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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Eight women sent away for instruction booklets, pliers , beads, crosses and hundreds of feet of wire.
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He had to know when the pliers clamped down, so he could start the count.
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He put down is pliers and looked up at her.
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His teeth were extracted with pliers and he was dragged by the tail of a galloping horse.
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Mr Reaves himself likens his operation to tinkering on a Model A Ford with screwdrivers and a pair of pliers .
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The valve can still be operated by gripping the stub in a pair of pliers , but it will defeat small children.
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They should now be secured by carefully bending their leads, using long-nosed pliers , at right angles as shown.
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This has often meant having to use pliers and then replacing the staples with new ones.