Polly cut a slice of the cake left on the old- fashioned dresser.

We do not know how big a slice of the cake British Coal will be able to secure.

He wanted a slice of the cake."

However, a correspondingly larger number of businesses then fail to receive a slice of the cake.

Nellie, I think I'd like some tea, and perhaps a slice of the cake you made this morning."

Austria, Russia, and Prussia have all had a slice of the cake; when the match is once kindled who knows where, the conflagration may stop?

When there was no response, she pretended to scoop a slice of the cake onto a plate that was apparently already waiting in front of Cecil.

But she'd let him have a slice of the cake she'd brought in if he gave her and her friend fruit or ice cream - whatever he'd bought.

"Like I said, I'm just a piece of the cake, a slice of the cake, a slice of the pound cake."

The main reason why it has been left largely untouched for so long is because it is an opportunity for better-off taxpayers who fund most of the benefit payments to get a slice of the cake.

In the end, she took Louise's advice and left the men to their self-appointed task, promising them a cup of tea and a slice of the cake she had made the previous evening once they had finished.

Mr President, previous speakers have already addressed many important items in the 2003 budget, but we have to take care not to focus on too few of its specific areas and end up trying to give everyone a slice of the cake.

The second point I wish to make is that we should completely abandon the principle of giving everyone a slice of the cake and instead use financial resources in a targeted way, in other words inject financial aid where it is specifically needed.

He flashed me that brilliant smile, so like his mother's, and smoothed the sleeve carefully down over the bandage, while I made him a mug of strong, sweet tea and cut him a slice of the cake I had baked yesterday.

Parliament is sticking to those priorities, because by attempting to give everyone a slice of the cake, without setting any priorities, not only will the sums distributed be far too small, but it will be impossible to ensure that the important things are done on time.

The Member States have asked to be allowed to make their own decisions on payments and to compensate those producers who have suffered the greatest losses, in order to avoid simply distributing the money in such a way that everybody gets a slice of the cake.

In a market of over ECU 250 billion worldwide, the danger is it will exceed all bounds, disgusting pictures and naked flesh will be shown, and anything will be justified as long as it brings in a slice of the cake.

Just imagine that a bond is a slice of cake, and you didn't bake the cake, but every time you hand somebody a slice of the cake a tiny little bit comes off, like a little crumb, and you can keep that."

"I will certainly make sure they all take home a piece of cake."

It's a piece of cake until you get to the top.

I just said was there a piece of cake left.

Talking to her was going to be a piece of cake after this.

He does not want anyone to cut it like piece of cake.

After that, everything else should be a piece of cake.

But once we did, it was a piece of cake.

Piece of cake, I thought; this should take about five minutes.

Oh here you are John, here's a piece of cake.

"I always felt that girl was a piece of cake."

"The technology behind it is not a piece of cake."

Why, this would be a piece of cake, he thought.

Getting in to the block then had been a piece of cake.

Compared to what he'd be doing in a few minutes, this was a piece of cake.

This will be a piece of cake compared to that.

"Believe me, this is a piece of cake today compared to what I had."

Harry went to get a piece of cake and returned.

Access to any private records is a piece of cake, for anyone.

The person being honored will be given the first piece of cake.

The procedure is a piece of cake, my doctor has told me.

It was a piece of cake; that's what they thought.

And it had been what the Americans would call a piece of cake, so far, until that very afternoon.

"I mean, do you think it's a piece of cake to get them to say yes?"

That's not to say that aging is a piece of cake.

Well, it's a piece of cake compared to some other places.

I'm certain they at least would refuse a second slice of cake.

He leaned across and cut himself a slice of cake.

They eat a slice of cake at dinner and that's it.

For example, a slice of cake will award one extra life.

I'll feel a lot better when I've got a few slices of cake inside me."

"I think you could stand something to eat, a slice of cake maybe.

She cut a slice of cake for each of us.

Susan had declined an offer to share in the slice of cake.

If they see mom eating and enjoying that slice of cake, that's great.

"If you have an extra slice of cake, just take a walk," she said calmly.

A child denied a slice of cake begging for a cookie instead.

To serve, spoon sauce onto each plate and top with a slice of cake.

And of course the birthday boy should always get the biggest slice of cake.

They started a trivial conversation which lasted through the coffee and several slices of cake.

I manage to provide daily bread and some- times a slice of cake by doing illustrations for action stories.

New York might need an extra million or so slices of cake for its 400th birthday party in 2025.

Spoon sauce onto dessert plates and top with slice of cake.

Next she asked for a slice of cake.

He helped himself to another slice of cake.

The poster pictured a man surrounded by three sandwiches and a slice of cake.

We ate slices of cake and finished our beer.

Or three, his mother knew what she was doing when she put her slice of cake in the desk drawer.

She brought him a slice of cake and a glass of eggnog.

Every single pastry, tart and slice of cake I have sampled here was delicious.

Sam nibbled on the corner of a slice of cake.