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One of his assistants poked his head round the door.

The kids at school poked fun at him, saying his mother dressed him like a girl.

Arriving at the destination station, my son poked his cousin with the toy in his hand, telling him to get ready to get off.

He just fluttered down from the perch, poked a seed in Baby's open mouth and went back up for his share and the next seed for Baby.

The pillow struck the wall and burst, scattering stuffing everywhere just as Dolorous Edd Tollett poked his head through the door.

He set the bottle down and, with a showman's flourish, ignited the fuse that poked out of the top.

We have poked around the template enough to see that the adjustments seem fairly minor if you know your stuff.

The door opened, and the researcher poked out her head and told me to run and make a hot drink for the young man sitting with her.

I felt a bit like the storybook Alice after she had grown so large her arm poked out the cottage window.

From then on, you'll start to see career opportunities fall from the sky, as if you had poked a pinata.

It was lucky that the linesman wasn't stood in front of me as I would have poked him with a stick to make sure he was awake.

The brook was deep, yet he could see the penny lying on the bottom and he poked about with a stick hoping to get it out.

When it was beginning to come on dark, we poked our heads out of the cottonwood thicket and looked up and down, and across.

He poked his head out of the cabin door for a moment, and got his face thoroughly wet.

A nurse poked her head in the door about ten minutes later, and I was, of course, still sacking Z's . She went away.

He yelped, climbed into the kitchen chair and poked at the tender pink skin until his wife brought him an ice pack.

As I've poked fun at others' poor foresight, I had better 'fess up to my own, too.

Tom poked his head in Frank's door. "You wanted to see me? "

A strange older Chinese lady had poked her head out of the tower and was motioning me upward.

He climbed a tree and poked himself in the eye. He gathered only green wood and threw it on top of the woodpile.

He never poked around, never asked questions, never made a list of wealthy widows.

She smiled at him and poked his ribs with her elbow.

He said playfully as he gently poked me in the arm.

Aboard the train, heads poked from the windows in twos and threes, enjoying the easy camaraderie of a long journey that's just begun.

In the name of safety, their shamans had gotten rid of the maelstrom and poked a ship-sized hole in a goddess's bedchamber .

She poked about in her bag for her ticket.

I thought I had poked my nose into every bit of conceivable business in the neighbor.

I thought it was dead, and to make sure, I poked it with my foot. It bit me hard and I cried for three days. (Laughter) I was really dumb!

John did not feel well, and poked around the house.

During one of his monologues, host Jon Stewart poked fun of pregnant Angelina Jolie.

My son poked himself in the eye while he was putting on his glasses.

The other boys in neighbourhood poked fun AT him because of his welsh accent.

As he wrestled for the world championship against Boris Spassky at Reykjavik in 1972 they poked whirring TV cameras over his shoulder.

My grandfather wasn't sure if he was still alive so he poked and pinched himself to make sure he wasn't dead.

They just threw me in this cell with you after they poked and prodded me and now I just hope they won't kill us.

a gentle reprimand; a vein of gentle irony; poked gentle fun at him.

A second older Chinese lady poked her head out and looked down upon me, beckoning me upward.

A year ago, many people poked fun at Facebook as a place where kids shared their latest party news.

This illusion ended when another young man passed along the aisle and poked her indifferently in the ribs with his thumb.

This code, known as night writing, consisted of raised dots poked onto a piece of paper.

Take clean, empty food jars with small air holes poked in the lids, so you can keep the bugs for a little while, perhaps overnight.

with Wednesday's gains, the S&P poked its head above the top of its range, into extreme overbought territory.

His critics poked such loud and gleeful fun at this image, however, that he eventually omitted it from later editions of his book.

Pens and pencils poked out over the top of his coat pocket.

The rider of each horse carried an 8-foot pole with a silver point in the end, and poked a huge hole in the back of the bull's neck.

I was looking to open up my body and put it into the corner but the defender was too close so I just toe-poked it in.

Poked the middle finger of his other hand through the circle. Poked it in and out. In and out.

At a second meeting, they repaired to a Chinese restaurant, where he poked a spring roll without eating it.

Whether he wore it to go with the red striped boxer shorts that poked above his jeans remained open to speculation.

Doctors poked, prodded, x-rayed, and even cut open parts of my body to assess and repair the damage I had done.

He poked the ants out with his finger.

She poked him in the face.

A raccoon, its nose against the wire of its cage, poked its fingers inquisitively through.

At first, the leopard was kept in a cage at the police station, where it was poked by curious onlookers.

I work on the playground at an elementary school so I hear it all. She poked me, called me names, won't stop following me, etc etc etc.

Recently, as I poked around my basement, I found an inch-thick Macintosh manual -- just the user manual.

Awkward or wordy phrasing or unclear sentences and paragraphs should be mercilessly poked and prodded into shape.

Some users poked fun at the spectacle of Mr. Zuckerberg being welcomed in a country that bans his website.

They poked around in their kitchen cupboards, watched them cook and followed them as they shopped.

Heads and hands poked from the windows, gulping the air, grabbing at loaves of bread being sold from the platform.

Ten days after they first poked their noses into the frigid air, mom leads the way. They'll never return to that den.

She poked her head round the corner.

Using a nano-sized needle, they poked the cement samples, and measured the indentations using an atomic force microscope.

What good were my grades and "college transcript" achievements when even my friends poked fun of the short kid?

The sun poked over the horizon.

Elite snipers poked over the top of the hill and fired a tight cluster of plasma.

Body piercing is old hat when it comes to ears but traditionally ear rings are poked through the ear lobe.

Celia laughed and Andrew poked at a log fire he lighted earlier, restoring it to flame.

In the kitchen, scraps of paper were taped on surfaces, stuck into openings, poked into canisters.

And as the energy industry adapts to new conditions, that architecture is being poked, prodded, explored, and expanded.

What good were my grades and "college transcript" achievements when even my friends poked fun at the short kid?

Someone had poked Ron in the back of the head. It was Malfoy.

A triple crocodile poked its head out of the trees.

Earlier in his talk, Turner poked fun at the reception problems that have dogged Apple's iPhone 4 since its June 24 launch.

Prince William poked fun at his younger brother Prince Harry during a recent visit to Cambridge.

Then, to my surprise, a second muzzle, much smaller, poked up beside it.

If all went well, our friend lists would much more closely reflect those we want to talk to and be poked by.

Others were poked with needles or given food supplements and exercises to perform at home.

American comedian Ellen DeGeneres poked fun at a study on the effectiveness of gay-dar.

In the French study, rats poked their noses through holes in their cages to trigger injections of cocaine.

The boy poked the frog with a stick to make it jump.

The skit poked fun of the newly rich Chinese obsessed with brand names but blind to quality.

The filmmaker poked fun at the mania for giant projects that reigned in the Polish People's Republic.

I mulled that over while he poked around, making sure all the glass splinters were gone.

THE distinctively puffy features poked out from the open casket in which Boris Yeltsin lay after his death on April 23rd.

Elephants react to directions given by a sharp rod poked into their thick skin.

"The girl finally poked her nose abovedecks, " Tyrion told him.

I poked at Yi, who was working on a long formula, with tons of numbers on his notebook.

Chinese military officers poked back at the conference.

I poked my way to the front of the crowd.

Chinese military officers poked back at the conference.

I poked my way to the front of the crowd.

Without reply, he poked his stick into the fire.

I was getting dressed for work when I heard Dylan bound down the stairs and open the front door . . . I poked my head out of the bedroom.

He poked the fire with a stick.

Nicknamed "Island Peak" in the early 1950s, the mountain once poked through a surrounding ice field.

He poked about in a second-hand bookstore.

The boxer--wants to poke and be poked, seeks revenge and ultimately victory.

Many Yakuza have full body tattoos that are hand-poked, instead of using electric needles.

The child's head poked from under the blankets.

The child's head poked from under the blankets.

They were selected when they were sophomores , and they have been probed, poked and measured ever since.

How one to have passion for stool poked in face?

De Niro still gave tough guy performances, but he also poked fun at tough guys in the comedy Analyze This (1999).

I poked at the chicken pieces with my chopsticks.

He poked the child in the ribs.

Given the task of massaging two huge egos, he sometimes poked at both of them.

They clung to my fur and pulled themselves up on wobbly legs, poked fingers in my eyes, investigated my ears, and gave me kisses on my nose.

She poked here and there among a lot of rubbish that was lying about, and then suddenly she got quite excited.

But I get my eye poked out. That's okay.

But I get my eye poked out. That's okay.

But his legs poked out, and I could see the crossed-rifles tattoo.

They slow-poked up the river.

Finally, this system can work normally according to our purpose, and we made a step for the further reach of poked data acquisition system.

with observation holes and slag-poked holes.

He poked me in the ribs with his elbow.

His large key had poked a hole in his pocket.

He poked a stick into the fire.

eg. His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve.

We've poked about for an hour in the secondhand bookstore looking a tall kinds of English books.

We've poked about for an hour in the secondhand bookstore looking a tall kinds of English books.

The three boys poked fun at the little girl.

We poked along in the secondhand bookstore booking at all kinds of English books.

So what can you do if you don't want to be poked by your mum or added by your gran?

He poked a hole in a paper screen.

She poked fun at Alec because he was shy and stodgy .

She poked her finger into the hole.

Somebody has poked a hole in the paper screen.

You really shouldn't have poked your nose into their business.

This is not the first time someone criticized or poked fun at Tyler Perry.

This is not the first time someone criticized or poked fun at Tyler Perry.

He poked his finger in [through].

When I was arrested last April and fined $40, some poked fun at the trivial amount.

She poked me in the eye .

He poked me in the ribs.

They ate vegan food, watched the people, laughed, poked gentle fun at each other.

I was firmly convinced that a smart old coon had deliberately poked that stick in rny trap.

They broke always because I poked my crampons or ice axe through them.

The stick poked a hole in the drum.

You almost poked my eye out.

He poked a hole in the window with his finger and peeped at the people inside.

Moment composing , I discover and the table reads a book, I have poked his once , he has not paid attention to me.

He poked about among many old papers and books and finally the manuscript that had been missing for nearly ten years.

The 2. 1-metre reptile bit Ramon Palmares on the arm after he poked it and threw pebbles, said Basilio Rosal , a local official.

He poked gingerly at one big toe.

I poked my friend when l caught a glimpse of the movie star.

Because of the increasing demand, so YanDai XieJie on a YanDai poked a shop.

The commotion brought in the innkeeper. Meanwhile two other maggots in the meat also heard the noise and poked their heads out for a look

He poked the man next to him, and said, "Who is that? "

She shifted her box and poked out a hand for me to shake -- blood red nails, I

poked him with her toe

Cook until potatoes fall apart when poked with a fork

We just poked a little empty pie

Poked about in the desk