My feet were aching for days after the marathon.

Not so very long ago, I would have lugged around twenty pounds of brochures and methodically checked off exhibitors in the showguide until my blistered feet forced a halt.

Even less common is the double-oblique type, found in certain Pamir languages (Payne 1980), Kashmiri and Pashto (Bubenik 1989b).

Inevitably, the next-door neighbour began to mow his lawn just as she lays down her head after a long night shift.