Sentence examples for nicking from inspiring English sources
noun
The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
"I don't want to say too much because I don't want people nicking my ideas".
Bethany revealed she was expelled from school in Italy for nicking a lipstick.
Sure Osborne looked pleased with himself, as he always does, but he made Darling admit that Labour was dropping the idea of a "death tax" to pay for long term care, and fess up to nicking the Conservative plan to raise the threshold on stamp duty in last week's budget.
The asylum seeker nicking a sarnie from Sainsbury's.
Yet high-profile supporters of the Lawrence family, drawn from across the political spectrum, take a much more upbeat view of the case, and its impact on Britain.In this section Back into the fray Rowed scholars Crime and consequences On your mark Not worth nicking London calling Help the homeless!
Pitchers were forbidden to give the ball an artificial spin or trajectory by, for instance, nicking it or spitting on it and from discolouring the ball with dirt or tobacco juice or hair grease.
Surveillance of gang members failed to yield results.In this section Back into the fray Rowed scholars Crime and consequences On your mark Not worth nicking London calling Help the homeless!
As for the British contingent in America, that is a matter of talented supply meeting deep-pocketed demand.In this section Back into the fray Rowed scholars Crime and consequences On your mark Not worth nicking London calling Help the homeless!
Dogs have an embarrassing habit of fawning on intruders.In this section Back into the fray Rowed scholars Crime and consequences On your mark Not worth nicking London calling Help the homeless!
After nicking Mr Mubarak on the arm, the 40-year-old assailant was shot dead by bodyguards.Although he was known to have extreme religious views, the police described him as a loner.
He suggests, for example, that it is the responsibility of all society to end child poverty – in the process nicking from Hillary Clinton that which she nicked from Africa in the first place: "It takes a village to raise a child".
