1.   Our trip leader bent down, scooped up a handful of fine dirt and sifted it through his fingers.

2.   Beijing considers the Dalai Lama a political leader bent on dividing China rather than a religious figure and the communist country often criticizes governments for welcoming him.

3.   The Northern League leader bent over and held out a flask of Murano glass to capture water from a source stream of the Po River.

4.   Kozyrev said it was the first time that the Serbian leader had bent to pressure to comply with international peace plans and this should be recognised.