1. It cries out for the ruthless blue pencil of a Times editor. 2. It's a case of a bit of blue pencil work. 3. In digital media this " blue pencil instruction text " was replaced by XML tags. 4. The blue pencil worked wonders as it traced an ever-flexible cantabile within a buoyant rhythmic framework. 5. I doubt the president will be sitting there with a great blue pencil ripping through appropriations. 6. He kept careful records of the blue pencil , showing passages excised as a condition of licensing. 7. In the publishing / printing industry, a blue pencil has long been used to censor material from manuscripts. 8. With a gold-capped tooth and brown eyes rimmed with dark blue pencil , he makes Puffy Combs look understated. 9. Brautigan signed each of the 16 copies in blue pencil and drew a small picture of a fish. 10. Sutherland explains how she inadvertently picked up a blue pencil one day instead of the green one she was after.