Sentence examples for i'm shelling from inspiring English sources
If I'm shelling out for finest offal in cold jelly, I want some bang for my buck.
If the generic offers grape and cherry and my child will only swallow bubble gum, I'm shelling out for whatever does the trick.
The other phrase I heard a lot was something to the effect of, "There's no way I'm shelling out all that cash for a PlayStation 3".
To this day I refuse to use voice communication, and if it's not even an option, that means I don't have to worry about muting the poor fools I'm shelling on Mario Circuit 3. Besides, it makes possible all teh leet misspellings we have long associated with online gaming.
Personally, I'm not here to debate the "value" of a BMW, but even if I can "afford" it, no way I'm shelling out that much on a car at this point.
Think I'm shelling out £800 on a load of freshly caught scallops so that a bunch of fat second cousins and one-time workmates can get gastroenteritis and sue my ass all the way to Athens?
Maybe it was the hundreds of dollars a month I was shelling out for little buckets of striped balls that disappeared quicker than a hot fudge sundae.
A friend who lives in the country writes: I was shelling peas the other afternoon, and the ancient figure (attributed to Rabelais) dropped into my mind: "As like as two peas in a pod".
"I'm shell-shocked," he admitted.
"To beat Judd from 7-2 down is unbelievable; I can't explain how it feels because I'm shell-shocked," Higgins told worldsnooker.com after claiming the £75,000 winner's prize.
