| 单词 | billet |
| 例句 | About twenty yards from our dug-out there is a small house that was used as an officers’ billet. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Our life alternates between billets and the front. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Three mothers with seven children, all from the Hackney area of London, had been billeted on the Tallis family. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We are accustomed to a good deal in the billets, but this makes us feel faint. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d built a fire there and charred billets of wood lay stuck in the melted tar together with ash and bones. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “We don’t know. The regiment arrived yesterday and commandeered every billet, every scrap of food, and every ship in the town. They’d have had this boat, too, if you hadn’t taken it.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Underneath were the ashes of a fire and blackened billets of wood. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We stroll over to the meadow behind the billets. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z One man called out, “But Reb Boruch, why would they billet soldiers here if they are needed elsewhere for the war?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I know not how I shall deliver this billet to you. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The houses in which we are billeted lie near the canal. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The five hundred marines, billeted all about North Square, arrived at double-quick. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The officers were billeted in private homes, even in Jewish homes. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z From where they squatted by the hearth in their attic they could hear the carefree laughing, singing, and sometimes drunken quarreling of the officers billeted at the Afric Queen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The notes of an accordion float across from the billets. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Plenty to keep the inner creature satisfied. Scorching June weather, and a top-hole billet for snoozin’, what, what?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At night in his lonely French billet, William lighted his oil lamp and gazed at her photographs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As it turns dark we go to our billets, Tjaden in the centre. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because all the quarters billeted for majors and above are filled up,” Bull explained. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We were just coming back from the front line, and at a turning of the road near our billets, marvellous in the morning twilight, stood this cherry tree before us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z This being an opera by the mature Wagner, that uniting involves something other than people hiding in closets, or wicker baskets, or disguises and mistaken identity, or misleading billets doux. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z My billet was a very short distance from the front staircase. Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z “He’s going to get billeted on some tropical island sitting under a palm tree with six naked native girls helping him cut up coconuts so he can hand-feed them to the flamingos.” Television: No Enchanted Evenings in This Pacific Warfare 2010-03-05T18:56:00Z In the sleepy English village of Bramley End, dozens of soldiers turn up, needing a billet. Film review: Went the Day Well? 2010-07-08T22:20:00Z American troops have been sent to relieve the British garrison protecting this neutral nation, and United States counterintelligence agents are already billeted at the old leper hospital. Missing Bodies, Missing Killers, Deadly Missed Opportunities 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z British soldiers are all over Setauket, particularly the tavern, and Abraham and Mary have a soldier billeted at their farmhouse. Television Review: ‘Turn,’ on AMC, About the First American Spies 2014-04-04T22:10:45Z Mr Earl's music venue was originally a WWI billet hut A garden shed in Somerset, which was named Shed of the Year after hosting online gigs, is facing closure. Shed music venue 'faces closure' 2012-09-17T15:35:40Z They plot to outwit Bartolo by billeting the Count, disguised as a drunken soldier, in the house. The plot of 'The Barber of Seville' 2011-01-07T19:26:27Z The property was intended as a place for entertaining, for displaying Ms. Lawrence’s own artworks and the rest of her collection and for billeting friends and family. A Narnia-Inspired Design, on Long Island 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, back at home, the responsible Viann — through whose viewpoint much of the story is told — endures terrible privations, as well as the dangerous attentions of SS officers who are billeted in her house. ‘The Nightingale’: sisters in jeopardy in occupied France 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z A hairdresser rewrites an unsigned billet doux to cheer up her dumped mum. This week's new films 2011-08-12T23:07:30Z The two parts capture the chaotic escape of French civilians from the German Army in 1940 and present a sympathetic portrait of a billeted German soldier. Ir?ne N?mirovsky: New Biography and Short Stories 2010-04-25T23:32:00Z When cowed evacuee William Beech is billeted to the elderly Tom Oakley in Dorset, it looks as if he is out of the frying pan and into the fire. Goodnight Mister Tom - review 2011-02-06T18:06:26Z They are billeted in a shack near a coastal farm, under the command of Sgt. Review: ‘Land of Mine,’ an Oscar Nominee, Explores Postwar Perils and Ethics 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z A group of soldiers shows up in the pleasant hamlet of Bramley and needs billeting, which the locals are only too happy to provide. Critic?s Notebook: Bucking Up the British in the Midst of the Fight 2011-05-19T20:42:35Z That said, there’s every chance the pair will end up embittered and billeted together in some sort of home for retired megatweeters. Kanye and Taylor: the Bette Davis and Joan Crawford of pop 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z His novel imagined a young woman and her uncle in occupied France who find a German officer billeted on them. No Quarter; The Silence of the Sea; Not Until We Are Lost – review 2013-01-20T00:06:10Z While many small electronic devices are now made of plastic, the iPad's contoured base "is machined from a single billet of aluminium", according to the iFixit website. What makes an iPad tick? Take a look inside? 2010-05-16T16:01:00Z In 2013 the same panel concluded by a “preponderance of the evidence” that the carriers were UN peacekeepers from Nepal billeted in the Mirebalais barracks close to the river. Cholera in Haiti: UN experts chastise Ban Ki-moon over handling of outbreak 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The troops were billeted with members of the clan, before turning on their hosts on 13 February. Coin hoard could be linked to 1692's Glencoe Massacre 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z In January, the Defense Ministry bragged that its forces killed as many as 600 Ukrainian soldiers in a missile attack on buildings in the city of Kramatorsk, where the soldiers were temporarily billeted. Russia’s war with Ukraine has generated its own fog, and mis- and disinformation are everywhere 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Grey Zone, a Telegram channel linked to the Wagner mercenary outfit, said that around 500 men were billeted in the complex. Factbox: What do we know about the Ukrainian New Year's Eve attack on Russian troops? 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The spot premium for low-carbon billet, a fabricated product often used in construction, has slid to zero from $30 a tonne in January, he said. Analysis-Bumper green aluminium output is good news for carmakers, and climate 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Carter’s decision to open combat billets to women upended policy as old as the U.S. military itself: Women could only support, not fight in, America’s wars. Ashton Carter, defense chief who opened combat roles to women, dies at 68 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z But outfoxing competition from the private sector has proven elusive, particularly in cybersecurity jobs, even though the military offers tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses for such billets. Pentagon bedeviled by recruitment failures as solutions prove elusive 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z “No one will be assigned billeting in any unit until all safety and habitability standards are met,” he said. At Millions Per Detainee, Guantánamo Prison Stuck in a Cycle of Costly Delays 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z We were billeted in the same bunk room, and, after a dinner of polenta, sausage, wild mushrooms, a cabbage salad and strudel, they showed me the route they would take to Venice. A midsummer ramble in the Dolomites 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z In one Russian-occupied village, he said, a priest helped billet Russian officers in local houses and arranged for a warehouse to store ammunition. Zelensky Takes Aim at Hidden Enemy: Ukrainians Aiding Russia 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Kramatorsk, once home to 150,000, is now a garrison town where Ukrainian troops billet in abandoned apartment blocks and hope to thwart the steady Russian advance. In a war-torn Ukrainian town, 'we were all ready to die' 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The occupiers billeted at a local restaurant, Sashy, where Russian boots, military garb and ration boxes are still scattered about. With Russians gone, Kyiv's suburbs struggle to return to being 'a happy place' 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Commanders verbally threatened them with reprisals but subsequently allowed the group out of the basement, pulled them back from the front line and billeted them in abandoned homes, Veronika said. Conscripts sent to fight by pro-Russia Donbas get little training, old rifles, poor supplies - sources 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Some critics dubbed her the border czar — a title she has resoundingly rejected, insisting her billet stops south of the border. Harris announces new Central American investment as part of immigration effort 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z “When he was here, we would go for drives and he would sing, he would dance, he would laugh,” said his billet mom, Kim Pagé. From his host family to his Caps coaches, Aliaksei Protas makes a strong impression 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z They have skated in 11 cities, four time zones and two countries, flown in every direction on the compass and billeted in almost a dozen hotels across the continent. Islanders Finally See the End of the Road 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z One of the first things he did was inform his coaches and billet families from his time in Everett. Former Everett Silvertips forward Connor Dewar makes NHL debut in Seattle with Wild 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Re-fund police to ensure all billets are filled with properly trained good players so citizens and businesses are again safe. The state of Seattle: Readers weigh in 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z It was here that Louis XIV's soldiers were billeted during the persecution of the Protestant Huguenots - ancestors of the modern population - in the 17th Century. In love with the Resistance: My mother-in-law's war 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Many were paid more, too: At boarding school they had received vocational training that qualified them for better billets, as carpenters’ mates, shipwrights, blacksmiths, electricians and colliers, among others. ‘A Sadness I Can’t Carry’: The Story Of The Drum 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z In Tokyo, both men frequented the Dai-ichi Hotel, which was a billet for military officers and civilian correspondents. The Black Reporter Who Exposed a Lie About the Atom Bomb 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Several women have completed the grueling training for elite special operations billets. ‘Don’t Draft our Daughters’: Senate GOP introduces resolution to block selective service expansion 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Still, there have been well-documented success stories, with several women completing the notoriously grueling training for elite special operations billets. Senate Democrats put female draft back on the table 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z In the pre-show room of the ride, look for a solid microcrystalline silicon billet, ancient silicon wafer chips, vintage cartridge casings for hard drive disks and microscopes. The father-son story behind the extremely personal Easter eggs inside Avengers Campus 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z GFG is now working on plans for a plant to produce aluminium billet, shaped tubes and squares of metal that are used in extrusion manufacturing and command a higher price. Metal, money, mystery: How Sanjeev Gupta built his empire 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The Thunderbirds will meet with players and insist — like the NHL — that they remain within billet homes unless absolutely necessary. WHL set to resume locally amid COVID-19 restrictions, testing and one team planning college dorm ‘bubble’ living 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Canadian teenagers typically live with billet families when they start to play in one of the three regional major junior leagues that make up the Canadian Hockey League. Top Prospects Take an Unconventional Path to the World Juniors 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z The fuel tank, split in half to house Arch’s proprietary downdraft system, is also carved from billet. At Keanu Reeves' bespoke motorcycle company, even the catalytic converters are custom-made 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z Sheena and George have speculated that Eric was billeted with the Hunter family, and was perhaps involved in paying the munition workers in the town. 'I was found wrapped in my mum's coat - but who am I?' 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z When Rob McCann and his newlywed wife began billeting junior hockey players from the Spokane Chiefs in 2004, they stuck to one simple rule. Kings prospect Jaret Anderson-Dolan's pro journey has been paved by his two moms 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z After their airplane arrives at a location, the flight crew is immediately whisked away to their temporary billets. Army general: Vital flight crews must be protected against coronavirus 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z More than 200 miles away, at the Brahmas’ home base in North Richland Hills, Texas, billet families, fans and Trazzera gathered for a spur-of-the-moment caravan to Shreveport. ‘We played for her’ Team fueled to win by fatal crash victim 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z A GI billets in a relative’s castle, haunted by a cowardly 300-year-old ghost. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z It rides on 22-inch billet aluminum wheels designed to look like steelies and wears a candy red and cream color combination. Diesel Dodge Lowliner pickup is a retro Ram custom 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z As they sifted through 30,000 hits, police said, detectives struck gold — or, rather, Dodge “billet silver.” Baltimore man arrested in killing of transgender woman found shot outside D.C. 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z “They don’t leave the billets until the next mission. It’s a very, very controlled environment,” Gen. Lyons said. Army general: Vital flight crews must be protected against coronavirus 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z While deployed, the battalion’s mission will include supporting contracting work, range operations, dining facility operations, billets management, and more. SC guard unit deploys as part of Operation Spartan Shield 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z There are two primary paths to an NHL career: college or the junior leagues, where teens leave home, “billet” with new families and often attend local schools. At 16, Tyrel Bauer uprooted his life to play amateur hockey. Can he turn it into a ticket to the NHL? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Both engines get a Flowmaster exhaust with black billet aluminum tips and orange stripes. F-150 Harley Davidson edition returns, but not from Ford 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z By the following morning machine-gun posts had been set up on top of high buildings in Glasgow centre and thousands of troops were billeted across the city. The strike that led to fears of a revolution 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z They were billeted in a luxury hotel, where the comforts included fruit baskets. ‘We Only Killed the Bad People’: 2 Khmer Rouge Leaders, Forever Linked 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z “Why are you lying in the swamps while the British are sitting in the rear and enjoying nice warm billets?” The One Time American Troops Fought Russians Was at the End of World War I—and They Lost 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z A few of these “sent-down youth” were billeted at his family’s home, and Yan watched his mother feed them the best of what was available, while her own children went hungry. Yan Lianke’s Forbidden Satires of China 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z As of July, 24 women were serving in infantry billets in the Marine Corps, according to military documents obtained by The New York Times. One of first women in infantry to be discharged from Marines 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z “Availability and cost of billets are the main consideration for shift in supply,” Steel Asia said. Fear factor: China steel exporters delay shipments, giving space to... 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The caster is so large that it sits in its own eight-story warehouse, forming the molten steel into long rectangular blocks called billets and then cooling them. Where Guns Go to Be Reincarnated 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The site was also used as a billet for troops lining the route for the funeral of George VI in 1952 and for Coronation visitors in 1953. The underground dormitories of the Windrush arrivals 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Ryungseng would recruit workers in North Korea and organize their flights to Moscow, while Michurin would billet them and pay their wages. Kim Jong Un's art of the deal - make friends for spare parts 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z The retired couple, like many in this community, once billeted members of the Broncos. A Town That Lives for Hockey Is Devastated by Humboldt Broncos’ Deaths 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z Grief counselors are on hand and the Red Cross is providing support to players’ families as well as the families who billet players. Grieving Canadian town to hold vigil for victims of deadly bus crash 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z “We need our allies to fill these billets,” General Nicholson said, “so the Americans can do the things that only Americans can do, specifically the use of U.S. authorities in support of the Afghans.” U.S.-Led Mission in Afghanistan Lacks Troops for New Strategy 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Navy Secretary Ray Mabus rejected the Marine Corps request to exclude women from infantry billets. Analysis | Five myths about female veterans 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Extra police have been billeted in two cruise ships in Barcelona harbor. Demoralized and divided: inside Catalonia's police force 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The weeklong journey was full of bizarre contrasts: troops billeted in lavish homes once seized by militants. A trip through horror, confusion and contradictions in Syria 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z After playing for Long Beach High School as a freshman, McAvoy lived with a billet family in Michigan for two years while playing for the United States National Team Development Program. For Bruins’ Charlie McAvoy, Age 20 Might Feel Kind of Boring 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Thousands of police from all over the country were redeployed last week to Catalonia, many of them billeted on ferry boats in Barcelona’s port. Hundreds injured in clashes with police as Catalonia defies Spain, holds vote on independence 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z As in the past, the head is forged from a single billet of 1025 carbon steel. Titleist 718 irons—all six of them—ready to move from tour prototype to your local shop soon - Golf Digest 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Extra police have been billeted in two cruise ships in Barcelona harbor. Demoralized and divided: inside Catalonia's police force 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z In that process, a billet of 1025E carbon steel is stretched into an angle that matches up with the hosel and clubhead shape. Mizuno MP-18 line offers a new take on forging and iron set makeup - Golf Digest 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The newspaper account says the Black Watch soldier had displayed a "perfect genius" for the mouth organ since boyhood and that he "cheered his comrades in billet and in battle". Passchendaele: The death of Jimmy Morgan and his mouth organ - BBC News 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z State stands to lose not only the 12,000-plus personnel billets associated with the work but also the more than $3 billion annually that consular fees bring in. Opinion | Battle emerging inside Trump administration over who controls immigration and refugees 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Massive barricades were thrown up in Wanchai, the district where Mr Xi was billeted in a luxury hotel and the anniversary celebrations were held in a convention centre. There is a gulf between Hong Kongers and the Communist Party 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z He kept them around the abandoned home where his unit was billeted at the edge of West Mosul. His job is to dismantle bombs — hoping he won't be next to blow up 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Tervoort’s team arrived in the car park, bussed in from the north of the island where they had been billeted at Transocean’s expense in a holiday lodge. Where oil rigs go to die 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “Honoring America’s Veterans with quality health care” is the promise billeted on the homepage of the D.C. medical center — and it is one that should not be broken to people who served their country. Opinion | Washington’s VA hospital is sick. What about the rest of the country? 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Officers and soldiers were billeted in other civilian houses. The battle for Mosul: 'I have never seen such hard fighting like this' 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Mattis preferred to be close to the fighting, saying he disdains "chateau generals," a World War I phrase for commanders who stayed in comfortable billets while their troops fought in the trenches. Trump picks retired Gen. James Mattis as Defense secretary 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z As GE trawls through the records, it will identify other parts made from the same billet of metal the broken disk was made from. Dramatic GE engine explosion on Boeing 767 poses puzzle for investigators 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The federation pays for travel to tournaments, and it billets, feeds, clothes and educates the players. Canada, a Hockey Power, Is Embracing Tennis and Grand Slam Success 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Bobeck, a decorated officer, enlisted in the Army infantry in 1979 before going on to serve in a variety of billets in both the active duty Army and the National Guard. Two Army generals have been relieved of their duties 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z General and flag officers generally have been removed from their billets only for misconduct, a failure on the battlefield, or screw-ups inside the bureaucracy. Donald Trump's Coming Clash With the Military Generals 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Officials also said drill instructors would no longer be assigned to most billets based on seniority to prevent them from hazing one another. Following a Marine recruit’s death, a culture of hazing is exposed on a storied base 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z And-- that season, billeting at 15 and riding the bus all winter, playing for a lousy team and a brutal coach, was the most productive and happiest year of my son's adolescence. The Trusted Grown-Ups Who Steal Millions From Youth Sports 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Among the missing were eight soldiers billeted along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and at least 10 people who were praying in a mosque that was swept away by the floodwaters. A cloudburst triggers flash flooding in Pakistan, leaving 29 dead and dozens missing 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Related documents indicate the depleted uranium was received from Union Carbide in the form of pressed billets or ingots, then melted to remove impurities in an electron beam furnace designated S-6. Depleted uranium at Wah Chang led to decades of health woes 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z All Toulon Design putters are milled from 303 stainless steel billets. Toulon Design Offers New Custom 'Garage' Putters - Golf Digest 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The Army recently succeeded in convincing Congress to make that Pacific assignment a four-star billet. Why Congress Wants to Reduce Military Brass 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z The blade-style putter is made from a 304L stainless steel billet and its milled and grooved face is designed to enhance roll. What Was That Putter Jesper Parnevik Used To Win The Insperity? - Golf Digest 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z It soon developed into running emergency rest centres, feeding, first aid, and assisting with the evacuation and billeting of children. Women's Voluntary Service: 'The army Hitler forgot' - BBC News 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z The transaction includes the sale of the LaPlace, La., steel facility, along with a rolling mill in Harriman, Tenn., which produces long steel products such as billets, angles, flats, channels and beams. ArcelorMittal Agrees to Sell Two of Its U.S. Steel Operations 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The UK declared war on Germany on the night of 4 August 1914, and F Company were immediately mobilised and sent to Romford in Essex, where they were billeted in a local school. The first 'friendly fire' victim of World War One - BBC News 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z So when the Civil War began, Otis enlisted and was billeted to the Twelfth Ohio Volunteers, where he was injured on the field of war on two different occasions. This is the battle that made Los Angeles — and a great newspaper war 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Some women were billeted to the mansion house, while others stayed in temporary camps - like the one above, at Foxdown. Photos from the Bank of England's vaults - BBC News 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z The base in El-Adde, in the southwest of the country, billeted Kenyan soldiers who are fighting al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabaab militants alongside other African soldiers. Kenyan Soldiers Killed In Attack by Islamic Militants on African Union Base in Somalia 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Over two years, the final sum of her subterfuge was about 400 ‘‘bogus billets,’’ as she had it, totaling nearly 100,000 words. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z The bus ticket or taxi receipt or even billet doux employed as a bookmark - not just the marginalia of an intellectual life but the detritus of the heart. A Point of View: Is there still any point collecting books? - BBC News 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z At the end of the war the bear - who had also learned how to smoke and drink beer - was billeted at an army camp in the Scottish Borders. 'Soldier bear' statue to be unveiled in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens - BBC News 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The issues involve miscommunication between coalition training personnel and their command, delivery of incomplete equipment, unknown supply warehouse contents and inadequate billeting for Iraqi Army personnel. Watchdog report finds numerous problems with Pentagon-led Iraqi army training program 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Parker said a molten metal explosion occurred in the cast house of the plant, where the company produces extrusion billet, a length of metal with a cylindrical shape. Large explosion rocks southeast Missouri aluminum plant 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The home is said to be where Union Gen. Ambrose Burnside billeted during military occupation. For History Buffs, Civil War-Era Homes for Sale 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z “The working assumption is all billets are going to be opened this year,” Mr. Mabus said. Women in combat: Test failures raise questions about how many can succeed 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z “The working assumption is all billets are going to be open by the end of the year,” he said. US navy plans to offer women combat roles and extended maternity leave 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z According to federal records, workers at the mill melted uranium billets in a furnace, then extruded the metal into long rods. Family seeks compensation for late mill worker 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Some 10 people including Lerche gathered at the SS billet, and “we drank and sang English and German songs.” Unravelling a World War Two Murder Mystery The Royal Engineers used it as a base for co-ordinating the transatlantic crossing of convoys of merchant shipping and also billeted officers there between journeys. What happened to England's abandoned mansions? 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Before advancing to the Front, the men were billeted in a barn in the village of Poulainville. Unseen WW1 photos uncovered 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Walking the factory floor, you’re surrounded by balls in various states of manufacture, from the raw rubber to the cork-shaped billets that are then molded into spheres. How the Titleist Pro V1 revolutionized golf: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Archie said that “it was a fall from a high-ranking billet” and that he wanted to serve a full 30 years before retiring, but that he won’t look back. Senior Marine now working with Chicago youth after video controversy ended career A prime driver of colonial angst was the Quartering Acts, which required Americans to billet British soldiers. Ten ways the Scotland referendum is like the American revolution and three ways it isn't 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Able to draw a 3-D sketch of a billet on a computer program and calculate the volume of the billet, he found a formula for matching billet weight with bat design. Firm makes premium wooden baseball, softball bats 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Still, he knows his billet is more comfortable than his predecessors endured. A changing force 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z "We were billetted at Woburn Abbey, where the food was awful," she said. Lost picture aids Colossus reunion 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z For the rest of the war, the chocolate factory became a billet for troops. Why the army took over Charles's chocolate factory 2014-04-20T23:40:07Z "It somehow survived the fact that American officers were billeted there during the war," he said. Why is England awash with swastikas? 2014-03-14T00:49:26Z Should the billet doux contain a note of contrition, following an argument? The scribe of Bamako 2014-02-13T00:31:02Z He also said he was pleased that the teams would be billeted here, in hotels a few blocks apart. Super Bowl XLVIII: The Mystery of Three Letters That Disappeared 2014-01-18T03:25:01Z All players live with a local family, or billet, that provides room and board. At 14, Top Prospects Decide if Path to N.H.L. Runs Through College 2013-12-20T03:17:12Z She recalls the comments when she took an officer’s billet on a warship with a woman also serving as second-in-command. Navy Names First 4-Star Female Admiral 2013-12-14T02:05:19Z This makes them harder to see, and harder to follow when carving billets — the round cylinders that are carved into bats — out of a tree. Science Lowers Shattering Risk at Home Plate 2013-07-26T02:44:42Z Throughout the 20th Century it served as a billet for American soldiers, offices for Carmarthenshire County Council, and as a campus for Coleg Sir Gar. Country park reopens to the public 2013-07-06T08:01:48Z There were soldiers billeted to protect the dams, and there were an awful lot of troops stationed here. Britain's 'explosive' beauty spots 2013-06-30T23:25:38Z During the war, thousands of Allied troops, including at least 10,000 Canadians, were billeted in the town, with many housed in requisitioned hotels. Air raid memorial to be unveiled 2013-05-23T06:30:31Z The unit still boasts a single billet of curved aluminum for its handle, but it’s removable if portability isn’t a huge concern. Meet The New FragBox: The Most Ludicrous Amount Of Power Ever Crammed Into 1,364 Cubic Inches 2013-05-01T06:24:25Z Once that is done, the wood is cut into billets used to create the bats. Louisville Slugger rolls out new logo, harder bats 2013-03-31T15:41:08Z They are screened and trained for leadership billets in the corps over several weeks of courses, including field exercises, before being commissioned as 2nd lieutenants. 3 Dead, Including Suspect, in Marine Base Shooting 2013-03-22T15:05:20Z This does not mean that standards will necessarily be changed; it only means that occupational standards will be developed and/or tested in billets for which the only previous criterion was being male. Navy to Include Lady SEALS? 2013-02-11T07:15:00Z Iraqis, as well as Americans, had doubts about women serving in traditionally-male military billets. Women Waging War: Chronicles of Courage on the Front Lines 2013-01-28T12:50:22Z Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that the military would be lifting the policy preventing women from filling billets in units tasked with direct combat. Viewpoint: The Department of Defense Took Too Long on Women in Combat 2013-01-25T12:43:20Z The billets are shaped and compressed before being finished with a water-based coating, logo, and any coloring and player signature. Louisville Slugger rolls out new logo, harder bats 2013-03-31T15:41:08Z All military are now open to women unless the services petition that certain billets be closed to them. Women in Combat: Vive a Différence 2013-01-25T11:07:03Z French troops are billeted alongside Malian ones in Diabaly and the surrounding area and no one is in any doubt that it was the French airstrikes that dislodged the Islamists from the town. Malians want the French to stay 2013-01-23T21:42:00Z She lived in one of the small houses across from the Belgian school where he had been billeted. The Neediest Cases: Helping a World War II Veteran Live Independently 2013-01-22T03:23:50Z “Unfortunately, they were engineering personnel and they were building billeting for the A.N.A.” British Soldier Killed by Afghan Soldier on Base 2013-01-08T21:03:05Z Comfortably billeted a long way back from the front line, George Osborne insists there is no alternative to his strategy. Trench warfare as UK economy ends 2012 where it started 2012-12-21T12:15:08Z Hasan, 42, is charged with killing 13 soldiers and support personnel when he opened fire inside a billeting room at Fort Hood in November of 2009. U.S. military court appoints new judge in Fort Hood massacre case 2012-12-05T02:39:10Z When he didn’t slam-dunk the training assignment, he jumped at the chance in his follow-on three-star billet: to train a new Iraqi army. Petraeus: Controversial General, Complex Legacy 2012-11-14T23:50:22Z For the fifth Test, at Madras, the players were split up and billeted with local ex-pat families. Fred Ridgway relives MCC tour to India, Pakistan and Ceylon, 1951-52 2012-11-14T14:38:06Z At the "austerity" Games three years after the end of the second world war, athletes were billeted with families or in barracks, and other nations donated food for the 4,000 competitors. Tommy Godwin 2012-11-08T15:44:17Z Osborne, comfortably billeted a long way back from the front line, insists that there is no alternative to his strategy and that it will work given time. Trench warfare as UK economy ends 2012 where it started 2012-12-21T12:15:08Z Whether the soldiers themselves, some of them recently returned from Afghanistan and billetted in temporary accommodation at Tobacco Dock in Wapping, feel the same way behind their cheery good humour is impossible to tell. London 2012: a solid and sometimes spectacular first week 2012-08-03T15:19:15Z The home secretary, the defence secretary and the culture secretary all took the stand to defend the delivery company's contractual negligence, on everything from lax security and soldiers' billets to bus navigation. The craving for massive live events is ruining our cities 2012-07-17T19:34:44Z After two years of living with a billet family as part of the U.S. Connor Carrick chooses junior hockey path 2012-07-14T20:23:11Z "There seems to be more interest in alternatives such as the CME billet contract." LME iron ore ambitions at risk after steel failure 2012-07-05T16:12:40Z The source said that the German bank "is now supporting the CME steel swap, including the CME billet and scrap swaps". Deutsche Bank abandons LME steel billet 2012-06-22T16:07:51Z The new policy opens many new occupations and billets to women. Women in Direct Ground Combat? Not Quite Yet 2012-05-15T22:05:22Z They are nearly all here—the old servants; from chieftains like Greig and Ridgway to lieutenants like Davies the night watchman, each has found his snug billet. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z The dreadful winter passed by without change, and without the promised rise in the price of billets. A Captain of Industry Being the Story of a Civilized Man 2012-04-25T02:01:06.607Z Young Ithel's got rather a nice billet here, as Librarian or something for the Council, and if this new thing goes through he'll be quite in clover.—Jobbery? Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z He was given a good billet in the Intelligence Department, his district covering the Tyne ports, Hull, and Liverpool. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Once the assessment of their performance is complete, and a report to Congress is made, the process of slowly opening more billets and units to women may continue. Women in Direct Ground Combat? Not Quite Yet 2012-05-15T22:05:22Z After he had left us, he went to a village not far distant, where he billeted half of his men. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z He went on to the price of billets, he showed the state of the market with elaborately marshalled figures, and proved what the price must soon be. A Captain of Industry Being the Story of a Civilized Man 2012-04-25T02:01:06.607Z Black billets in the arms of Delves of Cheshire stand for “delves” of earth and the gads of steel in the arms of the London Ironmongers’ Company took a somewhat similar form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Could you not furnish me with a billet to this Villequier, or some one? Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z No women will be assigned to combat billets, but the current practice of attaching women to combat units will continue. Women in Direct Ground Combat? Not Quite Yet 2012-05-15T22:05:22Z He called in the various kinds of public paper, and offered in exchange a new variety, called billets d'�tat, bearing interest at four per cent. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z He discovered one of the spirit-casks adrift, and sent two or three sailors for some billets of wood to secure it. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z On the 9th, was brought me by one of the Count de Vergennes' ordinary commissaries the following billet. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Many a fair hand indited and sent billets to him, that would have turned some loftier heads than his. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Clogging is fastening a billet of wood to the fore leg by a leather strap. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z He asked if he might have some: and after that he offered me—ME!—this grand billet. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The immortal 7th Division reached Ypres from Dixmude at midday and went into billets. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z A little after eleven the doughboys started back to their billets for dinner. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z They shall beat out my brains with billets. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z "How stylish!" said one of our critical circle, re-examining the elegant billet of the stranger. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Among common charges the rose means mercy and justice; the pomegranate, a true soldier; the billet, justice; the garb, plenty, &c. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z They went into billets at once, some in the barracks, some in the town. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z From the kitchen he went into every billet in the village. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The rolling-mills gave some of the brightness of hot billets through the windows, and over the stacks of the open-hearth were sparks. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z Saltire bears billets and a bordure, but not the ordinary so called. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z They were in billets, resting after their hard day's work, when the message arrived, about one o'clock in the morning, to the effect that they were required. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z A few one-story wooden barracks had been built for the Americans, but ninety per cent. of the men went into billets. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z The String-courses, when not plain, have frequently indented ornaments of different kinds—such as the billet, the saw-tooth, the star, and the chevron. The Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and Illustrated 2012-02-16T03:00:02.940Z Baffled, and more than half inclined to cry, he wandered back to his place and resumed his seat on the floor, affecting to be engaged in playing with two billets of wood. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z So great, indeed, was the confusion that a troop of Gloucestershire Yeomanry which rode in soon after dark received neither orders nor billets; and being poorly led, withdrew within the hour. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The demonstration was kept up till darkness fell, when the regiment, having carried out its orders with complete success, retired to a château between Klein Zillebeke and Hollebeke, where it billeted for the night. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z The billeting officers would not consider sheds where cattle had been kept. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z The second is, that the said weight will infallibly keep the billets under it in due position. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z I exclaimed; "surely this affectionate billet must have destroyed the last spark of affection in the breast of the unhappy girl." The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z That means women will be able to serve as tank mechanics, radio operators and in other support billets, opening up more than 13,000 jobs to women. Women In Combat: Military Changes Gender Rules 2012-02-10T18:06:49Z Iran is one of the world's biggest importers of billet, or semi-finished steel bars, used in construction. Asia giants join Iran diplomacy as sanctions hurt trade 2012-02-10T14:44:02Z In one billet a soldier stole a look over his shoulder at the General as he passed. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z They went off early, when the tide was slack, taking an extra axe along, while it was noon when they came back, with one man who had badly cut his leg lying upon the billets. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z A woman thief was burnt by eighty women slaves, each of whom brought three billets of wood to the execution. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z My lady was in bed, her fair hair unpowdered and streaming all about her shoulders, her chocolate on a small table at her side and countless billets doux from admirers scattered on the sheet. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Then Wogan read Lady Oxford's billet again, and he walked to Bury Street. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z The President and his party spent the rest of the afternoon inspecting the billets of the Americans. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z He mixed his resinous billets with saturated coal-dust and broken hemlock bark, but in spite of it he stopped the Shasta every now and then when his boilers gave him water instead of steam. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Calmly he proceeded to chop his wood into small billets, for the more frugal use. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z All able-bodied men between 18 and 50 were to be billetted for service and a portion of them to be immediately embodied. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z Thus, early one evening in May, 1918, the E-35, a British submarine, was patrolling its billet in the Atlantic, about two hundred miles west of Gibraltar. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z That came from an old lady who had some doughboys billeted in a barn next to the shed where she kept her sheep. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z Chung's billet was to England; and here, or in France, he had lived with a few intervals ever since he first came to man's estate. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z "From this," he replied, taking up the billet written by the Sylph. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z But, when I reached the close of his sentimental billet, scorn and indignation overpowered every other feeling. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z We Americans had seven submarines based on Berehaven, Ireland, whose "billets" were located in the approaches to the Irish Sea. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z We went to the major of a battalion which had just come back from the front to its billets. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z As in Manchuria, so in Korea, Russian soldiers and sailors, who were billeted on the country for various reasons, made themselves quite at home. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z In a quarter of an hour Griffith returned, with a billet containing only three lines—but oh, how much comfort. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z But I found it impossible to express my feelings, yet disguise my purpose; and having written nearly twenty billets, and destroyed them all, I determined to defer asking forgiveness till I had consummated my offence. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Under ordinary circumstances, the Allied submarine spent all its time, while patrolling, on its own particular "billet"; only in case the pursuit of an enemy led it outside the "square" was it permissible to leave. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z There was a Sunday upon which Pershing announced that he would inspect the American troops in their billets. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z They rattled nastily as they struck corrugated-iron roofs, and popped when they found billets in the walls of nipa houses. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Every word of this billet was a dagger to my soul. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z I was going once more to summon the bearer of my melancholy billet, that I might renew my enquiries in regard to its delivery, when the long expected answer was at length brought to me. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Even then, I shot at random, and it was only the sudden start and collapse of the body writhing under mine which told me that my bullet had found its billet. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z Under this enactment, compulsory billeting is provided for, but in practice is not adopted, sufficient facilities having so far been forthcoming from voluntary sources. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z The common method is to pound the abdomen with a billet of wood, and this is not fatal to the mother. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z I fancied he would hardly challenge me about the billet, as he is the most careless man in the universe. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z In spite of the checks of conscience, I read this billet with exultation. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Ike M’Graw, general caretaker of the Lodge, had long since piled each wood box in the house full with billets of hard wood. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z In the first instance, two executive members of the Board proceed to a congested munitions area and, with local aid, institute an inquiry as to whether billeting can be successfully carried out. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z In March, Gates approved a plan to reduce the number of authorized billets reserved for generals and admirals from 952 to 850, giving the armed services five years to implement the changes. Pentagon trimming ranks of generals, admirals 2011-12-28T22:56:00Z The old man looked toward her wistfully, and then, as if interpreting her thoughts, asked the somnambule, "Can you read the contents of the billet?" Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Was it love? thought I. But when I recollected his general manner towards me, I was, in spite of vanity and the billet, obliged to doubt. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Beside the fireplace was a great stack of billets of seasoned wood. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z The suggestion is made that babies should be ‘billeted’, or boarded out in the munitions area amongst women who are not employed outside their home. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z And therefore," continued Mr. Mablethorpe, "I counsel you to go to London and take up the new billet. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z He takes a billet from his breast and reads it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z My lover, for now I may fairly call him so, contrived to reply to my billet in such terms as, with the help of Miss Arnold's counsels, produced a rejoinder. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z If Russia will have me, I shall volunteer, and I hope with all my soul that a Turkish bullet will find its billet in my body. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z This hazard touch even in the billet that the Afridi tribesman selected for his bullet! The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z When it was over and the table had been cleared, he lay in a canvas chair beside the stove, in which resinous billets snapped and crackled cheerfully. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z There is one thing to be said in favour of the gunners; they took good aim, and there was little after-motion in the body of the kangaroo in which a bullet had found a billet. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z "We sure were in luck when we struck this billet." Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The house where our heroes now found themselves billeted was somewhat after the bungalow stamp—a widely-spread comfortable house, all on one flat, but it was altogether pleasant to live in. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z The third, fourth, and fifth balls found an exactly similar billet, and the sixth not only knocked his bat out of his trembling hands, but all three of his stumps clean out of the ground. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z It is a wild, frightening, competitive and lonely voyage into the world of frenzied fan bases, full-time coaching staffs, cross-province bus travel and host families, known as billets. Punched Out: Derek Boogaard: A Boy Learns to Brawl 2011-12-03T22:53:06Z He had a smile and a nod for a bricklayer's laborer, a bus conductor out of a billet, a decayed clerk or a reformed pickpocket. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z We at once climbed to the chill attic, our billet, our lodging for the night. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z “I can’t afford to play cat and banjo with my billet—certainly not yet.” The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z The sorting of the letters was accompanied by such facetious subtleties as “Do we behold a billet doux?” or the murmured misquotation: “He sent a letter to his love.” Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z I’ve had some strange billets in my time, and this, in my opinion, is the least honourable of all. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z What a job you would have made of that billet! The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Gentlemen," said Sergeant Reilly from his post of honor, "the lady who runs this billet is a very nice lady indeed. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Mervyn stirred up the fire and piled on it several great billets. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z He sat on some billets of wood, one of which he was carving with a clumsy knife. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z It’s the soft sort of billet they would tumble to promptly. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z The portrait of Private O'Locker on finding his billet is at a teetotal hotel. Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces 2011-11-28T03:00:24.727Z "Jump clear!" cried Steel presently, and I sprang aside a moment too late, for an exultant shout went up when a heavy billet struck me on the head. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z While it was at its worst, the boy told them to throw overboard the second cord; and they threw it over billet by billet, and took care not to take any from the third cord. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z There's no time to think on this billet! The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z He joins them together at the lower edges, and into the billets he again throws the coals, for a fierce fire is always necessary in refining silver. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The Frenchman, in return, handed O'Hara a perfumed, gilt-edged billet, with an arrow-pierced heart in chromo-lithography at the top of it. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z Do not, in writing for the press, affect the crow-quill calligraphy that is fashionable for album verses and complimentary billets. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z It would be interesting to know the inner context of the cabin-boy’s counter magic, and why it is that the birch-wood, cast into the sea billet by billet, had the power to destroy the witches. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z It's very hard for her to be turned out of this very pleasant billet, and it's natural that when you won't do something she asks you she should put it down to my influence. Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts 2011-11-11T03:00:37.427Z An empty billet is but poor exchange For the heart's losing! hermione. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Once more I had been looking for a billet elsewhere, and this time I had excellent hopes of success. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z A few weeks after, a billet would come for the young people only. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z When the last billet fell they heard a groaning, as though some one were wrestling with death, and then the squall had passed. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z But you know perfectly well that you'd cheerfully bring the British Empire tumbling about our ears if you could get me a good fat billet by doing so. Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts 2011-11-11T03:00:37.427Z Perchance thy cunning eye, For ever on the watch, hath spied this billet. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z The Bath postmaster’s billet was the best in the service, for he received £150, and, moreover, had the assistance of one clerk and three letter-carriers. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z I sprang up; the moon was shining through the broken casement, and, seizing a billet of wood, I waited another attack. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z The boy ordered them to throw the first cord of birch-wood overboard, billet by billet, one at a time and never two, and he did not let them touch the other two cords. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z “I gave Meleagrus life when I might have let it go from him with the burning billet of wood,” she cried, “and now he has taken the lives of my brothers.” The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z The riddle solves:—this billet by mistake Hath found its way to yon same helpless virgin. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Scarce a day passed without either a visit or a billet, and thus some five or six weeks passed. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z My father held an appointment at Keyham Dockyard, you see; and whenever he had a home billet he kept a yacht or boat of some sort. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Now they obeyed him to the letter, and did not laugh; but cast out the birch-wood billet by billet. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z The sight of Brent's gold in the man's foul clutch was too much for Snowdrift, and the next instant a billet of stovewood crashed against the wall within an inch of his head. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z As my good word Earns your belief—till now, I ne'er beheld This love-lorn billet. duke. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z A dry corner being found, the barrels were placed in it, and carefully concealed with billets of wood and coals, so as to avert suspicion in case of search. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z The general went the way of all flesh, and Lawrence to Texas, unable to get another staff billet. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z When the last billet fell, they again heard a deep groan, and then all was still. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z Some are chevroned, others of lozenge pattern, or billeted, or twisted and spiral. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Since the industrial difficulties of 1907-8 there has been considerable competition for these billets. The Panama Canal and its Makers 2011-10-10T02:00:22.307Z In a comfortable kitchen, by a hearth on which blazed a cheerful billet, sat a man and woman. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z He gave them a billet in one of his stores, or in his canteen, or as an overseer to work in those wonderful claims. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z But the boy told them to throw the last cord of wood overboard, billet by billet, and no two billets at once. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z The outer member of each arch is finished by a broad, flat, square billet, the inner has a cable pattern. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The battery was newly formed and living in billets in North Wales when he joined it. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z It seemed to him that through a sudden stroke of good fortune he had received a billet d’auteur. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The defenders ran from one part of the stockade to another, firing from the loopholes; and so densely massed together was the foe that every bullet must have found a billet. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Reluctant to have any further personal discussion on this painful subject, she enclosed the notes in a short billet to Miss Frampton, and sent it immediately to that lady's apartment. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The obtusely pointed arches of the nave, ornamented with zig-zag and billetted mouldings, rest on capitals, richly adorned with flowers, grotesque heads, and other figures. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Infantry soldiers lounged about the ruined streets, for this village is used as a rest billet for troops waiting their turn in the trenches: the expression "rest" billet struck me as euphemistic. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z For old Smith knew that if he lost his present billet he was not likely to find another one, and he had nothing saved to speak of. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Cossack officers established themselves in the Grand and Queen's Hotels, and their men were billeted at the Midland, Union, Conservative, and other Clubs, and at many minor hotels and buildings. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z This billet arrived while Albina had gone to her mantua-maker, to have her new dress fitted on for the last time. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z But when, in speechless grief, she would have felt her little billet in the anti-room, she found Lady Aurora's woman already in attendance; and heard that Lady Aurora, also, was risen and dressed. The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z Madame our hostess, besides being one of the fattest, was also one of the most agreeable ladies it has ever been our lot to be billeted upon. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z And at eight bells Geordie spoke to the chief officer, who was quite as anxious as the skipper to keep his billet. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Gave him a billet as private sec. that enabled Alec to—you know. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Only the previous night a divisional headquarters staff had moved into it, and thought it a rare billet after weary days behind the lines in the French sectors further south. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z After his birth, the Fates entered the chamber of Althea, and foretold that the life of the child should expire with a billet of wood then burning on the hearth. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z But all this, to say nothing of a five-mile march to our billet afterwards and the tedious process of unharnessing and putting down horse lines in the dark, was done without audible "grousing." Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z And the skipper and the mates should be told by me, and told very stern, that if they vallied their billets a continental they'd behave like gents and not cuss too much. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Then Major Polchow offered to look after me, and I accompanied him to a private house where he was billeted. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z I'm not the man for the billet—but you are. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z The only difference was the slightly irregular hum of an enemy aeroplane, and the noise of bombs bursting all too near our perfect billet. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z "Hope it's not Hell's own distance to our billets." Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z Of course he missed them, but the bullets, ricochetting in the water, probably found a billet in the town beyond. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z When we arrived in the vicinity of the town we were halted near a group of barns, and told we might billet in them. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Only I do feel as if that girl would do me a deal of good down there—you know, in making me more the sort of chap for my billet. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z It was not my first acquaintance with the town, nor yet with the hotel to which our billet was affiliated. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z A day's rest for the horses and then we returned to our comfortable rest billets. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z He seemed to bear a charmed life, for again and again Somali Jack fired at him, but no bullet found a billet in that fierce giant’s body. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z I was not taken back to my billet, eight versts from the spot where I was hurt, but was sent on at once to Warsaw in an ambulance. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z They wouldn't say it, and you wouldn't think it, of any other man in my position; no, it's because I'm not fit for my billet, that's how it is! My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z “But if I shot him, why, in a few days you’d be billeting a boar-constrictor or an alligator on me, and telling me it was for the good of science and the service.” Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z It was our last night in a most comfortable billet near ——, where, on and off, we had spent rather more than a month of ease; on the morrow we were going into the line again. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z We stationed our marines in the tops and rigging, and every shot told home, every bullet got its billet. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z It has been the practice in Canada to grant exemption to postmasters from the billeting of the troops upon them. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z "Capital!" he cried; "you take my place, sir, and I wish you joy of the billet." My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z The bullet found a billet in the beast’s neck, but didn’t stop his way, and next moment the bear and Tom both were tumbling down, down, down over a precipice. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z We occupied this new position, which, by the way, was a good one with a quite comfortable billet close at hand, for just three weeks. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z “The minute I can break loose from my billet in the Chartered Company.” The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Exemption from billeting was an ancient privilege of postmasters. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z I needn't tell you who is the very man for that billet. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z A young lady receiving a billet doux—Robert did not call it thus, being no sympathiser with foreign languages—would naturally reward the messenger. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z It was nearly nine o'clock when we at last clattered into the courtyard of our billet and slipped wearily off our horses. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z Thirty of us were billeted at one house, and the rest upon private houses, in consequence of there being but one public-house in the village. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z In Canada the advantages the post office was able to offer to its postmasters were small and insignificant, and one of the most valued privileges was the assurance of relief from billeting. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z The troop, men and horses both, is billeted below, and under command of its young lieutenant goes through to St. Louis, thence up the Missouri to its new sphere of duties in the far Northwest. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z When the Grogach saw this he thought it was a "billet" for him to go, and, crying bitterly, he took his departure, and left the shirt behind him. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z They stood exposed in all weathers; they stifled in close evil-smelling billets, in trains, and on board ship. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z Contrast that to the quarters where staff members were billeted when President George W. Bush vacationed at his ranch in Crawford, Tex. For President at Play, Family Outings, Golf and Lots of Advisers 2011-08-20T01:41:53Z But the billet did not come up to expectations, and when I had given it a good trial, I discarded it in favour of another as cook to an Overlanding Party. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z "I have had a large and varied experience," he now writes when applying for a billet. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z I dropped a birch billet in the stove. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z There, in the seclusion of his billet, he studied army lists and watched the name of the senior subaltern of the battery creep towards the head of the roll. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z We were allowed to make our own arrangements for billets de logement, which carried us naturally to the house in the square inhabited by Keller Bey, his wife Linn, and—Alida. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Chief officers who exchange the sea for a fireman's billet don't exactly answer the description of the man I want. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z It will be natural, then, to billet most of the soldiers upon her. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Jowl ’lowed he’d cure the skipper, whatever come of it, an’ laid his head open with a birch billet. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z By the time we got back to where the brigade was to billet, had ridden about forty miles. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z Frichard dislikes you; he is secretary of the mayoralty; he distributes the billets for quartering soldiers according to a list. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z The Captain in command of those billeted on her, despite his rude exterior, is not uncivil. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The next day we landed, and were billeted in Kinsale, and here I had the first view of Irishmen and Irish manners. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z "Then this note is for you," she declared, handing him a little three-cornered billet. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z He had replaced deficiencies from some apparently inexhaustible store of "spares"; he had provided the best billets, the safest wagon lines, the freshest bread with a consistency that was almost uncanny. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z He wished to send the sergeant to the inn; but the sergeant had already chosen Camus's bed to sleep in, had spread his cloak upon it, and said, 'My billet is for this place. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z India were billeted in Taunton for a World Cup 11 years ago and felt themselves slighted. England will not get the quick start they desire against India 2011-07-15T15:55:50Z Then there was a stamping of feet outside, and Leland flung a few split billets through the open top of the stove. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z The bear began to throw stones and billets of wood, thick and fast from the stove, and every time he did so, he asked: "Are you alive?" Polish Fairy Tales 2011-07-10T02:00:20.137Z He gazed for some time on the mysterious billet, and fell into deep thought. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z In reply the grim Norman sent forty of his knights to be billeted on the monastery, saying that each monk should have a knight to defend him. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z The people of New Jersey paid dearly for their indifference, for during the winter they were constantly subjected to indignities from the Hessians who were billeted upon them. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The little middy was highly complimented; and the captain promised to reward his courage and virtue with a good billet. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z As he handled the billets, a strange desire seized him. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Yet, had they looked more closely, a tell-tale squirm or quiver might have told those marksmen that of the multitude of the bullets, one or two—or perchance more—had found a billet. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z Then come and report yourself to our chief, and harkee, you’ll be offered a billet as captain of the cook’s galley. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z The unfortunate man wrote to the St. James’s Chronicle, endeavouring to justify himself, and complaining bitterly of the harm that had been wrought to his business by the constant billeting of soldiers upon him. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z Here, Prompt—send out the chairman with the billets and cards.—Have you any orders, madam? The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z But if I have one of your exquisite billets in my waistcoat-pocket, I shall bear the loss better. The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:15.707Z Now Mehrab Khan astonished them still further, for, from a cleft at the back of the hole, he produced some billets of dry juniper wood. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z The large, neatly-made bundles of trimmed billets of wood, have always been mistaken for firewood, even by Pastor Rosen, who spent three or four years in the Harbour. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z The same day that General Anderson wrote Aguinaldo his billet doux about the dictatorship, viz., The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z The marchands de billets are provided with tickets which they sell at less than the established price. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z He, too, began with the billets, but he was not content to see them from the outside. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z The drivers stood by their charges, instead of being billeted on the inhabitants. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z But, more fortunate than myself, he had managed to retain his billet after so doing. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z She gave me a small billet from the Princess, of which, till my return to the Capuchin Monastery, I was not to break the seal. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z In particular, it was not without acute anguish that he read a small series of billets which had been addressed to himself, and to which, as he saw from their tenor, Werner had refused admittance. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Yours was the first experience in being billeted, and in all the initial details of adjusting yourselves to new and strange conditions. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z He had been offered and had accepted a billet worth four hundred a year—startling advancement for so young a man. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Such a billet as that of tradesman on a station is much sought after, and in many respects is incomparably better than the position occupied in town by a married man who works for wages. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z They quickly learned from their excited comrades that other billets had been targets for the marauders and that several soldiers had been severely injured, while one was killed. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z The following week brought along a circumstance, which seemed to throw a greater light into the dark billet. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Time was called at eleven and the soldiers marched back to billets for the midday meal. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z She asked Mr. Mayo what billets there were open in the supply unit; but the chief did not know. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z Yet, unless a cook is a good fighting man, it is not a billet that I would recommend any friend of mine to come all the way from Denmark to fill. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z "Hope they don't separate us, fellows," said Frank, as he watched the corporals and sergeants picking out various squads and assigning them their billets. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z Roquairol came courteously to meet him and reminded him of the received billet. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z So, though the billets were rude and sometimes uncomfortable, the soldiers did stay in them and out of the hospitals. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z So when he got home with his billet of wood his mother asked what it all meant that he walked about in wintry weather in his shirtsleeves. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z I shall see that you are quite undisturbed, I promise you, unless some one has to billet here. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z Pretty soon it comes to me—billet doux! J. Poindexter, Colored 2011-06-11T02:00:11.257Z We arranged to go hunting in the morning, and cut the wood into billets in the afternoon. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z They had brick barracks, with floors, and where they were billeted with the French they found excellent quarters in the old, low-lying stone and brick houses. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z So when he had got his billet of wood and was off home, he came upon a clearing of stumps on the hillside, and there he saw a white crooked stone. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z "Henriette, the beast is going to billet himself here!" she shouted up the stairs. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z Sam once more flattened himself upon the hard cement floor underneath his billet. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z Mr. Dudley sunk into despair, when Lucy informed him that the billet of wood she was putting on the fire was the last. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z The soldiers were to be billeted with the peasants. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z This battalion during the early part of our training was billeted in the same town. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z Furthermore, the best money-making scheme I can think of at the moment is a billet as a conductor of a transcontinental express. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z I will instruct you carefully in your duties and show you your billet, after which you will go forward and get acquainted with your shipmates.” The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z God knows that I am out of a job, and that I shall not earn a stiver from the day before yesterday until I get back to God's country and get another billet. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z It was drawn into great skins and hung on tripods in the shaded parts of the billets, and it was then treated with a germicide, tasteless fortunately, carried in little glass capsules. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z After the division was relieved from the Argonne it went into rest billets near the town of Ligny, there to rest and receive replacements before returning into the same battle. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z You remember that gun, Bill," he remarked, lying back in the arm-chair of the farmhouse where we were billeted, and sipping some hot rum—"that German gun that got through in April and bombarded Poperinghe? Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z The North Walsham corps marched the whole distance of thirty miles; they started the day before, and were billeted for the night at Holt. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z "You may get a worse billet than this if you don't do as I tell you," said I hurriedly. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z But how they trained doesn't belong in a chapter on billets. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z "Say, Buddie, this is some town; look at that stream!"—"Bonne billets."—"Let's fight the rest of the war here"—were some of the remarks I heard as the column swung in. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z The charges against him were that he had billeted soldiers on civilians and had executed martial law, charges so ridiculous that there was never any serious attempt to investigate them after Ormonde's return to London. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z ‘Cook for the boys,’ I said, meaning the other billets living here. Slap Shot: Boogaard Is Remembered by His 'Billet Mom' 2011-05-21T04:48:28Z At dark, however, Lord Byfield ordered a general halt of his tired though triumphant troops, and bivouacked and billeted them along a line reaching from Willesden on the right through Wembley to Greenford. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z General Petain came down with General Pershing, and the first inspection was of billets. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z The first day we spent in orienting ourselves, getting the kitchens arranged and the billets comfortable. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z Afterwards I got a billet with a firm of auctioneers, and the experience I got there has been mighty useful too. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z At this instant the pigeon spread his wings, and Brian discovered under one of its wings a small and very dirty-looking billet. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Another projectile had found a billet in my home. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z She crushed the billet in her hand, and returned to her husband. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z We started at once cleaning up places for the company kitchens, getting the billets as comfortable as possible and selecting sites for drill grounds. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z Our Victor felt almost as if he had transferred another heart than the metal one with the billet, and thought with pleasure of the Flachsenfingen court. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z The lumber cut does not show the large quantity of hickory which is cut and shipped in the form of round billets, rived or split spoke stock, etc. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z The infantry were billeted in the town, but the cavalry and guns crossed the river and canal at Heybridge, and went off in the direction of Witham. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z "I will find a Mercury both sure and swift," she said, folding the locket in the billet. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z We sent forward, as was customary, a detail of officers to make sure that billeting accommodations were forthcoming and that everything would be as comfortable as possible for the men. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z In the billet was written, in Clotilda's hand, "Come to thy bower, beloved friend!" Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z The city had just paid more than six millions of florins, had contributed in goods an equivalent sum, and was billeting soldiers at a crushing expense. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z He, however, introduced me to three friends of his in the 101st Grenadiers, who, he suggested, should be billeted on me. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z The shining metal, which had no effect on Agaton, charmed him; he was excellently qualified for conveying a billet with the greatest dexterity and secrecy. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z The billeting party, after working very hard and accomplishing very little, divided the area up as the French suggested. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z Agatha flew down passionately, and, after reading a billet below, darted off across the meadow. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z By way of recompense the town was to be freed from all imposts, except cigars, the general engaging furthermore to reduce the burden of the military billeting as much as possible. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z The Denes, that flat, sandy plain between the upper town and the sea, they turned into a camping-ground, and large numbers were billeted in various quarters of the town itself. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Besides, I had wit enough to write a billet doux, and hoped, if ever she permitted my absent self to entertain her, she would read with pleasure those breathings of my heart. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z These quaint, squat, jovial, dark-haired fellows were billeted in the villages all around our area. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z The caller must on no occasion carry it in and present it to her hostess like a billet d'admission. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z The report of a chief of scouts smuggled through the enemy's lines could not have improved on her billet for succinctness, and the information conveyed was startling enough. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z I thought the idea a fairly good one, and Von Hildebrandt, having apparently arranged this with the billeting officer without any difficulty, I took them home with me to lunch. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Huge billets of maple wood—only maple—are his favorite tid-bit.” Indian Legends Retold 2011-04-21T02:00:49.077Z He assigned my brother at once to the Sixteenth Infantry, and ordered me to go with the advance billeting detail to the Gondecourt area, where our troops were to train. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z The soldiers, in all about a hundred, were distributed by billet into the best houses while the officers took possession of the inn. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z In a churchyard of this city an oaken billet was found in a coffin. Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes 2011-04-18T02:00:11.353Z What if she sent a tender billet to the young woman-hater, and said, ‘Come and love me, if you have the heart and courage of a man.’ Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z The officers of this department supervise all arrangements for loading and unloading at stations, forwarding, feeding, and billeting. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Most of the Twenty-sixth Infantry was billeted in a town called Demange-aux-Eaux, one of the largest in the area. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z He now awaits an answer to this billet. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z I'll do a sketch when we get into billets at the end of the week. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z Guess you'll be yearning for a billet when you get along to Toronto. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Must be a dainty billet doux from Rosie Sinclair; but here, take it and go off by yourself. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z We hiked through a beautiful peaceful country, the most lovely we had yet seen in France, billeting for the night in a little town where a whole company of mine slept in an old château. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z Shortly after he had done so, in came the Welsh giant, who thoroughly pummelled the billet with his club, thinking, naturally enough, he had broken every bone in Jack's skin. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z "In that case," added Flint quietly, "I'll apply for overseer's billet, with the right of sacking slack hands." At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z On this sunny side Rabette threw a billet, in which she wrote him that she was going back to her parents on Saturday, because the Minister was coming. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z I could not avoid permitting him to slide his billet doux into my hand as he put on my shawl. Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z A good sergeant, Murphy by name, an old-timer who had been in the army twenty-four years, had his platoon all in one billet. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z It is a lapse that has never before occurred, so far as he can recall, in the whole five years of their connection; her billets appearing as regularly as the milkman. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z At length I received the expected billet, and on the appointed evening rendered myself punctually at his house. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z Towards evening the Captain received a red billet. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z The number of the dead and dying no man might estimate, and over these the living crawled as they could, the Russian shells falling ceaselessly amidst them, and the deadly bullets finding many a billet. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z As I mentioned before, the constitution of the United States forbids billeting, taking as ground for this action that when soldiers are placed under a private roof constant friction is bound to arise. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z His first billet of the New Year is friendly in tone, while the brusqueness of the second quoted is explained by her comment thereupon. The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter 2011-03-10T03:00:53.010Z The room was thoroughly bare—there was not even a billet of wood, let alone an axe, or saw. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z I should not have been capable of writing a billet there, much less a Cycle. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Out of a burning billet and out of an exploding ammunition dump, a transport driver brought out some charges urgently needed for the battle. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z I remember my own billet in one of the towns where we stopped. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z Mysie was the bearer of a billet, addressed to myself, and marked “private and particular.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z Milo proposes billeting them, singly, here and there, through the carriages; but the bare mention has excited a rebellion amongst the equestrians, who will not consent to be treated worse than the fiddlers! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Short of a crow-quilled billet, neatly endorsed with her name, nothing could have spoken more plainly. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Behind the lines the German officers and men lived comfortably in French billets, and organized amusements for battalions in rest. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Human nature is the same the world over, and we became very fond of some of the persons with whom we were billeted, while others stole everything that was left loose. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z His views of things might have been considerably quickened by billeting upon his household a few of the Ironsides. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z Still more charming is it to read the pretty little billets addressed to the Earl by his elder girls. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z He laughed and joked the whole time of the fight with the Santa Cruz islanders, said that every bullet had its billet, and that his time had not come. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z About old barns men work in their billets stripped to the belt. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z We were instructed in the body that immediately on leaving the trenches all men were to be inspected completely by the medical officer before they were allowed to go to their billets. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z A Yorkshire battalion was “standing at ease” in the street while their officers and color sergeants engaged in a wrangle about billets. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Those who were sent back to billets woke from their much-needed sleep ready and even eager to plunge again into the fray. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z These he billeted on the citizens of Milan. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z The women told strange stories of German officers billeted in their houses. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Arrangements were also made for giving the men a hot bath and a change of clothing when they returned from the trenches to their billets in the villages behind the firing line. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z The vapour found vent in the aperture opening to seaward, through which the spray had ceased to drift; and ere long some slices of ship’s pork hissed on the glowing billets. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z They held the trenches all day on Monday; on Tuesday they were withdrawn to reserve trenches, and on Wednesday were relieved, and retired to billets in the rear. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Not a shot was wasted; every bullet found its billet. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z The evening's business was quite likely to cost him his billet, but at least it was sure to be excellent fun. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Soldiers were billeted by force in private houses, and military officers executed martial law on civilians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z I was the bearer of a pretty little billet from Olympe to Adele; and the hour had arrived in which it was proper for me to make my call and deliver it. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z He knelt in the open by the side of his officer, and while bandaging him was struck first by a fragment of a bomb, then by a bullet which found its billet. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z We marched out of our billets at 4 a.m. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z To be sure he imperilled his billet, but he was understood to have private means. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z He did not answer immediately; but he picked up his cup and drank, assiduously; then he kind of mumbled, very low and apologetic: 'He's in his billet—under close arrest.' The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z They are frequently used by boarding-school misses to serve as billets doux, for which, from their fragrance and unsullied purity, they are admirably fitted. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Our first billet is off the North Cape. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z When they left this fine billet the next day they said, "Thank you, William; we slept well, but nevertheless we shall fight you." The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z I suppose not; but this business looks like costing me my billet. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z He was in his billet, in a small bedroom on the ground floor. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z One night after dinner the major, Wharton the senior subaltern, Taunton the junior subaltern, and I were sitting around the mess table in our billet. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z |
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