11.   Mrs Clamp nodded at her much-salted fish and sipped her tea.

12.   Burger sipped his tea and patted his moustache.

13.   So Sara, troubled, sipped her tea and waited for Jenny.

14.   Ten minutes later Rachel sat opposite Jimmy in the hospital self-service bar as they sipped hot tea from plastic cups.

15.   Leonora sipped her tea in silence, watching him dispose of a large slice of cheese and several wholewheat biscuits.

16.   She sipped her tea with pleasure, nodding again towards the tea-tray.

17.   At first, they sipped mint tea in a corner as other guests, including a contingent of Israeli soldiers on a training course, filled the room.

18.   A few days after talking with Diesslin, the Lorenzens discussed finances while sipping iced tea on the deck of their home.

19.   A sister-in-law brought him the application, Osae recalled as he sipped iced tea.

20.   A white-haired little old lady sits sipping tea and watching the Weather Channel describe a ferocious blizzard about to hit her tiny island off the Maine coast.