Clients
['klaɪənt]
Examples
- Famous clients of ours that got us a world of credit. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Doctor, your clients are people of condition. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I have advised a prodigious number of clients, and have dealt with some exceedingly awkward difficulties, in my time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You'll find my terms very cheap and reasonable, and no man attends more to his clients than I do, and I hope I know a little of my profession besides. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the detestable slang of the day, we were now both at a deadlock, and nothing was left for it but to refer to our clients on either side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Which makes good for we know who, besides the serjeant, and draws a little more out of the clients, eh? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- By the way, he said, your clients in Cumberland have not heard anything more of the woman who wrote the anonymous letter, have they? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You can understand, said Holmes suavely, that I extend to the affairs of my other clients the same secrecy which I promise to you in yours. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He keeps it, as he keeps the secrets of his clients; he is his own client in that matter, and will never betray himself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And no clients to come,' added Lightwood. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We have been in the profession some years, Mr. Pickwick, and have been honoured with the confidence of many excellent clients. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is possible, however, that I may have something better before very many minutes are over, for this is one of my clients, or I am much mistaken. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- His clients want HIM; he is all in all. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nor were these the only uninvited clients whom the advertisement produced. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I embrace this opportunity of remarking that he washed his clients off, as if he were a surgeon or a dentist. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In a similar feeling of delicacy, we were always blithe and light-hearted with the licence clients. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Then George Gifford, the leading counsel for the Western Union, told his clients that their claim was baseless, and advised that they come to a settlement. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The polite agent was afraid he could say no more, as the affairs of his clients were not matters which he could discuss. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It only becomes enough when he has no money, and no clients, and no expectations, and no anything but debts. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Ethelred