But now that he stood in front of me he was just a guy with a greasy forehead and a pimple on his top lip.
No one really likes buying a phone based on a few minutes spent pressing the greasy buttons of a dummy handset.
On a later day, after bringing us a particularly greasy lunch (fried eggplant rolled up in a tiny bit of flatbread), the captor we called Uncle needed to clean his greasy fingers.
Of course, the logical way to avoid feeling like a sloth is not to feast on greasy fast food with a dessert of candy from the vending machine.
But he was soon to discover that possession of a complicated fortune, an asset to a Labour politician during his ascent of the greasy pole, becomes a liability when he is at the top of it.
His tools, notably a three-pound ball-peen hammer, clanked in a greasy leather bag suspended from the handlebars.
The captain was a short, stocky man, with a greasy fringe of pale hair that jutted out beyond his hat.
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His path made easier by a slip on the greasy surface from Hearts skipper Pressley and a slip by Beslija led to Kilmarnock's second goal.
Furthermore, with anti-smudge technology, those greasy thumb prints are a thing of the past.
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With promotion based strictly on seniority, the climb to the top of the greasy pole can take a lifetime.
But when they actually had a big mouthful of greasy, crunchy, salty, fried potatoes, the powerful gustatory experience caused all thoughts of chocolate or sardines to evaporate.
Research into drinking habits has found that beer's fattening reputation has more to do with the lifestyle of those who drink it, and the greasy bar snacks that often accompany a night down the local.
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For me that forbidden temptation is a bucket of hot, greasy, Kentucky Fried Chicken, original recipe.
Every once in a while I get a powerful urge to eat greasy food.
He reached down under his greasy T-shirt and pulled out a nine-millimetre cartridge that was attached to a string around his neck.
Morais received the ball in the box and swept in a low shot along the greasy surface past Howard from just inside the box.
For many English people, fish and chips are best served wrapped in newspaper and devoured with a combination of a two-pronged wooden fork and greasy fingers, preferably seaside.
Head down to the waterfront to take in the classic Seattle smells: a mix of saltwater, cotton candy and greasy fish and chips.
In the pocket of the greasy vest that he wore under his kurta she found a wrapped-up newspaper holding chunks of raw brown sugar.
The visiting fly-half's influence on the game began to increase, and his kick down the centre of the field won a scrum five when Wayne Evans could not deal with the greasy conditions.
Although not everybody's cup of tea (on a bad day, the service can be as churlish as any greasy-spoon in Barnsley, circa 1972), its products and style are said to be enjoyed by Anglophile masochists such as Quentin Tarantino.
Also, some cargo just isn't nice to have in your passenger compartment. (Bags of fertilizer or pieces of greasy machinery come to mind.) The Avalanche's bed is covered in a tough plastic lining, easily hosed out or just left harmlessly filthy.
When the Oil of Olay brand hit the market back in the 1950s it was a simple, home-spun product guaranteed to keep skin soft without being greasy.
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The charity said a majority of the birds were found around Portland, Dorset, covered in "greasy film" and suffering from very sore legs.
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