Items included ornaments, apostle spoons, works of art, gift cards, cigarettes, tobacco, crockery, bed linen, wine and whisky.

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We did not have enough bandages to stop the bleeding so we had to use bed linen instead.

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He said went up to the flat and saw a body wrapped in plastic bags and bed linen.

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In the first episode, at least, he's a fairly benign despot, insisting only that they buy his personal choice in bed linen.

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Silver nanoparticles may come in handy wherever you want to kill germs for instance, in things as diverse as children's dummies (comforters to Americans), teddy bears, washing machines, chopsticks and bed linen.

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You're exposed to the bacteria that cause impetigo when you come into contact with the sores of someone who's infected or with items they've touched, such as clothing, bed linen, towels and even toys.

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The dramatic use of light (by Jean Kalman, re-created by Cor van den Brink) heightened the starkness of Blanche's world, zeroing in on the central figures in each of the scenes and illuminating the white elements Blanche's dress (the costumes were by Falk Bauer), her novice's headdress, the faces, and the bed linen of the First Prioress, who dies in agony and terror.

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