(1) Or get a spiral notebook and a ballpoint , plant yourself under a tree, and pen a few lines of prose.(2) She took her time looking me over, dug into her fake Gucci handbag and handed me a ballpoint saying, u2018Give it back when you're done.u2019(3) Twist the black band, and a yellow highlighter tip emerges around and past the ballpoint .(4) To help him, I hold his pen, and click the ballpoint in and out, so it won't go effete and lazy between clues.(5) The Pilot G2 is one of those u2018gelu2019 pens, not a regular ballpoint .(6) He licks his fingers, then his lips, then the ballpoint and begins very slowly copying out the letters and numbers in triplicate on three ancient, moth-winged ledgers.(7) A furtive local sidled up to me holding a pad and a ballpoint .(8) The PR person rummaged through a desk in the suite and unearthed a ballpoint with the hotel logo on it.(9) My cheap ballpoint scratched across the page, and as soon as it was lifted off, my name was called to the audition room.(10) I wondered how long my pens would last: I'd used quills before, and would much rather use a ballpoint or even a modern calligraphic pen.(11) Cheepers reached over and pushed the button on top of the pen that made the ballpoint of the pen come out.(12) The card will probably begin with these words, scrawled in a variety of spidery, loopy styles, in crayon or felt-tip or ballpoint : u2018Dear Dadu2019.(13) There are many, many commercials, where local voices and ballpoints display their talents.(14) One who has been on the writing end of the pen Liam now has to face the ballpoints of other journalists who may not be as kind as when he was playing.(15) Secretaries had to write with proper pens, not ballpoints .(16) They were so eager to close they could hardly get their ballpoints out fast enough.