Sentence examples for henhouse from inspiring English sources

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henhouse

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A small house or hutch for chickens or, more specifically, hens to live in.

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The most memorable verdict came from an elated Farage on Friday morning: "The Ukip fox has entered the Westminster henhouse".

The federal report rubbished the province's water-monitoring, which involved handing the job to an industry body putting the "fox in charge of the henhouse", says Dr Schindler.

Nominated for the financial services brief, Sven Giegold of the Greens likened Mr Hill's nomination to letting a "fox guard the henhouse".

Hydrofluoric acid used to be stored in beeswax bottles, and still may be, in some cases.RICHARD SCHMIDTHoustonAccounting lawSIR Your article on accountants encroaching on legal practice ("Disciplinary measures", March 6th) overlooks who it was that lured the foxes into the henhouse in the first place.

But when it comes to deciding how bosses are paid, we want to invite the fox into the henhouse to baby-sit the chickens.

Di Montezemolo has also previously expressed the likely difficulties in managing "two foxes in the same henhouse", as Raikkonen and Alonso would undoubtedly prove.

Describing the region almost as vividly with words as he does with pictures, Agou's introduction describes "the furrows of poor earth, the scent of damp clover...the old car used as a henhouse...the worn out shoes on the landing".

We've had the fox in the Westminster henhouse.

Somehow it gives us a secret pleasure to know that a dramatized news broadcast, aimed to unnerve the rest of us, is definitely reassuring to a lot of sleepy fowl, dreaming of hawks and weasels, in a henhouse far away.

"Right out of the henhouse," Lera said, and grinned.

That should, perhaps, make us skeptical: when the fox applauds ideas for henhouse security, watch out.

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