand, he grabs a tissue and subtly dabs his face.

The large "land grabs" in Africa and Asia are also signs of distrust in world markets.

But as soon as you pull on it, suddenly it grabs.

How the magic of fresh humor grabs the audience.

"He yells at us constantly and grabs our cell phones, " one photographer tells OK!

Maybe the script that grabs data is already written, and you're just building a new Ajax-enabled front end.

This one grabs the current node's title attribute (remember, the context is important here), and returns its value, which is then output.