Because he forgot his checkbook he was not able to buy groceries.    From LearnThat.org. 

Tim dug his checkbook from the desk drawer and wrote a hot check.    From Wordnik.com.  [Specific Gravity] Reference

Pristine Things: Balancing my checkbook is not the highlight of my day.    From Wordnik.com.  [An avalanche of anthologies] Reference

She has a checkbook from the bank here in CO & bank statements, utility receipts, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crossing with a Mexican family!] Reference

Someone who can't balance his checkbook is his critic.    From Wordnik.com.  [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference

The checkbook was the kind with three checks to a page.    From Wordnik.com.  [Working Murder]

Whether or not Hal and Randy open the checkbook is another story entirely.    From Wordnik.com.  [NY Daily News] Reference

Sharing a bed meant nothing but sharing a checkbook was a real commitment.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Rock in the Baltic]

Also, keeping a checkbook is a good way of seeing where their money is going.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Consumer News] Reference

In the U.K., so-called checkbook journalism is common, though little acknowledged.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.K. Expenses Row Also Dogs the Media] Reference

Believing in an organization's mission is one thing, getting out the checkbook is another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Make This Christmas A Charitable One] Reference

That ` s known as checkbook journalism, although "OK ` s" CEO prefers the term "relationship journalism.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2005] Reference

If they didn't, we would never talk about "checkbook" members.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ageless Question] Reference

Umbrell was among those who got a "checkbook" account.    From Wordnik.com.  [phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed] Reference

The State of Michigan does not keep a detailed budget "checkbook" online.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freep.com - RSS] Reference

The checkbook was a mess, and she wished she’d had a chance to straighten it out before he got hold of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saving Grace] Reference

A small, inexpensive "checkbook" style planner that showed a month at a time was plenty to keep my schedule in line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frugal Upstate] Reference

This is called checkbook justice.    From Wordnik.com.  [If You Do the Crime, You Should Do the Time] Reference

"checkbook" showing deposits from Washington and payouts in Michigan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freep.com - RSS] Reference

He showed a willingness to open up the city's checkbook.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Unlikely Gambler] Reference

And there was something else that looked like a checkbook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insurers hold billions in federal death benefits in unprotected accounts] Reference

When they do, they don't get a check; they get a "checkbook.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Insurers hold billions in federal death benefits in unprotected accounts] Reference

All might have been lost but for George Steinbrenner's checkbook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Play Ball!] Reference

But before you get out your checkbook, a few questions are in order.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memory] Reference

No matter how deep our checkbook is, that's problematic for everybody.    From Wordnik.com.  [Show Us the Money] Reference

I, too, feel like reaching for my checkbook when I see the photographs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Real Faces Of Famine] Reference

No, not entirely depressing, but you'll be reaching for your checkbook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Critical Moment] Reference

Then I know it's time to put another set of checks in my checkbook holder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hints From Heloise] Reference

There's optimism, and the loosening of the checkbook, and the capital flows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Show Us the Money] Reference

If the GOP can't manage its own finances, why hand it the government checkbook?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Next DNC Attack Line: RNC Can't Handle Its Own Budget, Let Alone Nation's] Reference

While skeptics laugh at such interactive dreams, Gabelli gets out his checkbook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maven Of The Media] Reference

Being honored for his influence "didn't put no figures in my checkbook," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Do You Love?] Reference

But how regular can a president be when he doesn't even balance his own checkbook?.    From Wordnik.com.  [West Wing Story: There's No Place Like Waco In August] Reference

But it's clear their cards take the place of budgeting or balancing their checkbook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maxed Out] Reference

Your kid may write only four checks a year, but he'll learn how to balance a checkbook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kids And Their Cash] Reference

They typically send a checkbook that you can use to draw down the savings account as you need it.    From Wordnik.com.  [MONEY: A HEALTH-CARE WINDFALL] Reference

Since all finances had been left up to her husband, she did not even know how to balance her checkbook.    From Wordnik.com.  [MAIL CALL] Reference

And yet, those with means tend to be able to solve practical problems with a checkbook or a dollar bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [J. Pittman McGehee: The Christ Is Anywhere There Is Need] Reference

She refuses to have anyone help her pay her bills even though she clearly can't make sense of her checkbook.    From Wordnik.com.  [MAIL CALL] Reference

And although they'd welcome an open federal checkbook, they fear that they'd wear out their welcome pretty soon.    From Wordnik.com.  [BAD MEDICINE] Reference