They said the creatures may be inside because they have been hibernating and the male ladybird (
if you'll pardon the expression) has popped out looking for a lady ladybird.
BUGGED BY AN EARLY VISITOR
Peter said: "Mr Henry's tweet came completely out of the blue,
if you'll pardon the expression.
My idea for 'new' Anfield stadium
And that brought up,
if you'll pardon the expression, another subject.
Qwerty... then e.coli and MRSA; Inside View In association with BARCLAYS
Perhaps a well-placed kick with a working man's steel-toed safety shoe to the site of your "singular pleasure" might set you in the right,
if you'll pardon the expression, direction.
Get the picture? July 1978
Despite,
if you'll pardon the expression, giant steps being taken to help us access public buildings and transport, there is still, as your story shows, a long way to go.
YOUR VOICE: READERS LETTER
IT MAKES for sober reading,
if you'll pardon the expression, but it seems that Wales is increasingly becoming a nation of boring stay-at-homes.
Stay-at-home habits may cause pubs to call time
For instance, "romantic love" thrives on intimacy and passion, "fatuous love" features only passion and commitment, and "consummate love" encompasses all three prongs of affection,
if you'll pardon the expression.
Romantic reverie: mild-mannered reporter dreams up tale of love, sex, and celebrity worship
To my way of thinking, the public has (
if you'll pardon the expression) embraced an issue which is in reality more of a non-issue.
Sex
As I recall, what's so attractive about the idea is that it would relieve you -
if you'll pardon the expression, vicar - of the burden of performance.
Tony Parsons Column: Matthew Adlam
Though tongue in cheek -
if you'll pardon the expression - this far- fetched story turns graphically grisly, and it would be advisable not to watch on a full stomach.
Movies: Tom and Nicole's orgy of emotions
There were two old faces,
if you'll pardon the expression. Kathy Staff returned as Doris Luke who started out as a vegetable cook but has now risen to the dizzy heights of laundress.
LAST NIGHT'S VIEW: Bed and bored at Crossroads