1.   Almost every voter interviewed in the Vale of Glamorgan and other marginal constituencies around Britain had a tale of woe about the health service.

2.   And each has a tale to tell.

3.   And every Kuwaiti has a tale of their life under or flight from Iraqi occupation.

4.   At least your callers will have an alternative if they have a long tale to tell and are worried about being cut off by a capricious tape in midsentence.

5.   A California banker has a tale to tell that can rival parts of your last great novel.

6.   A California banker has a tale that rivals parts of your last great novel.

7.   Almost daily, it seems, he has a tale of another male friend who has had a traffic mishap of some kind.

8.   Each had a tale to tell of how they lived through the Hitler years.

9.   Each had a tale of his or her own brush with celebrity.

10.   Every reporter has a tale from the trenches.