There was another exchange of courtesies and then the horses were brought up.

With a further exchange of courtesies they went down the ladder to the waiting launch and got under way.

How long do the exchange of courtesies last, boss?

There was another exchange of courtesies when she urged him to sit on a cushion.

Then, with a final exchange of courtesies, James Bond was alone.

Cleante thought if this exchange of courtesies went on much longer she might scream.

The little exchange of courtesies they usually entail can lighten a journey.

The arrangements were made, with further exchanges of courtesies, and Chewning signed off.

After the usual exchange of courtesies he said: 'Mi'lady, you honour me with your presence.

There was the usual exchange of courtesies, and it was that which sealed their fate.

It seems a fair exchange of courtesies.

After a brief exchange of courtesies, Ronal spoke.

Dempster bowed, and Darwick did the same, taking the exchange of courtesies as the right time for departure.

Where usually Kirk would have met such an introduction with one of his own, he decided that this was no time for an exchange of courtesies.

Then it hopped towards Gibson, who had been busily photographing this exchange of courtesies.

An exchange of courtesies followed in which the leader of each delegation offered his own rulers felicitations to the ruler of the other.

After a brief exchange of courtesies, I said, 'Tom, I want a bit of free medical advice.'

Undoubtedly, my dear," replied Mrs. Mainwaring, "there will probably be an exchange of courtesies between the two branches of the family from this time.

The talks were clearly to be more than an exchange of courtesies, for Vansittart, Hoare's permanent under-secretary, was to be present for them.

They parted with ritualistic exchange of courtesies appropriate to water friends, then Frank and Jim, with Willis, went inside and the door closed behind them.

With the rain falling steadily on our heads, its drops silvering the dark; The exchange of courtesies and then the quick movement and then nothing, finis.

They had met sparingly and always with cause and the pattern had been the same each time: a brief exchange of courtesies and small fragments of news but nothing more.

They were stopped at an RUC roadblock and after an exchange of courtesies were waved through, despite the presence of Jackson with two RUC officers.

According to the initial agreement, any foreign warship putting into the port was to be greeted by a Polish warship and escorted inside the port canal for an exchange of courtesies.

The short fifth passage is a continuation of the previous events and relates an exchange of courtesies between court ladies and a monk who had kept night watch telling religious and other stories.

This did not seem the time for an exchange of pleasantries.

After a short exchange of pleasantries, they ended the call.

An exchange of pleasantries about the weather was almost commonplace.

But there, for all our sakes, the exchange of pleasantries should end.

After an exchange of pleasantries, I then proceeded to outline a plan.

It was more than just an exchange of pleasantries.

"We had an exchange of pleasantries and congratulations," Romney said.

I spoke occasionally on the phone to his partner, but it was never more than an exchange of pleasantries.

Even with this they get in a quick exchange of pleasantries inquiries about each other's wife and family, the press taking notes.

After an exchange of pleasantries, the men take their seats around a rectangular coffee table.

After that exchange of pleasantries Lucy left the house in a huff and didn't come back.

There was a 45-minute exchange of pleasantries over white wine, which is produced at the fattoria.

After an exchange of pleasantries, Rockefeller asked Shell where he.

Mr. Bloomberg said their conversation began with an exchange of pleasantries.

I have news for you, old friend," Shupansea announced after their normal exchange of pleasantries. "

There followed an exchange of pleasantries between Brashen, the ship and her grandmother.

I asked, after a quick exchange of pleasantries.

A dinner conversation with him is never an exchange of pleasantries or banalities."

After a decent exchange of pleasantries Ryder broached the matter in hand.

The scene of this current exchange of pleasantries couldn't be more different from where they last met - a television studio in London.

There was an exchange of pleasantries: "You'll get eaten!"

After an exchange of pleasantries, Soomey knelt before him and explained her quest.

Hello, Rudi," he said, without the usual exchange of pleasantries. "

After an initial exchange of pleasantries, the pair were soon at loggerheads and the judge had to intervene.

Every buyer gets a polite thank you, a firm handshake and a brief exchange of pleasantries.