Example sentences of "[conj] [art] servants " in BNC.
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| 1 | The general rule excludes the carrier from liability for fraud on the part of the trader ‘ or the owner of the goods or the servants or agents of either in respect of that consignment ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Shall I fetch Mrs Fairfax , sir , or the servants ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You see , mother , they do n't want the doctor or the servants to guess that Colin can walk and is getting better . |
| 4 | The formal circle of the old regime is represented in Repton 's cedar parlour ( Fig. 7a ) , where the servants have evidently not yet got round to setting the chairs back against the wall . |
| 5 | As a beginning , it illustrates the division , acceptable to Kerr , of England into two nations , both in its external appearance , where the servants ' quarters are reduced in size and in ornament , and in the detail of its plan : |
| 6 | No space is devoted here to anybody 's feelings , not to Isaac 's , nor the servants ' . |
| 7 | In pious families it was the rule that the servants attended family prayers . |
| 8 | ‘ But I do have to see that the servants do everything , and since they all seem to leave as soon as they 've saved up enough money , half my time is spent finding replacements and training them . |
| 9 | It seemed that the servants of Slaanesh were everywhere . |
| 10 | On August 13th 1803 it was ordered that ‘ a hole be dug at a proper distance from the house and that the matron be directed to see that the servants do empty all the pails from the house into the said hole until the privies etc. , shall be built out of doors ’ . |
| 11 | The doctor , usually such a friendly man , seemed so angry that the servants stared at him , open-mouthed . |
| 12 | He also made sure that the servants had a generous amount of beer , too . |
| 13 | When she came back to the house in the evening , Martha told her that the servants had had trouble with Colin . |
| 14 | 1806 " This Meeting having taken into Consideration the enormous amount of the Bill of Entertainment ( " The Bill at MacTaggart 's £16 " ) , Resolve that the following rules shall be attended to in future , viz. That for each Guest Setting at Table , the Landlord shall allow & produce a half Bottle of wine and a Bottle of Punch — a Bottle of Brandy to the whole Company — with small Beer — that the Landlord shall charge for each Sitting to Dinner a , the rate of 3/- , that the Servants half mutskin of Whisky … " |
| 15 | Then I realized that the servants were quite used to the comings and goings of Hyde . |
| 16 | She ate quickly , partly because she was so used to eating alone now that it seemed more a practicality than a pleasure , and partly so that the servants might have their own dinner at leisure in the kitchen . |
| 17 | Francis analysed the hierarchy of rooms and commented that the servants ' attic bedrooms were both smallest in size and farthest from the front door . |
| 18 | Cleo marched up to the butler 's door , which was slightly more grandiose than the servants ' and tradesmen 's entrances situated to either side , as it boasted the added splendour of being reached by a flight of steps . |
| 19 | But she made it immediately clear that she regarded the two policemen as being of a social order little higher than the servants . |
| 20 | Erm , what I found actually er erm even odder , was that is , if the servants knew about her , why did nobody appear at the wedding ceremony ? |
| 21 | AFTERWARDS the typical expatriate had less money , and liked Pau because it went further ; and the servants still came when you pressed the bell . |
| 22 | Occasionally , the head of the house would commute up and down the river by paddle steamer during the week , visiting the Stock Exchange and attending to business , but apart from those few and the servants , the street was deserted . |
| 23 | She gives the orders and the servants defer to her . |
| 24 | On Sunday mornings the vicar of the neighbouring parish came to preach in the church , and the servants were enabled to attend , heating the ovens for dinner before they went out . |
| 25 | ‘ And the servants , have they been paid properly ? ’ |
| 26 | Finally came men who did not own freehold land : husbandmen , servants in husbandry and the servants of artificers — anyone whose estate in goods and chattels did not exceed £10 . |
| 27 | That day her bridal gown had been delivered , and the servants had been in a flurry of activity preparing the wedding banquet . |
| 28 | Whatever was wanted , was halloo 'd for , and the servants halloo 'd out their excuses from the kitchen . |
| 29 | His Gothic hall is , moreover , no more than a salon rechristened ; there is a separate dining-room and the servants are kept firmly at a distance by the staircase . |
| 30 | He was often ill , Anne told us , but his children knew about Branwell and their mother , and the servants knew too , I think . |