11.   Apparently, White was calling from a pub and another patron was upset White was tying up the line.

12.   As in most of China, a local official has wide latitude in economic matters, as long as his or her political patron is secure.

13.   As a result, their only loyal patron is a struggling artist who eats for free.

14.   As we sat at our table, we speculated on which of our fellow patrons were free-spending gamblers dining on the house.

15.   Beyer said store patrons are excited about the upcoming season.

16.   Bills patrons are usually among the loudest in the league.

17.   A hardy bunch, the patrons were oblivious to the raindrops falling inside the tent.

18.   A headless third-century Buddha cut from creamy, pale-green limestone comes from the fabled religious site of Nagarjunakonda, whose chief art patrons were women.

19.   Across the grassy Mall at the National Gallery, however, there were patrons galore for the reopened Vermeer exhibition.

20.   But even this arcane and traditional business, whose biggest patrons are individuals in high tax brackets, is succumbing to the information age.