1. The thief then tried to extort cash from Sun by threatening to tear up the IOU.

2. Most customers fill out an IOU but the owner noted the student's grades were good and accepted the report instead.

3. He began extending financial support to poor students enrolling in local universities in 1994, but from this year has begun asking the beneficiaries for a signed IOU.

4. Some said they would follow Li's example in the future while others thought it inauspicious to receive an IOU.

5. It's just an IOU you're hoping won't be redeemed.

6. He said he would not mind if the couple chose to give him an IOU on his own wedding day.

7. But once the girl learned that she was not the couple's biological daughter, she wrote the IOU and moved away.

8. But the pair separated in 2003, prompting Li to write the IOU to compensate Xu.

9. Then with the help of five pals he kidnapped and forced her to sign an IOU.

10. After Shi beat the man into confessing Sun's whereabouts, he ordered Sun to sign an IOU acknowledging the debt.