Примери за winked

• Even in their heyday, people sometimes winked and leered at their seemingly retrograde approaches to life.

• But admit it, the article winked at its readers, you used to use three or four times more than you actually needed.

• Firms winked at the practice as long as the stock was correct at the end of the month.

• I have had the experience myself of cases where a man merely winked and the auctioneer took his bid.

• They have encouraged this, or at all events have winked at it.

• The system is either winked at by the police, or nobody wishes to prevent it being used, because it is for the public safety.

• A few lights winked, a few little bells tinkled, and then he slowly got up and gently pulled the levers, and sat down again.

• During war time that might have been winked at, because every well-grown lad would make a soldier, and was absolutely necessary.

• They winked at all that and the mining community as a consequence has been substantially demoralised and the coal owners did that without regard to the national welfare.

• I think this is a piece of robbery on the part of the main tenants, and it is a practice which is winked at by the gas undertakings.

• They are usually local in character, enforced by shop stewards without official backing, but as a rule with official knowledge; in other words, they are unauthorised, but winked at.

• Much of this is winked at.

• That relates to anything, not only during the extended period, but anything that has gone before which has been winked at or disregarded as being something trivial.

• During the last war, however, looting or the collection of booty was pretty prevalent and was winked at by the authorities on a fairly large scale.

• It is more than winked at.