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01. I don't like it when a dog comes and [begs] for food at the table.

02. The children [begged] us to take them to Disneyland for a holiday.

03. The old man was able to make a few dollars a day [begging] on the street.

04. Ian [begged] his wife to forgive him after his brief affair with an old girlfriend.

05. There are a lot more people [begging] on the streets of this city nowadays than when I was growing up.

06. People are advised not to give money to [beggars] because they usually just spend it on alcohol and drugs.

07. The puppy stood up on its hind legs to [beg] for a piece of my barbecued chicken.

08. Anatole France once observed that the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor, to sleep under the bridges, to [beg] in the streets, and to steal bread.

09. Bernard Berenson once said, "I wish I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and [beg] people to throw me all their wasted hours."

10. There is a Chinese proverb which observes that it is better to be a live [beggar] than a dead king.

11. In Nepal, boys who reach the age of 12 have their heads shaved, and are sent off to [beg] in the streets, much as the Buddha did thousands of years ago, though boys today only have to do it for one day.

12. The Buddha spent his life as a wandering monk, [begging] for his meals, and spending his days in meditation.

13. Some of the people I see [begging] for spare change on the streets here seem to be better dressed than I am.