206 collocations for figure

" "Why, I guess our man has figured this thing all out.

And what might that be?" Graham knew he had piqued her interest and was now desperately trying to think of a plausible story that would keep her occupied while he tried to figure out a way to escape.

"Take a horse, sir," expounded the captain; "a horse can be trained to add and put its name together out of an alphabet, but no horse could ever write a promissory note and figure the interest on it, sir.

Wyckoff Associates, Inc. (PWH); 28Dec61; R287961. Figure charts; their history and construction.

W. Claude Fields, Jr. (C); 12Oct67; R419760. How to figure your income tax.

By the side of the primary school, and to complete its instruction in the religious point of view, the Americans have everywhere opened Sunday-schools, kept gratuitously by volunteer teachers, among whom have figured many men of the highest standing, several of whom have been Presidents of the Confederation.

" The motion was carried; Linda picked up a scrap of paper and began to figure up the possibility of a new touring car.

I'm dead certain he's figuring out some sort of thing that's going to give the rest of us a big surprise, when he sees fit to spring it on us; but for the life of me I can't guess what it can be.

[Footnote 8: the name given to a certain small cannonperhaps charged with various missiles, hence the better figuring the number and variety of 'sorrows' he has just recounted.

As I figured it, out of a hundred chances we had no more than one of getting into the fort, and there remained ninety and nine in favor of our falling victims to Brant's crew.

" "Have you figured up results?" "Not fully, sir; two of our men are cut rather badly, and Cole hasn't come too yet from a smart rap on the head.

"And we ought to invite him to join us in figuring out our plans.

The day on which I was able to figure up a thousand dollars marked an epoch in my life.

Expert accountants have figured out to a hundredth part of a cent the cost of hauling a passenger or a ton of merchandise any given distance.

Jane S. Nickerson (W), Adams H. Nickerson, William H. Nickerson, Martin H. Nickerson & Eugene H. Nickerson (C); 11Oct74; R587647. R587648. How to figure the odds.

Evening was coming on, and at last the children, their village finished, raised cries of rapture at seeing it standing there among bits of wood, which figured trees.

I observed a monument of the Piccolomini family who belong to this city; one of which family figured a good deal in the Thirty Years' War in Germany.

Attic red figured vases.

On the next leaf would figure the gentleman with the black coat and white cravat, as he looked when he came and entertained her with stories concerning the death of various little children about her age, to encourage her, as that wicked Mr. Arouet said about shooting Admiral Byng.

It takes a dame to figure a dame.

Before the year ended, he noticed that the ruddy tinge had fled from her cheek, that her eyes had grown languid, and her slight figure more willowy than ever.

Shape into twists, knots, "figure eights," &c. Put on floured oven plate.

Some business men write so many checks that they take no pains at the end of the month to figure up their account and examine every check, and never notice it unless the balance given by the bank is so far out of the way that it attracts attention.

"I would study these charts, and figure out our probable position by dead reckoningthere is little chance of having glimpse of the sun today; the fog out there grows heavier.

I rested quietly in my berth for a long time, staring blankly up at the dark deck above, unable to sleep, and endeavoring to figure out the true meaning of all these occurrences.

206 collocations for  figure