The crow stopped the female oriole and pleaded his cause - or should we say cawed his pleas?
If your boss doesn't understand this and any pleas for change have gone unanswered then start spending some of the time looking for a change.
There have also been pleas to have such a browser-based mail client work well without having to disable pop-up blockers, and to work well even when connected over dial-up connections.
He turned a deaf ear to my pleas to help undo the oil embargo.
I loved you enough to shove you off my lap, let go of your hand, be mute to your pleas... so that you had to stand alone.
No small problem was the distribution of Dolby 3-D glasses by the thousands, with repeated pleas that they eventually be returned, though many were left broken on the floor.
The other day, I found three different pleas floating around on the screen.
Responding to pleas from reform-minded Egyptians despairing of local politics, Mr ElBaradei has suggested he may return to Egypt and run for president in elections due in 2011.
After several minutes of listening to her pleas, I finally said I didn't have the money.
Mindful of the risks of unchecked administrative power, judges are usually not receptive to government counsel's pleas that particular agency decisions or findings should receive no judicial scrutiny whatever.
With time running out and polls showing a close race, they delivered urgent and explicit pleas to their supporters and skeptics.
We have already made an inquiry for your articles; pleas make an offer before the end of this month.
Reem's desperate pleas to stay a child fell on deaf ears as her father forced her to marry a 32-year-old cousin.
He refused to listen to her tearful pleas.
The bankers' pleas have not fallen on deaf ears.
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