1 The thief was nobbled in the act.

2 The jury had been nobbled and the case had to be reheard.

3 He nobbled her in the corridor to sign the invoice.

4 They nobbled two children as hostages in addition.

5 The horse was nobbled by a doping gang.

6 He was jailed for 15 years for nobbling a horse that had been going to run in the Derby.

7 He was nobbled by the press who wanted details of the affair.

8 His opportunity to re-establish himself had been nobbled by the manager's tactics.

9 I was nobbled by my deaf old aunt and couldn't get away.

10 Many Germans detect a plot to nobble their exporters.

11 He tried to nobble one of the jurors.

12 It must be tempting to nobble a rival.

13 Nine does not nobble nor interfere with the expression of strongly held views , either by its employees, or others.

14 The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury.

15 The jury who convicted him were suspected of being nobbled.

16 The hon. Member for Dagenham must have been speaking out of turn at that time; he has certainly been nobbled since.

17 Good fun, anyway - but oh dear, people do nobble one, don't they?

18 I can't say that I blame George Washington, or, my father who nobbled our London one by pruning it.

19 Whatever, these are the people the publishers really want to nobble, and they don't come to conference.

20 Jack Butler really didn't like the idea that he had been nobbled and worse than that, nobbled by a girl.

21 The problem with this, of course, is that, as in most sports, some competitors are nobbled from the start.

22 But they are still subject to frequent meddling. If they are favoured, state-controlled banks will provide them with cheap loans and bureaucrats will nobble their foreign competitors.

23 If they are favoured, state-controlled banks will provide them with cheap loans and bureaucrats will nobble their foreign competitors.

1 The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury.