11.   Naimoli sharpened his pencil, arranged his legal pads and prepared to play hardball.

12.   Pencils would be sharpened, spelling would be checked.

13.   Pencils are sharpened.

14.   Sharpen your pencils or pull that chair up to your keyboard.

15.   Still, the deal makers will probably be sharpening their pencils over the possibility of having to redo their calculations.

16.   While these improvements are important, investors should keep their pencils sharpened.

17.   Would the teacher let me sharpen my pencil after it broke?