单词 | letter box |
例句 | I wonder which card will end up in my letter box next. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Once he’s inside, I walk closer, to the letter boxes, and look. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z So the residents tossed her bucket and rags, her baskets and reed broom, down the stairwell, past the letter boxes, through the collapsible gate, and into the alley. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He peeked out through the letter box and, oh happy coincidence, there was a pair of goggled eyes peeking right back at him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She shook the quilts once underneath the letter boxes where she lived, then once again at the mouth of the alley, causing the crows who were feeding on vegetable peels to scatter in several directions. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When I put the envelope in her letter box, I turn and walk purposefully away, just like everywhere else, but her voice finds me from up above, at her window. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I have to be careful when I borrow the milk and the bread and they’re at the front doors polishing knobs, knockers and letter boxes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In exchange for her lodging below the letter boxes, Boori Ma kept their crooked stairwell spotlessly clean. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I hang up and walk slowly out my front door and over to the letter box. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I think the gun in my letter box made that perfectly clear. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The argument that followed was loud enough to be heard all the way down to the letter boxes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s a Tuesday evening when I get home from work and pull the mail out of the letter box. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z No one came to the door, so I scribbled a note on a scrap of paper and shoved it through the letter box. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We drop telegrams in letter boxes, shove them under doors, throw them over the transom. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mitraillette is going to try to arrange for V to pick them up from one of the Resistance “cachettes,” their secret letter boxes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Jody set his pail on the ground and opened the letter box. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good. Now, as I was saying—it definitely isn’t me. I do, however, have a theory on how and why it ended up in your letter box.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But as she was sorting through her not-very-many dresses and deciding that the note to strike should be serious and quiet, her letter box clattered. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I walk on and shudder as I open the letter box. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And so she continued, at the same pace, to sweep the dust, cigarette ends, and lozenge wrappers from the rest of the steps, until she reached the letter boxes at the bottom. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z What have I done to get an oldplaying card in my letter box with strange addresses scrawled on it? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z At four in the afternoon, I jam the manuscript in a cardboard letter box. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I wonder if they, too, have received playing cards and firearms in their letter boxes or if they’ve had their own specific tools provided. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But "Turn" goes back to a time when state-of-the-art tradecraft consisted of invisible ink, laundry on washing lines, and dead letter boxes. George Washington's spy ring comes alive in AMC drama 'Turn' 2014-04-04T22:28:17Z Switch points of view: He watches it slip invasively through the door, thinking fearfully, “It was as if she’d sent a sightless serpent through our letter box.” Review: In ‘Disclaimer,’ by Renée Knight, Secrets Wind Up in Print 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z In August, you defended Boris Johnson, Britain’s former foreign secretary, after he wrote that women who wear burqas look like “bank robbers” and “letter boxes.” For Rowan Atkinson, Comedy Isn’t Always a Laughing Matter 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z But I don't think I had ever had a letter from him written by hand, a postcard from his holidays, a reminder of something pushed through my letter box. Philip Hensher: Why handwriting matters 2012-10-06T23:05:27Z The problem was the game my partner and I played every time a new edition arrived in our letter box. Why so few women in the London Review of Books? 2013-06-25T11:37:12Z That column often saw him criticised for his views - he was accused of Islamophobia when he said Muslim women who wear burqas looked like letter boxes or bank robbers. Boris Johnson gets new job as Daily Mail columnist 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Johnson later lamented that women in burkas looked like “letter boxes.” How Trump and Johnson, divisive populists with many similarities, ended up on different paths 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z After repeated attempts to contact her, they found her when they peered through the letter box of her Woking flat. Laura Winham death: Family battled privacy law as sister lay dead 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The letter box was purchased by the seller's grandfather and brought to Surrey in about 1945, according to the auctioneers. Queen Victoria's postbox unearthed in Surrey cottage 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z That view is shared by some Conservatives, with one saying: "A grenade we thought had been thrown out through the window has been put back through the letter box." Rishi Sunak's first PMQs offers glimpse into political future 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z He sometimes made offensive remarks — calling Papua New Guineans cannibals and comparing Muslim women who wear face-covering veils to “letter boxes” — that caused furor and that he shrugged off as jokes. Boris Johnson reached the top but was felled by his flaws 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z He returned to his former highly paid job as a columnist for the Daily Telegraph, immediately running into controversy and accusations of Islamophobia after writing that Muslim women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes". Boris Johnson: The prime minister who broke all the rules 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z "I knocked his door and I broke his letter box," she said. Covid: Swansea honours its pandemic local heroes 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z The letter box is expected to sell for up to £6,000. Queen Victoria's postbox unearthed in Surrey cottage 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z But in 2018 she wrote an article defending Mr Johnson after he said Muslim women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes" and was accused of Islamophobia. Munira Mirza: The student radical who became 'Boris's brain' 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z But Dr Kubek has been regularly followed home by an angry mob and has had excrement pushed through his letter box. How Covid disinformation has fuelled attacks on Czech doctors 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Over the years Johnson has called Papua New Guineans cannibals, claimed that “part Kenyan” Barack Obama had an ancestral dislike of Britain and compared Muslim women who wear face-covering veils to “letter boxes.” Has rule-breaker Boris Johnson met his match in ‘partygate’? 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Funds would need at least two full-time staff in the bloc to avoid becoming a "letter box" company. Factbox: Building the single EU securities market 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Mr Knibbs said the police had suggested an "amnesty where it can be put back in my letter box or dropped at a police station". Rare WW2 dogfight footage stolen from Bourne End letterbox 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z The first minister's statement to the Scottish parliament comes as the first written invitations for 12-15-year-olds to receive their jabs dropped through letter boxes and ahead of the introduction of vaccine passports later this week. Covid: Scotland 'nudging towards' herd immunity 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z "I was kicking the door, punching the door, banging the windows, screaming through the letter box - everything," he explained. Dad woken early by son saves seven from Prestatyn house fire 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z In the latest of a series of similar examples, he caused a major public row with a 2018 column in which he likened Muslim women wearing burqas to letter boxes and bank robbers. UK's Johnson suggests he left journalism because he was always abusing people in print 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Les Papillons has put letter boxes in more than a dozen schools and youth sports clubs to encourage victims to break their self-imposed silence, and hopes to install them across France. France begins to confront decades of neglect of incest cases 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The Amazon drone shot this contact-free through my letter box this morning. 'A billboard with 50 years of layers': readers on Bob Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z We get death threats on social media, excrement through the letter box, and social services report that they have received a great number of complaints against us as Greta’s parents. Malena Ernman on daughter Greta Thunberg: ‘She was slowly disappearing into some kind of darkness’ 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z On my knees before Missus B.’s letter box, I breathed in the rich smell of chicken bubbling in garam masala, listened to women gossip in a pretty language I didn’t understand. “Found Wanting” 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Johnson has been confronted with past broken promises, untruths and offensive statements, from calling the children of single mothers “ignorant, aggressive and illegitimate” to comparing Muslim women who wear face-covering veils to “letter boxes.” UK’s Johnson claims Brexit mandate as Tories secure majority 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Tory leader Boris Johnson has also come in for criticism for a newspaper column last year in which he said Muslim women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes". Tory chairman 'sorry' for Islamophobia in party 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z In a magazine article last year he called Muslim women who wear face-covering veils “letter boxes.” UK's Johnson, Corbyn clash in final debate before election 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Writing in the Telegraph last year, Mr Johnson said that Muslim women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes". Tory candidate wants PM apology on Muslim remarks 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z In 2018, Mr Johnson was accused of Islamophobia after a newspaper column in which he wrote Muslim women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes". The real debate standout? The audience 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Mr Styles said he was left feeling "scared" and "very uncomfortable" by Pablo Tarazaga-Orero, 26, who posted notes and money through his letter box. Harry Styles stalker banned from going near star 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Many of us look forward to our print copy of Nature dropping through the letter box every week. Plastic wrap: journals, practise what you preach 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z She was gardening in front of her home, when activists from the far-right NPD party came into her front garden to put an election flyer in her letter box. Fighting back against far-right violence in Berlin 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The man ran inside a house and one of the masked men fired the weapon through the letter box. Dog dies after being shot through letterbox 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z He also has described Muslim women in burkas as looking “like letter boxes.” Boris Johnson's magniloquent tongue reaps political gold, linguists... 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Critics say he is a Trump-like populist, who uses phrases — like the “letter boxes” slight — designed to push buttons among bigoted supporters. Boris Johnson’s chaotic path to power finally pays off 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Critics say he is a Trump-like populist, who uses phrases - like the “letter boxes” slight - designed to push buttons among bigoted supporters. Boris Johnson’s chaotic path to power finally pays off 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z And so last August, he precipitated a typical Johnson-style imbroglio when he asserted, in his regular Daily Telegraph column, that women in burqas look like “bank robbers” and “letter boxes.” The Johnsons are putting family before Brexit, begrudgingly 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Last year, Johnson was accused of dog-whistle politics after he used a Telegraph column to liken women wearing the burqa to “letter boxes” and “bank robbers”. Boris Johnson claimed Islam put Muslim world 'centuries behind' 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z He has made racist and offensive comments — calling Papua New Guineans cannibals, comparing Muslim women who wear face-covering veils to “letter boxes” — that he shrugs off as plain-speaking or jokes taken out of context. Brexit, domestic drama and Trump drive UK leadership race 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z “Political campaigns are fought online, not through the letter box and our laws need to be brought up to date with the digital age.” UK lawmakers urge new law in campaigning in digital age 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Johnson has called Papua New Guineans cannibals, claimed that “part-Kenyan” Barack Obama had an ancestral dislike of Britain and last year compared Muslim women who wear face-covering veils to “letter boxes.” Boris Johnson’s chaotic path to power finally pays off 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Johnson has called Papua New Guineans cannibals, claimed that “part Kenyan” Barack Obama had an ancestral dislike of Britain and compared Muslim women who wear face-covering veils to “letter boxes.” Blond ambition: Boris Johnson hones in on goal of leading UK 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Johnson has called Papua New Guineans cannibals, claimed that “part Kenyan” Barack Obama had an ancestral dislike of Britain and compared Muslim women who wear face-covering veils to “letter boxes.” Blond ambition: Boris Johnson hones in on goal of leading UK 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z He faced criticism last year for comparing Muslim women who wear face-covering veils to the sturdy red “letter boxes” on Britain’s streets. Who are the UK Tories in the race to be prime minister? 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z He faced criticism last year for comparing Muslim women who wear face-covering veils to the sturdy red "letter boxes" on Britain's streets. Who are the UK Tories in the race to be prime minister? 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z In August 2018, Mr Johnson wrote a column in the Daily Telegraph arguing against a ban on full-face veils - but said women wearing the garments looked liked "letter boxes" or "bank robbers". Tories accused of 'failure' over Islamophobia 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z He came under fierce criticism last year for a Daily Telegraph column in which he defended Muslim women’s right to cover their faces, but said that such women look like “letter boxes” and bank robbers. As Theresa May steps down, pro-Trump Brexiteer Boris Johnson is favorite to succeed her 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z He quit as foreign secretary in 2018, blaming May’s handling of Brexit; one of his next moves was to write a column for the Telegraph saying that women wearing burqas resembled “letter boxes.” Boris Johnson for Prime Minister, and Other Ways that the Brexit Mess Could Get Even Worse 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z As if answering his call, a free copy of the newspaper British Nationalist came through the letter box one Saturday afternoon. The Undercover Fascist 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z What did Boris Johnson think he was doing, joking in his Daily Telegraph column about women wearing burqas looking like letter boxes? Antisemitism, Islamophobia – what’s gone wrong with the middle aged? | Gaby Hinsliff 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Absolutely delighted that low level letter boxes will now be in next review of building regs. Low-level letter boxes set to be banned 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z The Communication Workers Union is campaigning for new buildings to meet EU letter box height standards. Calls to ban low-level letterboxes 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z "The letter dropped through my letter box, and I was at home and opened it," he said. Terror attack police and medics honoured 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Investigators could examine surveillance video at post offices and around blue letter boxes where the packages may have been deposited. Pipe Bombs Sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and CNN Offices 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z “It is absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes,” he wrote, a reference to the thin slots in mailboxes into which people put the mail. The rise of Boris Johnson, in all his carefully honed, disheveled glory 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z The politician was accused of Islamophobia after saying Muslim women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes". 'A pound shop stopped me buying scissors' 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Mr Johnson is facing an investigation after saying women in burkas looked like "letter boxes" or "bank robbers". Muslims warn PM of Johnson 'whitewash' 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Mr Johnson sparked a row after describing women in burkas as looking like "letter boxes" or "bank robbers". Johnson burka probe is 'show trial' 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z “It is absolutely ridiculous,” he wrote, “that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes; and I thoroughly dislike any attempt by any — invariably male — government to encourage such demonstrations of ‘modesty.’ Boris Johnson faces probe for saying women in burqas look like ‘bank robbers’ 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The comments by Boris Johnson, stating Muslim women wearing burqas “look like letter boxes” and comparing them to “bank robbers”, are racist and likely to stoke violence against Muslim women. Boris Johnson’s burqa comments fuel violent crime against Muslim women | Dal Babu 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z But the tone of the piece pointed in the other direction, mocking women who wear a burqa as looking “like letter boxes” or “a bank robber” and insisting that to wear one is “absolutely ridiculous”. May must learn from Labour mistakes and stamp out Tory Islamophobia | Jonathan Freedland 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson is facing growing criticism over his remark that Muslim women wearing the burka "look like letter boxes". Criticism grows of Johnson's burka jibe 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Boris Johnson is refusing to back down after comparing women who wear burkas to "letter boxes" and "bank robbers". In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The chairman of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party told former foreign secretary Boris Johnson to apologize Tuesday for a newspaper column in which he wrote that burqa-wearing women looked like “letter boxes” and bank robbers. World Digest: Aug. 7, 2018 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Mr Johnson said Muslim women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes" and compared them to "bank robbers". Drop Johnson for burka remarks - Tory peer 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z The ex-foreign secretary was accused of Islamophobia after writing in his newspaper column that Muslim women wearing them "look like letter boxes". Johnson told to apologise for burka jibe 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z In a Daily Telegraph article, he said full-face veils should not be banned, but it was "absolutely ridiculous" women chose to "go around looking like letter boxes". Criticism grows of Johnson's burka jibe 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Boris Johnson is facing calls to apologise after he said Muslim women in burqas look “like letter boxes”, with Labour demanding that Theresa May condemns “this blatant Islamophobia”. Boris Johnson's burqa remarks 'fan flames of Islamophobia', says MP 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Conservation policies remain in place to keep the oldest and rarest letter boxes within their communities. Century-old post box 'a safety risk' 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z The criticism pitted at Boris Johnson has largely been around the words that he used - "letter boxes" and "bank robbers" to describe Muslim women wearing face veils. Drop Johnson for burka remarks - Tory peer 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z The apology letter with the cash was put through the letter box at the police station, which is next to the phone box. Apology for phone box nightclub damage 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Mail had piled up in the letter box and nobody answered the door. How did ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter survive nerve-agent poisoning? 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The Crown claims the two men poured liquid through the letter box and that their alleged behaviour was a breach of the peace. Two on trial over attempted murder of police officers - BBC News 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z The interior still contains an old brass letter box and some framed handwritten correspondence from that era amid lilies, TV screens and shiny marble floors. Trump not 'welcome here': opening of DC hotel met with protests 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z “There’s a move from big box to little box that goes through your letter box.” Unilever Profit Edges Higher as Focus on Costs Pays Off 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z A postwoman was unable to reach some letter boxes on Tuesday because of "swooping attacks" by the birds. Seagull's 'swooping attack' in Maryport delays mail delivery - BBC News 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z After examining the front door and peering through the letter box of the fire escape door, he told the jury he decided that the building was secure and left without going inside. The Graying Thieves Who Nearly Got Away With a Record Heist in London 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z But in Zimmerwald, reminders of Lenin's presence were dropping through the letter box every day. Links to Lenin: The past Swiss villagers tried to forget - BBC News 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z The rise of online shopping—and the ability to order custom-made products from anywhere in the country—have created a small industry of high-end letter boxes meant to echo any home style. A Crop of Highly Customized Mailboxes 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z She said they were broken up into six groups of 10 for a letter box project that took them all around downtown. Whale skeleton featured at new Grand Rapids school 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z In one attack, faeces was pushed through the letter box of their home. Man forced out by homophobic attacks 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z “It came to me anonymously. It was left in the letter box of my home in Belfast.” Inquiry Into Rape Claims Against Irish Militants 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z An analogy would be that an IP address represents a person's postcode, while a MAC address represents their letter box number. The challenge of unmasking net users 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Kids used to stick the fire hoses through your letter box, lifts always breaking down. 'I loved/loathed my 1960s high-rise block' 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z As they waited for the replies to drop through the letter box, they were confident that, statistically speaking, success was almost certain. A statistically modelled wedding 2014-01-31T21:51:33Z He said some of the leaflets were put through letter boxes while others were thrown from a car. MP hits out at 'drug dealer list' 2013-08-27T21:48:34Z "The letter box was wide open and on the floor there were a few of these dead insects," she told the BBC. Cockroach trouble brewing at teashop 2013-08-27T15:34:31Z A battered orange van, laden with satellite equipment, drew attention to his flat near Barcelona; so did his name on the letter box. Cyber-attacks: Computer says no 2013-06-20T15:05:37Z But the Royal Mail says it is proud of its letter boxes and puts a great deal of effort into maintaining and painting them. The red heart of the British streetscape 2013-01-18T02:54:41Z The legal notices may still end up dropping through the letter box, but this is a throw of the dice that's worth making. Lance Armstrong's 'confession' is a throw of the dice worth making 2013-01-16T20:40:04Z She said changes were needed to protect postal workers, for example by installing cages on doors to stop dogs biting fingers through the letter box. Burglar-bite worry over dogs law 2013-01-02T13:49:54Z An investigation into the blaze is continuing after police confirmed the suspected arson had been started by petrol being poured through the house's letter box. Human chain tribute for fire dead 2012-05-18T06:46:07Z “And now I must go to my letter box,” she told Cap, the faithful. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z Of the 115,000 or so letter boxes dotted around the country, only a single "Liverpool Special" still graces a public space, in the city's Albert Dock. The red heart of the British streetscape 2013-01-18T02:54:41Z "It's somewhere round here Jardine has his letter box nailed up on a tree." The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z "Your pony came in your letter box after all." Peter and Polly in Winter 2011-10-26T02:00:31.240Z The street letter boxes put up in the city of Montreal have worked satisfactorily. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z “She’s gone out,” said the young man, looking up the number of her room and examining her letter box with official deliberation. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z "In some rural areas and towns, the letter boxes look like they haven't been painted for 10 or 20 years." The red heart of the British streetscape 2013-01-18T02:54:41Z I don't know when I will have the courage to look in my letter box. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z "But think of a pony in a letter box," said Polly. Peter and Polly in Winter 2011-10-26T02:00:31.240Z Preparations were also being made to install letter boxes in Montreal and Quebec. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z But the public paid little attention to the letter boxes. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z One of the UK's rarest letter boxes is celebrating its 150th anniversary. The red heart of the British streetscape 2013-01-18T02:54:41Z They stood by a letter box and the cars of the Traction Company wheezed and clanged up Varney Street past them. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z This will result in a "letter box" effect with black bands above and below widescreen movies. Tablets for watching movies 2011-07-08T12:37:04Z Late in the afternoon the rural mail carrier was due and Ruth, Helen, Madge and Heavy started for the gate on the main road where the Steeles had their letter box. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z The deputy postmaster general made provision for the conveyance of letters by steamers, by placing official letter boxes on the boats. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z In 2002, Royal Mail undertook to repaint each of its letter boxes every three years. The red heart of the British streetscape 2013-01-18T02:54:41Z "I don't believe there are any letter boxes along here," she continued, looking straight ahead. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z The route due to be taken is assessed, which involves checking any fixed object along the way - dustbins, cars, sewers, fire hydrants, lamp posts, letter boxes and even bikes. Protecting a president 2011-05-24T09:39:56Z You really need a letter box, and somebody posting a letter to you, inviting you to the party. Hard to be heard 2011-04-27T09:58:28Z There was also a note taped to the letter box at the house reading: "Return all mail to sender." 'Shot' French family's car found 2011-04-22T15:44:30Z "I wish you to go out at once, and post this at the nearest post-office—not in a letter box," he commanded. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z If you peek through the letter box, past the picture of a desert dune, down a corridor decorated in bland hedge-fund style, the lights are on, although no one will answer your shouts. Sovereign-wealth funds: From Tripoli to Mayfair 2011-03-10T10:55:19Z In the vestibule I pressed the button under her letter box and in a minute came the click, click of the inner latch and I entered. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z They were also posted through letter boxes in the city. Three charged in homophobia case 2011-01-28T14:38:53Z Arrived there he paused a moment, then bent down and with his finger lifted up the narrow flap of the letter box and peered through. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z The wording of the bill only requires Royal Mail to allow rivals to use its postal workers and letter boxes if it benefits consumers and competition. TNT Post fears Royal Mail privatisation will create monopoly 2010-12-07T17:13:00Z The wooden original - thought to be Robert Walpole's door from 1735 - was replaced with an identical-looking high security door with a solid letter box. Spit and polish 2010-05-12T11:57:00Z In Sheffield roughly 100 staged a demonstration outside Nick Clegg's house and tried to post their ballots through his letter box. The people have spoken. Don't let the markets shout them down 2010-05-10T05:00:00Z There are now 350 pillar and wall letter boxes provided for public convenience. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone Standing on tiptoe, she peered into the letter box, and then her heart gave a little leap, for there were two, yes three letters there. The Master's Violin The message was dropped in the forest letter box, and the disguised scouts set out upon their errand of mercy and protection. Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind Below we publish a document which we received through the postoffice on Monday last, it having been dropped into the letter box the previous night, as we are informed by the postmaster. Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment The letter boxes were wholly inadequate, and the post-office daily sent mail-sacks to the house, which were filled and set out on the front porch to be collected. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Occasionally the Post Office letter boxes are greatly misused. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone The front door was locked, and so Bob was forced reluctantly to ring the bell beneath the name which indicated their particular letter box. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure He wanted to build a nest in an old letter box nailed up against a wall. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Low business taxes - the maximum tax rate is 20% - and easy incorporation rules have induced many holding or so-called letter box companies to establish nominal offices in Liechtenstein, providing 30% of state revenues. The 2008 CIA World Factbook Button's was the receiving house for contributions to The Guardian, for which purpose was put up a lion's head letter box, in imitation of the celebrated lion at Venice, as humorously announced. All About Coffee It is desirable also that the public, in their own interests, should call the attention of postmen and the police at once to any case in which they may observe letter boxes being tampered with. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone He had sown to the winds in the recklessness of his marriage and of his housekeeping, and he reaped the whirlwind in Violet's bills that autumn shot into the letter box at Granville. The Combined Maze By the light of the vestibule lantern they inspected the letter boxes, found Neeland’s name, and pushed the electric button. The Dark Star Low business taxes—the maximum tax rate is 18%—and easy incorporation rules have induced about 73,700 holding or so-called letter box companies to establish nominal offices in Liechtenstein, providing 30% of state revenues. The 1999 CIA World Factbook Low business taxes - the maximum tax rate is 18% - and easy incorporation rules have induced about 25,000 holding or so-called letter box companies to establish nominal offices in Liechtenstein, providing 30% of state revenues. The 1996 CIA World Factbook Not infrequently, mischievous children place lighted matches, rubbish, etc., in the Post Office letter boxes, and in the letter boxes of private houses and warehouses. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone A Letter for Rosemary Rosemary peered into the letter box and saw that The Household Guardian was there. Master of the Vineyard Low business taxes - the maximum tax rate is 18% - and easy incorporation rules have induced 73,700 holding or so-called letter box companies to establish nominal offices in Liechtenstein, providing 30% of state revenues. The 2001 CIA World Factbook I am also at a loss to know how to send; but if you will drop me a few lines in the letter box of the Post-office, I shall not fail to receive them. Nuts for Future Historians to Crack I have established a letter box for their communications at the Hole in the Tree. Last Words A Final Collection of Stories Occasionally the postmen have to encounter the difficulties arising from a frost-bound letter box. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone As he drew down the door of the letter box on the corner to post this reply he paused a moment. The Root of Evil On no account should it be dropped into a letter box. Canadian Postal Guide Or it amused him to drop peppermint balls through the Murphy's letter box and hear the children inside the room chase them as they rolled about the floor. Carl and the Cotton Gin "This was nothing more than a letter box for the freight thieves." The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall The letter box and the wall in which the box is built were found by the postman to be covered with ice, caused by rain and snow having frozen on them. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone And to judge by the names on the letter boxes you'd say the tenants had been shipped in from every country on the map. Torchy and Vee Tod finished his careful weighing, then added a reckless handful and, having tied the tea up in a bulky package, wandered to the dirty row of letter boxes. A Son of the Hills On Nov. 7th there was 5l. put anonymously into the letter box at my house, for my own personal expenses. A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part "Yes, and this explains why the queer letter box was stationed back there," said Tom. The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall In some villages the roads were submerged from three to four feet, and it was impossible for the public to get to the letter boxes, the postmen and postwomen being, perhaps, the greatest sufferers. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone Some fifty yards away there was a letter box. The Way of Ambition In an iron letter box in front of the post-office we saw a round hole where a steel-jacketed bullet had passed through after first passing through a prominent citizen. Roughing it De Luxe By and by, Faith being in her own room, took out from her letter box the last missive from abroad. Faith Gartney's Girlhood Visitors may see the old letter box fastened to a tree by the gate—that box in which a wren built her nest, giving the house its name. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Anita would not trust her precious letter to the mail orderly, or even Sergeant McGillicuddy or Kettle, but throwing her crimson mantle around her, she slipped out, in the cold mist, to the letter box. Betty at Fort Blizzard As he drew near to the letter box he felt that till now he had been a composer. The Way of Ambition For want of something better to do, Larry strolled down one side of the street, at the end of which was located the letter box which formed such a slender clue. Larry Dexter's Great Search or, The Hunt for the Missing Millionaire The letter which he was holding carelessly in his fingers had almost slipped from them into the locked letter box. The Summons Though she ran down the lane each morning and peered into the letter box at the end for word of Donald, her disappointment now had nothing in it of terror. Kenny When Maurice, having explained about the letter box, gave her the usual "present" she made her usual good-natured protest—but this time there was more earnestness in it, and even a little sharpness. The Vehement Flame Yet he waited before the letter box, with his eyes fixed upon the small white plaque on which was printed the time of the next delivery—eight-forty A.M. The Way of Ambition I told him 'bout my list, and he laughed, and gave it to me, and asked me if I didn't know 'bout letter boxes? What Two Children Did "I will write to you to-morrow," addressed and stamped her letter and dropped it into the letter box. The Summons He wheeled his bicycle to the letter box at the corner of The Precincts. If Winter Comes At ten o'clock in the evening he went out and stuffed the ballot-box, I mean the letter box. Walking-Stick Papers Directly breakfast was over a postcard had to be taken to the letter box for mother. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls But the clanging lid of the letter box had no sooner closed than the look of resolution began to leave his face. The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant The street letter boxes are quite small square boxes, not large pillar boxes as are ours in this country. A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California The day when Mr. Fortune received through the post letters upon which militancy had squirted its oppression and its determination in black and viscid form through the aperture of the letter box. If Winter Comes It wasna smashing windows and pouring treacle into letter boxes that won it for them, though. Between You and Me In France and England, the letters are delivered to the janitor or else thrown into the letter box placed in the hall. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 The girl used to slip them into a letter box in her apartment-house hallway. The Apartment Next Door Recreation: Parading, windows, bombs, letter boxes, English ministries, and a string of etcs. Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be She stood a long time hesitating with the typewritten letter in her hand, but finally dropped it in the letter box also. Her Father's Daughter Low business taxes - the maximum tax rate is 20% - and easy incorporation rules have induced about 25,000 holding or so-called letter box companies to establish nominal offices in Liechtenstein, providing 30% of state revenues. The 1995 CIA World Factbook At first, everyone was eager to write, and plump envelopes were carefully poked into the letter box by one or other of the sisters, who felt rather important with their Washington correspondence. Little Women At the bottom of this plate, an aperture had been pierced exactly similar to the orifice of a letter box. Les Misérables And why is the letter box always full of duns? The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day You go in, Mr. Snaffle, and I'll go back to the letter box on the corner. The Philistines When Miss Saxon went home she found a letter in the letter box out by the gate addressed to Billy. The City of Fire This he announced to me by a note put into my letter box: 'I have left the India House. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 A note was slipped into his letter box as he let Slate out. The Profiteers One such used a barrel for the letter box, and sent the mail once a month. A Brief History of the United States The brass knocker, door knob, and letter box were brilliantly polished, whilst the windows and the window curtains were spotlessly clean. Bat Wing I thrust the card into my pocket and, turning away from the frame of letter boxes, faced Captain Cyrus Whittaker, who, like myself, had come to Simmons's for his mail. Kent Knowles: Quahaug While I was talking to her I was looking about and my eye happened to fall on one of the letter boxes back of the desk, marked 'Dr. Harris.' The Ear in the Wall Just then the letter box in the door clicked. The War Terror There were no envelopes, no postage stamps, no letter boxes in the streets, no collection of the mails. A Brief History of the United States He dropped it in the corner letter box on his way home, and then stepped in at a restaurant to at least go through the form of eating something. Two Boys and a Fortune, or, the Tyler Will Soon he had an ear to Theydon's letter box and was following attentively a one-sided conversation. Number Seventeen Down at the post office at mail time he would feel his coat-tail pulled and looking up would see the face of Mr. Pulcifer solemnly gazing over his head at the rows of letter boxes. Galusha the Magnificent Low business taxes - the maximum tax rate is 18% - and easy incorporation rules have induced about 73,700 holding or so-called letter box companies to establish nominal offices in Liechtenstein, providing 30% of state revenues. The 2000 CIA World Factbook Half a dozen small letter boxes were fastened to the wall, with cards in their slots. Who Cares? a story of adolescence The wooden letter box by the gate had a name stenciled upon it. Cy Whittaker's Place And at the suppers and the rites of Talebearer each member is to drop an anonymous opinion of some other member's character into a common letter box, and the president shall read them out. Cambridge Pieces Albert climbed the post-office steps and walked over to the rack of letter boxes. The Portygee In the rear of the store, by the frame of letter boxes, Captain Jedediah Dean was talking with Simeon. The Rise of Roscoe Paine I met a man this very mornin' who told me he voted the Democratic State ticket last year just because the Republicans kept crammin' his letter box with campaign documents. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon The flap of the letter box began to move, and I formed a sudden determination. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper The key was not in the letter box where they always kept it for the convenience of the first one who returned, so Bud went around to the back and climbed through the pantry window. Cabin Fever God knows what it was they puffed into your face through the letter box, but the devilish arts of ten centuries, we must remember, are at the command of Hassan of Aleppo! The Quest of the Sacred Slipper Our letter box was Number 218, in the center of the rack, and, as I approached, I glanced at it involuntarily. The Rise of Roscoe Paine |
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