1.   As he rose to greet yet another customer, Schroeder winced to see a waitress busily sweeping away a small pile of peanut shells from under the bar.

2.   After all, cigarette butts remain in the aisles, and peanut shells, and discarded soda cups.

3.   But the only damage was a sprained left thumb and the indignity of having peanut shells burrowed onto his left arm.

4.   But the only damage was a cut on his left thumb and the indignity of having peanut shells burrowed into his left arm.

5.   But the promise of a new face is usually a formula for an interesting spring, once you get past the novelty of feeding peanut shells to the seagulls.

6.   But WordPerfect has a history of tossing away opportunities like peanut shells at the ballpark.

7.   Even Nicholson had to walk through the same spilled beer and peanut shells as the rest of us to get to his limousine.

8.   He complained that it smelled like peanut shells.

9.   I brush the peanut shells off the back seat of the car, then slip behind the wheel for the long drive home.

10.   In roadway accidents, these family-style tanks, it is well known, are prone to crush opposing vehicles like so many peanut shells.