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However, the practice is still being used to create laces in third world countries.

Then his hands went to the laces in front of her dress.

This was not the time to lose or fall over one's laces.

The color inside the bars or laces should be white.

"I wonder who gets to help do up the laces?"

He had the same problem with the laces on his sneakers.

We can tighten the laces, though, to give you some support.

It depends whether you want people to see the laces or not.

But you should have asked me to help, I know how difficult those laces are."

Both women pulled so hard on the laces that I nearly lost my balance.

It felt good when the woman tied the laces tight.

He quickly untied the laces and was back over her.

At last she was satisfied and tied off the laces.

With the laces loose, she was at last able to take a full breath.

Alex took one of the laces and examined the door.

I can control some things, the way Brian spins the laces.

"Got to buy me some new laces for my shoes," he said.

The laces looked new and she remembered that he had told of cutting them.

She bent forward and began doing up the laces on her boots.

It's all full of holes and the laces are torn.

He cut his trousers in two, took the laces from the boots.

He went down on one knee before me and began tightening my laces.

The laces separated as if no more than moonlight held them together.

As I pulled the laces tighter it took my breath away.

It felt an age as he crouched to tie the laces.

Because shoe laces are hard to tie but easy to trip over.

But then, tying my shoe laces shouldn't have been such a problem this morning.

He tied his shoe laces, his feet on the chair.

I can bend to fasten my shoe laces without being out of breath.

She tells kids to tie their shoe laces for their own safety.

"Bless my shoe laces, but I'm glad to get back!"

Transponders may be threaded onto the shoe laces for running.

"Norwich types think that full dress means tying their shoe laces."

At 4 years old I couldn't tie my shoe laces and already hated swimming.

"He can wear his own sneakers with shoe laces when he goes outside," she said.

They not only stick to fur and feathers but also seem to adhere easily to shoe laces as well.

Blues Clues - teaching how to tie shoe laces.

Among his inventions were flexible saws hidden in shoe laces for special agents.

Fabric with embroidery and leather shoe laces were recovered from the test holes.

Tying shoe laces is much more hard.

"But, bless my shoe laces, it's almost as bad!

The mill burnt down when struck by lightning in 1908 and was rebuilt as a factory which made shoe laces.

I, for one, think every shoelace should come with a simple sign "shoe laces may or may not be dangerous".

Also, watch out for loose pant legs and shoe laces that could get caught in your bike chain.

The shoe laces were preserved as well.

"I had no number and no shoe laces.

Ray glanced to his side, where the guy in the sweatshirt was tying his shoe laces.

When Crouch was first mentioned I didn't think we could afford one of his shoe laces.

"They'll try to bite the knees of the handlers, try to pull at shoe laces," she said.

'No doubt about it,' said I, tugging like mad at the shoe laces.