The little dears might take after their mother, or me.

So what am I to do but let the dears have their way?

We have a lot of time for you to think it over, dears.

And really, my dears, that is the end of the story.

Poor old dears, they've got so little to look forward to.

"Let me just close up, my dears, and I will be right with you."

Poor little dears, how glad they will be to come.

But, my dears, you ought to have known that family!

"The old dears like a man much better," she used to say.

I'm so very sorry about this, dears, but it's just one of those things we have to put up with.

And then what a style it's written in, my dears!

Perhaps, poor dears, it's the first time they've ever been hurt in their lives.

"And then they all died off one after another, poor dears.

I do not know, my dears, though an answer will dawn on me, no doubt.

The girls are dears and there is a junior partner.

But I can see, my dears, you've come on a mission close to your hearts.

It's not that the poor dears don't know any better.

"There you are, my dears," she said comfortably, just as though they had only been away for an hour or so.

It is all our fault, the poor dears are victims of society.

Do not worry you head about the poor wee dears.

"I have been waiting for you, my dears," the man said.

I have a strong feeling that if they did, they'd probably take it quite personally, the poor dears.

"I am so happy to see you both, my dears.

Just as they've been telling you, the poor dears can't help themselves.

Well - make the most of it, my dears, because your four weeks will soon go!"

The man looked as if his dearest friend had just died.

You have been my dearest friend for almost 60 years.

He's been the best and dearest son in the world to me.

But even if he were not, he'd still be one of my dearest friends.

You have been my dearest friend since we were boys.

"Not even by the dearest one ever to be known to you?"

No, my dearest love, I would not for the world.

To my dearest friend Mary, life will never be the same without you.

Can any place be dearer than one where you spent such a night?

Little did the girl realize the man was her dearest friend.

Dearest friend, I will always remember the wonderful times we had together.

By taking these seven steps, you have become my dearest friend.

You will always be young and fair to me, dearest teacher.

But never tell their secret, even to your wife or dearest friend.

The idea of home seemed dearer to him than it ever had.

"And now you have asked me here; one of the dearest old places in town!"

And Nick had always been her dearest friend in the world.

An image of himself fighting his dearest friend came to him.

My dearest sister, I do not expect to return from here.

You're absolutely the best friend, the dearest love I've ever had.

What do you say to someone dearer than a sister?

To our dearest cousin and friend, who was one in a million.

These are my dearest friends, the finest people in all the world.

She needed to live his life with him, if only through the eyes and ears of her dearest friend.

My dearest, most trusted friends are dead because of me.