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  • The extremely big question was what, and he'd been banking on a little more than the duration of a tea-break to answer it.

    It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010

  • Even as I read that Leo should attend to family matters, or her travel plans are well starred I know that it is nonsense – even if the stars aren't slapped together during a tea-break, but are compiled by a true believer, I know that they are designed for the weak-willed and unhappy.

    Superstition: my comfort in credulity | Morven Crumlish 2010

  • Chairman Zhang strolled without formality or entourage into a tea-break room where I was sitting, slapped me on the back, and spent the next half hour grilling me, through an interpreter, about … airplanes.

    Mr. Zhang Builds His Dream Town 2007

  • One lot, on tea-break, are reading tiny copies of The Sun.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • His tweed jacket, buttoned against the chill, is a bit informal for a businessman on a tea-break, and his inspection of the defunct IXL Jam Factory on the opposite quay too sustained for a local stroller.

    Hunting the Thylacine Geoffrey Fox 2009

  • Chairman Zhang strolled without formality or entourage into a tea-break room where I was sitting, slapped me on the back, and spent the next half hour grilling me, through an interpreter, about … airplanes.

    Mr. Zhang Builds His Dream Town 2007

  • One lot, on tea-break, are reading tiny copies of The Sun.

    CoffeeHousers' Wall, 9 March - 15 March 2009

  • His tweed jacket, buttoned against the chill, is a bit informal for a businessman on a tea-break, and his inspection of the defunct IXL Jam Factory on the opposite quay too sustained for a local stroller.

    Hunting the Thylacine 2009

  • One lot, on tea-break, are reading tiny copies of The Sun.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • Chairman Zhang strolled without formality or entourage into a tea-break room where I was sitting, slapped me on the back, and spent the next half hour grilling me, through an interpreter, about … airplanes.

    Mr. Zhang Builds His Dream Town 2007

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