1.   Nowadays he liked nothing better than drinking rather too much with journalists, and chewing the fat.

2.   Randall stayed around chewing the fat for a while.

3.   We were drinking out of glass tumblers with British Rail logos on and generally chewing the fat and putting the world to rights.

4.   He made a shortened door, while Selwyn chewed the fat with Stapleton.

5.   And during his flying visit to Belfast, Mr Grade took time out to chew the fat about the old days.

6.   And if you leave with a sore neck, it will have been worth watching the mayor chewing the fat with his cronies.

7.   Apart from the beauty of the place, I like chewing the fat with my friends.

8.   At a table against a wall several men, mostly retired, gather daily to chew the fat over coffee and pastries.