But many people got there, had some free goat-cheese puffs, and went home empty handed.
And yet, those that attempt to find justice seem to be left empty handed.
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After returning empty handed (there are few misadventures as pathetic as obsequiesness rebuffed), Mr. Straw refused to abandon his script.
And on her latest trip in December, she walked out empty handed because she couldn't find a leather jacket she wanted.
It can be more than disheartening to head out for that Cinderella experience and come up empty handed (or barefoot, as the case may be).
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They demanded money from supermarket staff before making off empty handed.
We can always count on iFixit to get down and dirty with its spudger and the latest tablet tech, and we're not going home empty handed today.
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However, if Redmond plays dumb or comes up empty handed, a figurative tail will find its way between the company's legs and a handful of dirty looks and I-told-you-so's are likely to ensue.
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He left after a year, empty-handed but subsisting on tech licenses and hardware sales.
One of these peers might then swoop in and make a better offer, leaving Petronas empty-handed.
He believes that many search engines, message boards and answer sites leave surfers empty-handed.
Another empty-handed season and this will match Arsenal's longest barren spell since the 1960s.
We searched on for other popular apps, more often than not coming up empty-handed.
Although Doctor Who had been nominated for three prizes, the show came away empty-handed.
And for Woodson, it'd mean yet another empty-handed trip back from what's supposed to be sweet-home Indianapolis.
Assyrian King Sennacherib, who destroyed the Kingdom of Israel and deported the ten tribes, went home empty-handed.
Real are in danger of finishing the season empty-handed after losing to Barcelona in La Liga on Sunday.
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And, having ended up empty-handed last season, this is Potter's last chance to leave Saints with some silverware.
You never want to come back to the office empty-handed, and in this case, that had a literal meaning.
He would stay there until the two of us left empty-handed, near sundown.
Four big pharma were not so lucky: Abbott, Amgen, AstraZeneca, and Lilly ended the year empty-handed.
The cake's name implied that it had northern German roots, but I came up empty-handed when I researched further.
On others, he went home empty-handed, where he lived alone with his mother.
However, Prof Zhu predicts that China will not let Mr Choe leave empty-handed and is likely to provide economic aid.
If you are occupying Wall Street, you ask for the impossible and more than likely you will come home empty-handed.
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