| After the recessional we slip away from Mama and Papa, who will loiter by the door to exchange pleasantries with Father Friend. |
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| Manoeuvring the boat into the dockside, for instance, is one time when pleasantries will not be appreciated. |
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| A polite tongue provided a shield of tactful silence and banal pleasantries that staved off needless provocation and harm. |
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| This neighbourly closeness extends beyond social pleasantries to a philosophy of making sure everyone on the island is taken care of. |
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| He was as bold as brass as we exchanged pleasantries and thought nothing of the remarks that he had made. |
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| And off we both went through the rain, pleasantries exchanged and honour satisfied. |
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| After a little exchange of pleasantries, about the weather or some similarly engaging topic, I also like to receive a stamped receipt. |
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| Johnson attempted to start conversation with some pleasantries but Bill was not very talkative. |
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| Rheiner and I exchanged pleasantries and both looked at Marius for further instruction. |
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| After we exchanged pleasantries she asked me about the story I told last week, which detailed my excruciatingly boring job. |
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| Slamming the door as the postman was just starting to exchange pleasantries about the weather, I tore open the small padded envelope. |
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| Only once such pleasantries were exchanged, did conversation really get interesting. |
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| After the introductions were done they exchanged pleasantries with Caitlyn who answered politely to all of them. |
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| They gather in small groups, shifting restlessly from foot to foot, exchanging pleasantries about the weather. |
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| We exchanged pleasantries and he drove off without my answering his question. |
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| With a broad smile, she worked her way around the room with hugs, pleasantries and words of encouragement for all. |
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| That was enough for all of them to clamour for group photographs, autographs and exchange of pleasantries of all sorts. |
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| The other two are gratuities, and while one could argue both gratuities and platitudes are pleasantries, that doesn't make one the other. |
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| Aaron toes the ground with sincere humility, politely waiting out the pleasantries so he can get back to the field. |
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| Everyone was at the top of the hill, offering words of condolence to Amy, exchanging pleasantries, perhaps even catching up with old friends. |
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| The restaurants turn into an ideal venue for the tourists who have come from several countries to meet each other and exchange pleasantries. |
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| After exchanging pleasantries with the driver, Gielgud was dropped off and made his way to the stage door. |
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| Life for most was dull and without pleasantries, simply killing time with menial tasks. |
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| Holding each other by the elbows like wrestlers ready to grapple, the two men exchanged pleasantries. |
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| Despite surface pleasantries at times, an uneasiness derived from their deeply entrenched differences. |
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| The audience responded the way it would to any foreigner, whose mastery of the language could be restricted to the pleasantries. |
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| Once the food had been ordered and pleasantries were out of the way, we got down to business. |
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| Amid warm bear hugs and backslapping, the ex-army officer relived those old times and exchanged pleasantries with the serving officers. |
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| The abject tyranny of political correctness murderously asphyxiates us with sugary pleasantries and tedious nomenclature. |
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| Tearing along under a bright starry sky, 40 Degrees is a machine in these conditions, shouldering the water aside with no pause for pleasantries. |
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| I dream of pastoral pleasantries and gently susurrant ocean breezes. |
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| After an exchange of pleasantries the ambassador told Derry who our man was and which paper he represented, upon which Lord Wallpaper turned abruptly and flounced off. |
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| We exchange more pleasantries, and so I receive the invitation. |
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| Given how many of them we squander on pleasantries, you'd be forgiven for forgetting their universal import. |
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| A glass of port is taken, sausage rolls and pork pies consumed, pleasantries and gossip exchanged. |
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| Not that there were any cricketing pleasantries for the short ball was tried early in Trott's innings, with fielders out for the hook. |
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| We agree with the nice pleasantries about the importance of free trade agreements. |
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| But enough of these pleasantries, for I also have one or two remarks to make that I believe you will be less happy to hear. |
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| On our State visits abroad, we have tried to do more than simply exchange pleasantries with foreign Heads of State. |
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| We exchange pleasantries and gently I guide the conversation by asking questions. |
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| Amidst the chatter, a child cries, another sneezes, a few women exchange pleasantries. |
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| However, the exchange of pleasantries before a ball was kicked offered no indication that there was to be any of the hostility hinted at in the morning papers. |
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| After a few polite pleasantries he put the car into gear and drove off. |
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| Going by the political wrangling in Zambia, one would think that our political leaders do not even have a minute for each other to exchange any pleasantries. |
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| Singh and Kasuri warmly embraced each other and exchanged pleasantries before the large group of international and local media were ushered out of the ornate dining room. |
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| Not stopping for pleasantries, he scooped her up in his normal arm and accelerated down the hallway to a point where he had mentally mapped a route to an egress. |
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| The film is billed as a romance, but the two travellers spend too long exchanging pleasantries and being nice to each other to get any sparks going. |
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| I will skip the pleasantries and let you get down to business. |
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| The Duke inclined his head, someone opened the carriage door, and the two swapped pleasantries. |
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| We struck up a conversation and once we got past pleasantries about the weather, flying, and mosquitoes in Winnipeg, we settled on more engaging topics, such as the war in Iraq, SARS and Canadian politics. |
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| It's a service that offers many pleasantries, but also has many risks. |
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| After introductions and the usual pleasantries, we discuss the state of female police officers in Kandahar, where I am based, and the possibility of organizing a session of the Security Self-Awareness Course for them. |
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| We simply exchanged pleasantries, nothing more. |
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| After hollow pleasantries and firm handshakes, the conversation turned to the right to freedom of speech on issues that might affect national security. |
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| Last Sunday's Community Shield fixture, the curtain raiser on the English domestic season, pitched together two managers more likely to exchange blows than pleasantries on the Wembley touchline. |
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| In the Aspergian world, conversations are exchanges of information, not exchanges of pleasantries. |
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| A trove of pleasantries, this Sunday, we kid you not! |
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| The scene between Lysa and Sansa was fantastically executed, as the tone segued from gentle pleasantries over lemon cakes to all out accusations and fear. |
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| The Prime Minister should not deluded by the pleasantries from Jean-Claude Juncker after a dinner of spring salad, pork belly and lime bavarois at Chequers. |
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| Cabral presents a letter from King Manuel I proposing a treaty, but Emir Ibrahim is suspicious and, for all the formal pleasantries, resistant to the overtures. |
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| I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to the point. |
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