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Now it happened that the first suitor was an old man with squint eyes and a cough.

"Well, " elaborated my flannel suitor, "It smelled like waking up in the morning, you know, comfortable, but excited too . . . and roses. "

He thought, "If a respectable suitor comes and asks for her hand in marriage, I will give her to him. "

Nasdaq and ICE may not have the buying power to make it a more attractive suitor than Deutsche Boerse.

A Victorian suitor would be expected to satisfy a girl's father that he could support her in the manner to which she was accustomed.

The girl knew nothing about her suitor's exertions . He said he had wanted to surprise her.

He made up his mind to once more become a suitor to her hand.

In an era of well-documented emotional restraint, a woman would be able to tell the secret meaning behind a suitor's bouquet.

She had been courted by a wealthy suitor, whose addresses her mother had favoured, not withstanding the objection of old age and deformity.

She asked her former suitor to intercede for her with the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

Ross was inspired by Suitor and has sought advice from him for his own rocketbelt.

If you were a suitor in a fairy tale who had been set three tests to prove your love, you would certainly win your prize.

When Kim Bondy, a former CNN executive, e-mailed a suitor after a dinner date, she used one of her preferred closings: Chat soon.

This time it was a rival suitor who made his appearance, and Simon's hot Irish temper rose when he saw another Richmond in the field.

"Old man Riddle don't like me a little bit, " went on the uneasy suitor, bent upon marshalling his arguments.

But it seems preferable to squeeze another $30 or $40 a share out of the current suitor rather than risk becoming an old maid.

See Her Royal Highness, along with Her Royal Court as they share a lovely weekend in the countryside (while perhaps seeking a suitor).

"I'd rather cry in a BMW car than laugh on the backseat of a bicycle, " Ma told her suitor with a giggle.

One year later I was invited to a security company where I got a higher salary and better treatment as well as my first suitor.

But the suitor must also measure up in character and honor and local reputation.

Females may check out the feathers of a number of different males before deciding on a suitor.

His life was further complicated by the fact that the girl already had a suitor, a youth of twenty-three.

Unlike rival and erstwhile suitor Google, Yahoo has been struggling to turn its dominant position on the web into comparable profits.

Men and women use a wide assortment of cues when judging the attractiveness of a prospective suitor.

China's Huawei Technologies is the obvious suitor, although any transaction risks encountering opposition from Washington lawmakers.

If you're just not that into your potential suitor, the dress helpfully says "no way" on your behalf by staying firmly opaque.

One of the original Bell rocketbelt pilots was Bill Suitor, recruited as a 19-year-old while mowing Wendell Moore's lawn.

When the family heard that the two men were coming, they immediately thought of Eugene as a suitor for Tatyana.

attentive to details; the nurse was attentive to her patient; an attentive suitor.

Both common law and civil law approve the system of the defeated suitor bearing counsel fee (or DSBCF) in varying degrees.

pre-matrimonial investigations to check a suitor's background, because more people are meeting online and families are less involved.

Another European boss says his Chinese suitor struggled to deal with Western stockmarkets.

As often happens in May-to-December romances, even a well-financed suitor can encounter resistance from the youthful object of desire.

Acts of courtesy, consideration, or gallantry, especially by a suitor.

This angered her father as well as a suitor whose advances she rejected.

The persistent suitor made persistent efforts and succeeded eventually.

Only a suitor with inherited land, and preferably also a title, would do.

Her particularly persistent Louisiana suitor, Edward Summerville by name, was irritated by Nora's continued aloofness.

a suitor who fulfills the dreams of his beloved.

In 2008, while Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang insisted the web giant wasn't for sale, Microsoft emerged as a suitor.

Probably she and her suitor were even now sipping tea in some majestic British country mansion and laughing at his naivete.

More than 70 percent of women interviewed listed home ownership status as their key factor in assessing a suitor.

He played the attentive suitor, complete with roses and bonbons.

The groom may wear a business suitor a tuxedo depending on how formal the wedding is.

The story is slightly different for Chinatrust, which has been Nan Shan's most aggressive suitor.

In fact, some female wolf spiders prefer familiarity to the extent that they will often eat a male suitor that doesn't fit that profile.

A suitor is found, but he's one of a kind.

Colette is at the flirtatious age and has little use for a suitor who is too assiduous and far too possessive.

He married his daughter to the suitor who has great power.

And Suez may have another suitor.

Looking there at the words that grew from this root I also notice suitor.

In Shanghai, the first question about a suitor is, "How many square metres is his apartment? "

I hear the swish of the sword that is being sharpened to cut off a suitor's head.

A suitor is outside.

If you have a suitor he or she often follows your daily routine with great interest.

She might run off with the first suitor , get picked up somewhere and then taken to the pound , for example.

One out of 6 marriageable Hong Kong girls (25-49) will not be able to find a suitor.

Gabrielle was getting showered with gifts from a mystery suitor. Gabrielle

to find the attentions of an unwanted suitor disagreeable

We cannot abandon ourselves to a suitor;

I'm the suitor who will suit her, bring the kingdom back to health

Letter from a prospective suitor

Naked suitor shot by neighbor

Be a suitor for sb's hand