1.   Though virtually penniless, he scraped enough money together to educate his six sons.

2.   They only just managed to scrape the money together.

3.   Finally, he scraped enough money together to return home to see friends and family.

4.   For four years they worked at odd jobs, scraping money together until they had enough to open the deli on Second Avenue.

5.   He said his family was trying to scrape together money to hire a lawyer.

6.   Inkeles remembers his father scrambling all year to scrape together money from his dry-goods store to send the family to a Catskills bungalow.

7.   Later, when Barbara Green scraped together enough money to fly out, she was appalled by what she saw.

8.   The couple later claimed they would scrape the money together by collecting bottle and can deposits and babysitting.

9.   Twice, her telephone was disconnected until Ms. Wilson could scrape together money to reconnect it.

10.   In keeping with Eid tradition, Afghans scraped together money for toys and new clothes for their children.