1.   I have piles to do when I get home tonight.

2.   I went home knowing that I still had a pile of essays to Mark.

3.   He had a pile of books in his arms.

4.   Old Rex, I see he had a pile of fifties there.

5.   An uncle, say, who has a pile of free coupons or owns a rental-car franchise.

6.   But Bush has also had a pile of good luck.

7.   Cut-and-loop carpets have a pile of loops and cut loops.

8.   Dana Barros had piles of them, the result of constant work by his VCR.

9.   He has a pile of chips next to him and is about to roll the dice.

10.   He has a pile of newspaper clippings for me and a stack of scratch pads.