Example sentences of "stir [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since many of the evangelicals shared Billy Graham 's opinions and valued his methods and saw the good which he did , his article stirred wrath among them and fear about the Bishop of Durham becoming the Archbishop of York . |
| 2 | The eagerness with which Biff Tundrish would make a bee-line for the nearest scriptory to soak himself in Imperial Fist history stirred amusement and a certain irritation in Lexandro 's breast . |
| 3 | Vass was watching her as he stirred sugar into his coffee . |
| 4 | Finding an empty table at the far side of the tent , they sat down and Lissa stirred sugar into her coffee . |
| 5 | She stirred sugar into her coffee . |
| 6 | With his imagination stirred Man could consciously ‘ terraform ’ other planets to bring about similar Earth-like conditions . |
| 7 | Back in the kitchen , he stirred rice into the onion , added water and a stock cube and emptied two cans of black-eyed beans into a frying pan , with a half spoonful of chilli , black pepper and garlic purée . |
| 8 | The Proteus Integrated Bioreactor from Wheaton Instruments is a benchtop stirred tank unit and is suitable for continuous or batch cultivation of anchorage-dependant or suspension cultures . |
| 9 | These reactors are generally completely stirred tank reactors ( CSTRs ) or sequencing — ie aerobic/anaerobic cycling — batch reactors . |
| 10 | The Iraqi president spent new year 's eve stirring stew for his soldiers in Kuwait . |
| 11 | ‘ Nicola came to stir trouble . |
| 12 | Well I think they 're in the van John actually , or you 've used them to stir paint with and other things . |
| 13 | Dr Johnson , in his intermittently droll Dictionary , was for once not attempting to stir mirth when he defined it thus : ‘ The first month after marriage , when there is nothing but tenderness and pleasure . ’ |
| 14 | In the uncomfortable interview he said : ‘ I think it is part of my job to stir controversy , as long as it is not party political controversy . |
| 15 | Writing this whilst hopping up and down to stir lemon marmalade on the stove ( and it seems reluctant to ‘ gel ’ ! ) and to the accompaniment of wonderful J S BACH fugue and prelude and tape . |
| 16 | It is difficult to see , in any event , how such private conversations could really be intended to stir hatred , or be likely to do so . |
| 17 | From the margins of the First Dominion to Patashoqua and its satellite cities in the Fourth , voices were raised to stir rebellion . |
| 18 | Sight stirs scum and tar clots in his mind , |
| 19 | One item you approve , the next stirs irritation . |
| 20 | Tebbit stirs row ‘ in bid to be leader ’ . |
| 21 | New box of tricks stirs interest |
| 22 | The Conservative Conference : Thatcher lays claim to torch of freedom : Vision of Eastern Europe inspired by Tory ‘ turning point in history ’ stirs outburst of wild adulation |
| 23 | Wild dogs are a nearly perfect vector for silvan rabies and when the disease front reaches the centres of population in central and southern Italy the result will almost certainly stir public opinion toward sharp action to reduce the feral population . |
| 24 | To make Welsh rarebit , stir milk and flour on low heat until thickened , add grated cheese , mustard , breadcrumbs . |
| 25 | But , although most of the rest of the film , until its chase finale , is played out within one house , where the lodger 's strange behaviour arouses suspicions of his guilt , Hitchcock 's interest in using the details of daily life to build anticipation and stir emotion ensures that the action never seems confined . |
| 26 | Add the kilo of sugar and stir water , sugar and wort until they are more or less dissolved . |
| 27 | Into the hot pulp stir caster sugar ( about 6 to 8 oz. for ½ lb. of quinces , but this is a matter of taste ) . |
| 28 | Stir liquid into the onions with orange rind and redcurrant jelly . |