1.   There followed a groan of pain and a whole string of expletives.

2.   And it is not one vulgar rip, but a whole string of them, playing out one after the other, like jazz musicians passing along the melody.

3.   And other athletes, such as Esther Williams and ice-skating queen Sonja Henie, made whole strings of financially successful films.

4.   Eventually, a whole string of forts sprang up along the Gulf Coast.

5.   First one, quickly followed by a whole string of them.

6.   The Gonzalez deal last week could be the harbinger of a whole string of swaps involving major players.

7.   The question is complicated when you consider having to search not only through a single library but a whole string of them.

8.   The scholarly judge quoted a whole string of them before giving his own.

9.   This film includes a long scene set at the Canadian embassy, a reference to lactose intolerance and a whole string of impotence jokes.