Sentence examples for a goldfish for from inspiring English sources

Dogs are welcome, but you can borrow a goldfish for your stay if you're missing your pet – the service is one of Hotel Monaco's eclectic perks.

I told her I was hoping to get a goldfish for my room, and she flipped out, saying that she didn't want me cleaning it in the sink (which I don't plan to) and that she thinks fish are gross.

Other Americans may dimly recall references to Nowruz from the 1995 Iranian film "The White Balloon," in which a little girl sets out to buy a goldfish for the holiday, loses her money and discovers her own city in her quest to find the money again.

Jafar Panahi's "White Balloon" (1995), about a little girl trying to buy a goldfish for a New Year's celebration, was a breakthrough film, winning an award at the Cannes International Film Festival and earning nearly $1 million in its United States release.

Refrain from purchasing a goldfish for your child if you mean to keep it in a fish bowl.

But if you have ever kept a goldfish alive for more than a few months, you can imagine what a nightmare this would be.

There's a moment in the early days of the West Wing that sees smitten White House reporter Danny Concannon giving the object of his affection, press secretary CJ Cregg, a goldfish, only for CJ to dissolve into hysterics because the goldfish she in fact loved were the edible kind: "The crackers, Danny, the cheese things that you get at a party".

Remove that and put them in a goldfish bowl for eight months, and they can easily bloat like corpses in the Thames.

The best part about being a single, young professional without so much as a goldfish waiting for you to come home is having the means and ability to pick up and go as you please.

Remember: it's 9 seconds for a goldfish, 8 seconds for a human in 2012 — v 12 seconds in 2000 – and let's not forget that, according to Statistic Brain, 17% of web pages are viewed for less than 4 seconds.

Janet Street-Porter's arrogance at a Jonathan Ross show is quite waspishly noted and the diaries culminate with the making of what is initially called A Goldfish Called Wanda, for which Palin won a Bafta for his performance as the stuttering Ken (there are some sharp observations on Kevin Kline's annoying method acting).