Please turn on the kitchen tap so I can fill the pot.

She finally confronted the hanger-on who had been following her to every networking event and asking for favors.

Before the ceremony, he put on his suit and adjusted his tie.

His friends egg on him to jump off the cliff despite the obvious danger.

They set on fire the old barn to prevent the spread of the disease.

The solicitor dismissed the paper as a draught on the pump at Aldgate, an obsolete slang term for a bad bill of exchange drawn on persons who had no effects of the drawer.

The limited-edition prints will be on sale at the gallery from Friday.

When Grandma moved in, we vowed to wait on someone hand and foot, making sure she never lacked for anything.

With lap times dropping, he found himself on the bubble going into the final qualifying run, praying he wouldn't be bumped.

The old barn was on fire last night, and the firefighters arrived quickly.