3.I'm currently a columnist with the paper on the weekend and have a chequered history across various disciplines, from running money to advising people running money.
4.On July 15th the 168-year-old British maker of chequered trench coats reported that sales slumped by 21% in the second quarter, year on year, cut its dividend and sacked its chief executive.
5.He sat as one sitting for a portrait, motionless, watching the chequered lights and shades on the tree-trunks, the children playing opposite the school previous to entering for the morning lesson, the reapers in a field afar off.
6.From the southern side of the said orchard ran a long road, chequered over with the shadow of tall old pear trees, at the end of which showed the high tower of the Parliament House, or Dung Market.