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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And she heard the people, the shouting below, Rubberneck, full handfuls, dispensing her alms .
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At first they were protected by Catholic rulers, and seen as penitents entitled to alms and succour.
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He saw himself returning as a beggar with limbs deliberately deformed, whining for alms on the sea-front at Bombay.
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I gave alms to all the blind beggars, lit candles without believing at all in their efficacy.
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In addition, parish priests were feeling the pinch through reduced income from alms and tithes.
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The nuns were rewarded with alms and T-shirts, and broke into an appreciative chant as the cash was handed out.