Sentence examples for got a parcel from inspiring English sources

We got a parcel sent every Christmas.

I got a parcel this morning with a pair of Ugg boots in it.

"I got a parcel through the post.

He tells a story about how, when Paul Boateng was High Commissioner in South Africa, he got a parcel from the Foreign Office and assumed it was the medal for Graça, who was being made a Dame of the British Empire.

But delivery isn't simply about getting a parcel from A to B, the debate heard.

For $15, you get a parcel from a dish tub of pre-wrapped rolls: measly meat and big celery bound with an underwhelming lobster mayo on a gummy bun.

Amazon, for example, knows when it can use basic ground shipping from one of its warehouses to get a parcel to you in two days instead of using a more expensive service.

Who are you?"), or when you need to get a parcel – a parcel that is clearly marked and you can see it behind the desk; I can just get the parcel, mate, I can see it right there – but they tell you your parcel hasn't arrived yet.

"We've got a huge parcel down there that's just crying for development and we hope that the stadium is going to be the catalyst that kicks it all off," said Anthony F. Kayser, chairman of the East Hartford Planning and Zoning Commission.

In curlicued handwritten script the letter from Santa told me: Hello Joel, it said, you have been a very good boy this year and deserve more presents, but sadly the elves didn't really put as much of a shift in as they usually do, so you've only got a few parcels to open.

They've now started to deliver to housebound people with disabilities who can't get out to get a food parcel.