I figured that gal was light-fingered the day they hired her.

'Tis a bad thing to be light-fingered," answered the queen. "

Like Twiggy, Darren is light-fingered and has been sacked from every job he's had for stealing.

I was currently on my way to try to persuade one of the God's light-fingered immortals to persuade his master to return it.

Bluegrass is the foundation for Leftover Salmon's light-fingered jams, which also take off into rock and country territory.

His Breton dances, like the gavotte, echoed medieval music; even fast dance tunes were light-fingered and genteel.

From what I overheard and what I managed to piece together, these four are light-fingered as kender.

Mr. Barnes wrote: "The humor of the show is light-fingered and lighthearted, and its vitality and charm are terrific.

It's nearly impossible to carry Thelonious Monk's tunes so far away from his shadow, but the trio was light-fingered enough to slip free of the tradition they know so well.

She sings in a plaintive deadpan, and often strums chords that sound like the Carter Family's autoharp, while Mr. Rawlings's light-fingered leads hint at bluegrass mandolin.

Its backbone, spelled out by the trio's light-fingered pianist, Randall Hodgkinson, was a tripping theme slightly reminiscent of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel Waltz."

Mr. O'Farrill is a magnificent player himself, but from a different pianistic school: sharper, splashier, more driving, even when he paid tribute to Mr. Valdés's light-fingered approach.

She's accompanied by some recorded music, but more significantly by a pianist, the Cuban showman Meme Solís, who is light-fingered and unobtrusive at the keyboard and sings beautifully himself.

Although there was a suspicion that a maid whose family lived close by might be disposed to be light-fingered, employers preferred to engage maids they knew Page 90 personally or through the recommendation of a friend or acquaintance.

As well as being light-fingered, he has a peculiar taste in practical jokes, but he does have a personal rule that he will always call back the one who called him, and we trust him in that sense.

Couriers of Taste will open at Danson House in Bexleyheath in April and, with a little help from Ai's light-fingered international fans, aims to explore themes of "international trade, cross-cultural influences and authorship."

With fat wallets just waiting for someone's light-fingered touch ... Just now Commons looked exactly like the North Pole might if Santa's elves had gone quietly mad on LSD in the process of decorating the workshop.

It's only thanks to a fascinating experiment - the results of which can be seen in Horizon: The Secret Life Of The Cat tonight on BBC Two - that Claude's light-fingered ways have been revealed.

Among the dozens of other performers, the traditional bands - Altan, De Dannan and Cherish the Ladies - were light-fingered and driving, while electrified acts like Ashley MacIsaac and Black 47 combined rock and reels.

Speaking on the phone last week, Mr. Burke, who has caught his share of celebrity stories during the filming of the series, including a bit about Robert De Niro's light-fingered maid, said those were not his favorite part of the job.

'Johnny John' is a seething introductory manifesto, with Kyle Jay and Terrance James' guitars bucking like rapid ponies over Kraig Jarrett's light-fingered bass, while Kirk Justin sings like a drastically disillusioned hick splattered by life.

Although I believe they are improved as a class, many of them are rough diamonds; at times they are light-fingered, they are not invariably sober, their education leaves much to be desired and it is impossible to allow them the run of the works after closing hours.

There were old-fashioned milongas, like Julian Plaza's light-fingered "Dominguera"; pieces with European classical touches, like the fugal theme of Emilio Balcarce's "De Contrapunto," and jagged, stormy tangos like Piazzolla's "Lo Que Vendra" and Salgan's "A Fuego Lento."