Her opinions on the project were all over the board during the meeting.

When he couldn't sleep, he would sometimes spank the monkey to pass the time.

Well, speak of the devil, there she is, just as we were talking about her.

Whenever the team meets with clients, Sarah never misses a chance to sing the praises of her colleagues' hard work.

The manager stepped out for a meeting, and when the cat's away the mice will play; the team started ignoring deadlines.

After losing his job, he started to hit the bottle every night to drown his sorrows.

When he called the manager by the wrong name, he shrugged and blamed it on a slip of the tongue.

We'll use this office for the nonce while the main branch is being renovated.

Could you hold the fort while I'm at the conference tomorrow?

The fast bowler bowled over the wicket, angling the ball back into the right-handed batsman and forcing a faint edge to the slip.