The box fills with civic worthies, ladies in floral hats, and the occasional chinless wonder who has wangled a sly invitation. |
Actress Charlize Theron wangled Ewan McGregor a role as an extra on her cowboy movie. |
Then we said our goodbyes, but not before I'd wangled an opening night ticket out of him for Saturday Night Fever. |
Sometimes she wangled a large marrowbone to cook with our meat ration and lots of vegetables, this lasted a couple of days. |
The Oxford history graduate scoffs at the idea that his father somehow wangled him the job of co-presenting and researching the programme and accompanying book. |
He was certainly shrewd to have wangled himself a PS145,000-plus salary and peppercornrented Essex housing association gin palace. |