The water sample to be tested has been spiked with arsenic, antimony, mercury, and lead in quantities commonly found in industrial effluents.

[F]urther south in Kent, there was St. Mildred, whose mother, in 670, founded the minster that still stands there in good nick, with nine nuns who are an ever-present help in trouble to all religions and none.

A way-going crop is a crop of grain to which tenants for years are sometimes entitled by custom, despite not ripening until after the termination of the lease.

I bought some gift certs for my family for Christmas.