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  • After a good deal of haggling he bought it and loaded it straight onto a ship sailing south. THE FROZEN WATER TRADE
  • Now we're just haggling about the price. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hot tears of indignation stood in her eyes when she realized that all the prevarication might be, for them, a way of haggling and trading. COUP D'ETAT
  • But it proved very difficult to keep them up to bringing a sufficient supply, and as they had a full share of the universal spirit of haggling, the commissariat was a very harassing and troublesome business, and as to the boys, it was evident that the experiment was not successful. Life of John Coleridge Patteson
  • Bad experiences of haggling with illegal touts on the street or in dodgy minicab offices are rooted in people's minds.
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  • No deal has been agreed and the companies are still haggling over the valuation. Times, Sunday Times
  • After some haggling a price of 10,000 was agreed. Times, Sunday Times
  • They argue that unseemly haggling with Congress will allow the momentum of the referendum victory to seep away.
  • You see them at the airports, haggling their way out of paying for excess baggage. Times, Sunday Times
  • A quick divorce can be succeeded by a much longer — and more agonising — period of haggling over the fate of the family.
  • There is no haggling, but why be thrifty over cured reindeer meat, heaps of cloudberries, lingonberries and baskets of wild mushrooms?
  • `So this is what they were haggling over on Friday with the Manager," Des declared. THE QUEST FOR K
  • Fish of all shapes and sizes are for sale, with traders gathering round to see what had come in, haggling loudly over price.
  • We are not used to haggling over price.
  • You can always find a bunch of tourists haggling with restaurant staff over the ingredients of certain dishes.
  • The night before had seen the familiar backroom haggling over resolutions and composites, with the top table determined to tilt the playing field their way.
  • But that doesn’t mean, as the old joke has it, that we’re just haggling price: Very few of us are prepared to embrace the idea that we may do anything to anyone, so long as when the smoke clears, the bottom line of the utility ledger is black. One Waterboarding Is a Tragedy; A Million Is a Statistic
  • I would love to have experienced the canyoning as well as all the beaches and haggling. Holiday Fun! « Lntaylor’s Weblog
  • There is a tantalising hint that the Royal Family was not above haggling for a bargain. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Chinese love of a bargain extends to haggling, a custom that presents problems for department stores. Times, Sunday Times
  • The film is shut down and the insurance company starts haggling over who will pick up the bill.
  • It might seem, therefore, that the two parties could now start haggling about the final boundaries.
  • Britons are used to haggling over car prices. Times, Sunday Times
  • Who cares that you will probably be ripped off if you're in a country used to haggling for items, as the experience will be remembered?
  • Haggling over the prices of groceries can be a taxing job, but Delhi's home-makers may finally breathe easy.
  • There is a tantalising hint that the Royal Family was not above haggling for a bargain. Times, Sunday Times
  • Bonnell recalled haggling for a good price at Coish's store, and how the boating enthusiast was a key player in building the Clarenville Marina. The Packet: News
  • No deal has been agreed and the companies are still haggling over the valuation. Times, Sunday Times
  • But it took more than two years of haggling with Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and his intelligence chief before Donovan was able to launch credible guerrilla attacks against the Japanese. Wild Bill Donovan
  • We are not used to haggling over price.
  • Britons are used to haggling over car prices. Times, Sunday Times
  • Negotiations, haggling and manoeuvres are taking place both in the open and behind the scenes.
  • We are simply haggling over the price. The Sun
  • The key to haggling is to smile and be friendly, remain firm but not stern and if you can, learn a few Turkish phrases to help you along the way. EzineArticles
  • I was passed on to its retention team and got a great deal by haggling. Times, Sunday Times
  • The end result of his week-long experiment in haggling was that he saved a total of $US730 on goods and services just by asking. Take Advantage Of The Recession To Hone Your Haggling Skills | Lifehacker Australia
  • After some haggling a price of 10,000 was agreed. Times, Sunday Times
  • He feels he has done the honourable thing, and hopes Arsenal do not waste the opportunity with months of haggling over the fee. Times, Sunday Times
  • Imagine how much we'll save on court costs and haggling over that silly bill of rights.
  • The pair spent some time haggling with the Berber porters over a good price; the Berber tribe are mountain inhabitants and work as guides and carry equipment for climbers.
  • They spent hours haggling over the price.
  • I left him in the market haggling over the price of a shirt.
  • A quick divorce can be succeeded by a much longer — and more agonising — period of haggling over the fate of the family.
  • From marketstall haggling to the most grandiose summitry, every negotiation starts with a performance. Times, Sunday Times
  • Now we're just haggling about the price. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was almost impossible to hear anything, there were all kinds of strange creatures haggling and bartering.
  • And, clad like a poor woman, she went to the fruiterer, to the grocer, to the butcher, a basket on her arm, haggling, insulted, fighting for every wretched halfpenny of her money.
  • After a good deal of haggling he bought it and loaded it straight onto a ship sailing south. THE FROZEN WATER TRADE
  • Then after a bit of discussion and haggling, the unscrupulous collector would order the piece of furniture or porcelain or silver or whatever it was (even, on memorable occasions, the Adam staircase and some fine linenfold paneling), and Mr. Purvis would go to his other clients, the ones with the vans and the friends, and commission them to do the deed. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
  • After some brave haggling on my part I'm not much of a deal-maker, but I did my best, the rug was mine, and currently graces the floor of my bedroom. Starre Vartan: Finding The Perfect Rug In The Souks Of Marrakesh
  • After a good bit of haggling she agreed, with an aggrieved sigh, to ‘squeeze us in’ today.
  • This was a home question, and a poser, for Ned had not the least idea of what sum he ought to ask for his work, and at the same time he had a strong antipathy to that species of haggling, which is usually prefaced by the seller, with the reply, "What'll ye give? The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West
  • Do you really feel like you've escaped shabby housing, nosy neighbors and haggling with the fishmonger?
  • The Chinese love of a bargain extends to haggling, a custom that presents problems for department stores. Times, Sunday Times
  • Shoppers hitting the high street were urged to make the most of retailers' woes by haggling over prices. Times, Sunday Times
  • I have a bus to catch in five minutes, and I can't waste my time haggling with you.
  • Sailors on shore leave walk through the weathered Venetian old town, quaffing beer or haggling over souvenirs or avoiding the pitch of waiters trying to lure them into seaside cafés.
  • Off to a day of badgering and haggling in dark little storefronts full of stoppered glass bottles full of writhing mists. Valentines, part the first
  • And now you can do so without the hassle of haggling with a car dealer. The Sun
  • While this haggling for coveted posts and berths is going on in political circles, the common people are watching the developments with bated breath.
  • The haggling is likely to continue behind the scenes until Herman van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, has finalized his report on the matter later this month. Europe's Bad Boys
  • How would you feel about haggling over the price of your next holiday?
  • Hone your haggling skills in Tunisia's markets and bazaars when you travel with Burnside Travel.
  • So when I was instructed to put my haggling skills to work and go in search of some bargains in York city centre I was in a blind funk.
  • With its $2,000 incentive here in Connecticut, you could get our Top Pick Hyundai Elantra SE with an automatic for $15,945 before haggling, which is much quieter, rides a lot better, and can comfortably seat four. Buying a Smart ForTwo
  • A hundred years ago Bradford's beautiful Wool Exchange resounded with dealings of bowler-hatted haggling merchants.
  • We are simply haggling over the price. The Sun
  • Kegs of hard cider and spruce beer and perhaps more potent brews are abroach, and behind the haggling and jesting and bustle you may catch the sound of muskets or the whoop of the Indians from afar. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775
  • Most travel companies are accustomed to haggling over prices with each other.
  • Now Pennsylvania governor, Ed Rendell, and medical teams flew to Haiti yesterday to try and evacuate these orphans, and his office says they ran into what they called haggling over paperwork at the embassy. CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2010
  • He was very confused, but then, when light dawned, he took much glee in pointing out I'd paid the exact same amount as I would have before my haggling.
  • The denial of ‘political’ agendas is a standard trope, especially under authoritarian regimes where the word connotes divisive haggling against the interests of the united people.
  • Companies can sublicense our music for commercial use using our no haggling, easy online forms.
  • Still, there must be no haggling; in ecclesiastical language 'ten' means ten beads; no doubt ... but I remember very well that after he pronounced the word rosary, the father expressed himself thus: 'you will say ten,' that means ten rosaries, for otherwise he would have specified ten ... of a rosary. En Route
  • So back and forth went the stiff haggling till we reached a compromise.
  • We are all aware that the Obamas have a wonderful marriage, and his uxoriousness is the talk of all the women's magazines; but is she really influential when it comes to surging in Afghanistan; bombing Iran; and the political haggling over taxes? Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • Successful haggling requires the calm demeanour of the poker player. Times, Sunday Times
  • He must avoid all untoward acts, such as quarreling and haggling. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir
  • Today this cultural and vibrant country on Africa's northern coast has all the attractions of north Africa, without the hassle of the touts and invasive haggling in street markets and souks.
  • In particular, there appears to have been a bit of haggling, if not foot-dragging, over a non-disclosure agreement NDA, a standard procedure for high-profile events like the one being organized with Murdoch. Media Matters Struggling To Schedule $86,000 Lunch With Rupert Murdoch
  • We shouldn't overlook the fact that you will be haggling if you're trading in a car.
  • Shoppers hitting the high street were urged to make the most of retailers' woes by haggling over prices. Times, Sunday Times
  • He feels he has done the honourable thing, and hopes Arsenal do not waste the opportunity with months of haggling over the fee. Times, Sunday Times
  • I got a huge discount on this purse because I am great at haggling.
  • Everyday villagers were haggling for the costs of fruits and vegetables in the market.
  • the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room
  • tortuously haggling over the price
  • After some haggling I clinched the bargain and drove away.
  • After much haggling and horse-trading, a compromise is hammered out that satisfies few but allows each minister to claim that it could have been much worse.
  • Booking with one of the street vendors by the beach, we soon found out we wouldn't get far without haggling. The Sun
  • You can also try haggling over the price for a private taxi.
  • In the end, Mr Boehner left the president waiting at the altar-but not before Mr Obama's eagerness for the bargain had endowed the idea of haggling over the debt ceiling with a legitimacy it did not deserve. The Economist: Daily news and views
  • But delegates ran into difficulties in informal haggling over how to share the cuts.
  • I have an aversion to mean people and I'd rather pay the entire dinner bill than listen to people haggling about who had a second sambuca.
  • First you buy all of the seafood you want from vendors, haggling is welcome. Holiday Fun! « Lntaylor’s Weblog
  • After a minute of conversation she tires of haggling over a price and refuses his advances.
  • Besides, at the end of the day, isn't all negotiation haggling?
  • A quick divorce can be succeeded by a much longer — and more agonising — period of haggling over the fate of the family.
  • I was passed on to its retention team and got a great deal by haggling. Times, Sunday Times
  • In fact, as the afternoon wears on I find that web-searching rather than haggling often gets me the best prices.

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