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Examples of pester


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Of the sample 49 per cent felt that being pestered by men was inevitable.
Dealers were constantly pestered by journalists of national newspapers.
She pestered the appropriate officer, several times a day over a period of three weeks.
There were clients who continually pestered dealers about their warrants.
I'm tired of you lot pestering me.
He frequently fought with other children and his classmates often laughed at him when he constantly pestered his teachers with questions about arithmetic, history and the natural world.
Couriers who continually interrupt or pester their dispatcher for work, or frequently vent their frustrations on the radio, soon find themselves making $2 or $3 an hour.
Many of us have been pestered and obstructed to an unreasonable degree by those who have masqueraded as philanthropists and defenders of the sick.
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They must receive trade benefits instead of being pestered with our dumped goods.
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Although that is a well-known fact, it was still difficult to make others see that this is not about pestering lorries.
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I have personally pestered him for a long time now, and as long as a year ago we received assurances that it was coming.
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He was pestered to give his advice on what conditions were necessary for a litigant to view his litigation with confidence.
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We are dictated to and pestered —rightly so—by our constituents.
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There are many problems to be solved, safeguards to be negotiated and conditions to be pestered for.
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We are pestered by stray dogs running across the farm and problems are caused to other farms.
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He accused me of pestering and badgering him for the last three years.
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Let these people get their coal not by begging or pestering for it but as a right.
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They are fed up with being pestered and told what to do.
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We are told to invest money abroad; indeed, we are almost pestered to do so by those who are interested.
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The measure will allow people to make telephone calls without being pestered in that way.
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In practice, the legislation is a charter for pestering employers, who will have to give refusal letters to all the claimants who contact them direct.
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He showed such fortitude and courage, despite a recurring illness which pestered him for many years of his life.
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They are also pestered by dogs, horses and mischievous children who are not at school.
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Winners do not want publicity because they wish to avoid being harassed and pestered.
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However, the feeling that they will be harassed and pestered if, on the off-chance, they win, is a disincentive to try the national lottery.
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I visualise that we are going to be pestered with innumerable lotteries.
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We shall undoubtedly be pestered by some of the farmers, whose calves will be passed over and not rank for this £5 subsidy.
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We have been pestering the factor, the local authority, all responsible authorities, to make the houses more habitable, but nothing has been done yet.
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I do not accept the suggestion that they are pestered.
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We appreciate the pesters and agree with you with regard to the cheerfulness which is necessary.
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While they will welcome any information given to them, they are quite able to discourage the pestering for votes in the way of canvassing.
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Is that not why they have not been pestering him with demands to bring in that outrageous system?
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We must not allow our constituents to continue to be pestered.
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If we can produce new material, as we are trying to do, we shall be pestering him again.
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I do not think there is much doubt that there was pestering.
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People are being pestered at four o'clock in the morning by drug addicts who go to the wrong door looking for drugs.
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She could not even do the housework without being pestered all the time.
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I shall not mention the constituent's name in case that person does not wish to be pestered by the media.
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I have not been pestered and pestering should not have been needed, until a few moments ago.
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They are people who would not borrow at all if they were not pestered into borrowing.
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Are under-aged children pestered by their friends of the same age to supply videos below the proper age?
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Let us see to what extent the general public is pestered and browbeaten by street bookmakers.
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Without pestering and intrusiveness, we should help to reverse the decline in public knowledge.
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There is no water supply so residents in the area have been pestered for water.
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Officials of the union pestered him between our premises and the railway station when he returned after his interview.
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I understand that one of them was that these bands receive no direct payment and that they were unduly pestering the passengers for gifts.
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If one is solicited by a female and there is a refusal, one is not pestered.
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He has pestered me most energetically, starting about 11 minutes ago.
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Will they have to show that they have pestered relatives or charities but been refused?
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She has been pestering everybody she can, including the local authority, and advertising.
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In this way, the passer-by is free from pestering by street sellers, but the person wishing of his own accord to buy a ticket may do so at a kiosk.
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One thing is certain: that these bodies will harbour the "wildcats" who have been the bane of the trade union movement in our country and have really pestered our industry.
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My constituent was not pestered any more.
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Last year a number of my constituents complained to me that they were being bothered by a man pestering them to move out, sometimes offering money.
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The banks and the building societies have been cajoling and pestering these vulnerable and desperate people for years to borrow much more than they can afford.
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He was pestered on his return in the afternoon and drawn into an argument and called after in the streets as he returned home at night.
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Under the proviso, she would have to be willing to go into court and say that she had been pestered and importuned by her boy friend.
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They continually pestered the family.
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As identical twins they enjoy pestering people by trying to get them to guess which one is which and also often finish each other's sentences.
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However, he keeps pestering her to admit that she has feelings for him as he tells her that he is in love with her.
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The miller was reportedly a difficult man, who cheated the local farmers over their flour and constantly pestered the king with petitions.
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At work, she takes great delight in pestering her boss, at one time stapling all his possessions to his desk (including the stapler itself).
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Yearlong they assisted with hunting by sniffing out seals' holes and pestering polar bears.
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She has said that she really enjoyed it so kept pestering her parents to take her all the time.
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On another occasion a son of an artist pestered him for a mango when that fruit was not in season.
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Instead, she catches the attention of a local boy who pesters her about her unwritten book.
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She had been pressuring him because she was pregnant, he said, and he simply wanted her to stop pestering him.
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During those six years her father pestered her to marry someone.
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Protestant clergymen pestered him with ministrations and urged him to confess he died for treason.
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He hosts his own show where he pesters people trying to sleep.
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The monsters were quickly disappointed, however, by humans such as scientists and military men constantly pestering them.
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During his service, he was pestered by paparazzi.
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The blind man pesters the other for details.
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The coach pestered him and pestered him and tried to get him to play, because he had a natural talent for baseball.
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If they are a bit slow, that's because they keep being pestered by sick people.
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The woodpecker constantly pesters the two pandas, apparently just for the fun of it.
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Children are pestering their parents for the multicolored balloons.
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She keeps pestering her brother to let her join the band.
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Her favourite hobby is pestering the concours' participants for juicy information, sometimes even to the point of making them nervous and embarrassed.
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After making a good deal of money, he dreams that he is pestered by the ghosts of the jilted lovers and thus quits the trade.
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He accused them of pestering him for money.
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Shinagawa is first confused on why she keeps pestering him until he discovers her secret.
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The building's superintendent believes her to actually be the janitor and pesters her about the maintenance that needs to be done.
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She's never been married and is pestered continuously by the press as to why.
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He was known there for pestering all the better players for tips to improve his game.
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In some instances, industry has to be pestered in order to comply.
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The knitter loves their sweater a little too much, and pesters the significant other about the sweater.
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After being driven home from the concert, he pestered his father enough to buy him his first guitar.
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He pestered the established powers with questions and critiques, most of all working toward a reduction in taxes on salt and letters and the abolition of required stamps for journals.
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He often turned down requests for public appearances in his later years, and he complained about being pestered by frequent appeals for letters to hard-hearted editors.
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People kept pestering him over and over to play piano for them, so he risked renting a large concert hall and presented himself to the public.
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In another scene, when she is in bed, she keeps pestering her father for one thing after another, to which he always complies, if visibly annoyed.
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They don't want industry to be pestered.
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They pestered the batsmen and fieldsmen incessantly.
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We know that they pester housewives at the door.
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I hope that it will help to put behind bars burglars who pester the private homes of all our constituents.
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He was placed on probation but continued to contact and pester her.
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My young people almost pester me with applications for work elsewhere, or for training which might lead to work elsewhere.
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He served a short time, got parole and was released; he then started to pester the woman.
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