She whipped out her HTC phone, took a picture of the sign and laughed.

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As soon as the bus started, she whipped out a smelly tuna hero and announced, "I'm a witch!"

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She whipped out a roll of black electrical tape and with several tight wraps I was back I action.

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With that she whipped up Microsoft Word and drew herself up a contract including her consideration not to complain about the broken promise unless it was broken.

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She noticed that most kids signed their names in pastel colors so on our last trip she whipped out a stick of fluorescent pink chalk and wrote her name in big block letters and drew a self-portrait.

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But Mrs Child appeared on set with a frying pan, a portable hot-plate, an apron, a whisk and a dozen eggs, and merrily whipped up an omelette as she was being interviewed.

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When the sense of alarm she had been holding so coolly at bay suddenly broke through, she made a lightning assessment of the oncoming traffic and with a breathtaking lack of deliberation jerked her steering wheel to the left and whipped past the Range Rover as she made a left turn against the light.

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Was this woman actually claiming that entire restaurants whipped their heads around to her when she whispered to the host that she would be dining alone that night?

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But she crossed the tail end of Hurricane Lenny, a storm that whipped up 6m (20-foot) waves and winds of 20 knots.

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In part because she was worried about the euphoria Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had whipped up with his inauguration of an India-Pakistan bus route.

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