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  • I do buy my kids new clothes, but I also buya lot of their clothesand shoes through Ebay.

    Back To School Supplies | myFiveBest 2009

  • Why is it that youll buy a bag of cookies to send to work with your husband, but you wont bakeor buya cake, slice it up, store it in your 1950s cake keeper, and squeeze a small piece into the Incredible Hulk lunch box your five-year-old daughter had to have?

    Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

  • You can buya set of Beatles styled musical "instruments" Lennon's Rickenbacker, McCartney's Hofner bass and so forth to play the game with.

    The Beatles 2009

  • You can buya set of Beatles styled musical "instruments" Lennon's Rickenbacker, McCartney's Hofner bass and so forth to play the game with.

    A sneak preview of the digitally remastered Beatles catalogue 2009

  • Why is it that youll buy a bag of cookies to send to work with your husband, but you wont bakeor buya cake, slice it up, store it in your 1950s cake keeper, and squeeze a small piece into the Incredible Hulk lunch box your five-year-old daughter had to have?

    Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

  • If you buya used kindle or for that matter a new one, squaretrade.comlets you add on a warranty for 1 or 2or 3 years.

    Used Kindle Buying Guide – $139, $169 « Kindle Review – Kindle 3 Review, iPad Review 2008

  • The bearers squatted on their heels and fell to wrapping up pieces of betel-nut in lime paste and _buya_ leaf, while a sacristan went to call the priest.

    A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee

  • Certain stock articles may be invariably found at these _tiendas_, -- boxes of matches, balls of cotton thread, bananas, _buya_, eggs and cigarettes, and the inevitable brimming glass of _tuba_, stained a dark-red color from the frequent applications of the betel-chewing mouth.

    The Great White Tribe in Filipinia 1914

  • The neighbor, shifting his wad of _buya_ to the other cheek, will gradually wake up and answer something ending in "_ambut_."

    The Great White Tribe in Filipinia 1914

  • On the completion of this function, the bridegroom bathes his feet; then chewing _buya_, seated on a mat beside the bride, his hand and hers are covered by a napkin while the priest goes through the proper gestures and recites a verse from the

    The Great White Tribe in Filipinia 1914

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