Sentence examples for lights a fuse from inspiring English sources

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Pearson has constructed his narrative like a picaresque novel, with chapters promising sensational changes of fortune ('In which our hero wins the lottery and lights a fuse') or salacious tattle ('How two cuckolds turned a blind eye').

They must learn to influence men without seeming to direct them.In this section Ranbaxy's chronic maladies Bombardier lights a fuse Tencent's worth Plugging away Two (motorised) wheels better Enter Amazon Managing under the abaya Losing streak Tweeting the IPO launch The grocers' great trek The future of the Firm ReprintsThere are also practical difficulties running such a programme.

Warned against this alliance, Ikemoto turns to a subordinate clan boss, Otomo (Mr. Kitano, using his regular acting moniker, Beat Takeshi) to deal quietly with Murase, a betrayal — of Murase, of Otomo — that lights a fuse that sizzles, burns and blows this world to pieces.

Here he exaggerates for effect, lights a fuse, and then watches to see who's hurt by the explosion.

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They have lit a fuse.

Whatever Crockett thought he'd heard, it lit a fuse.

When insecurity, fear and anger are used to light a fuse, then an explosion is inevitable".

He then will light a fuse that snakes along the gunpowder.

The kindle caught and the spirit of his self-immolation lit a fuse across the region.

You just went, wow, like someone lit a fuse to something that was connected to a giant keg of dynamite.

Flight attendants and passengers restrained him after he tried to light a fuse protruding from his shoe, officials said.

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