Journalists, dignitaries, and assemblymen still sought his advice, as did his constituents, who came by the hundreds, with offerings of tea and sugar.
I would then spend the next twenty minutes coaxing her out of the curtain with offerings of tea and chocolate Hob Nobs, after which she would regale me with a list of ailments that included schizophrenia, alopecia, hemorrhoids, and flat feet.
I would then spend the next twenty minutes coaxing her out of the curtain with offerings of tea and chocolate Hob Nobs, after which she would regale me with a list of ailments that included schizophrenia, alopecia, haemorrhoids and flat feet.
His characters often talk in circles instead of direct lines, clucking and offering cups of tea.
His wife is too upset to talk about the death of her son and busies herself offering cups of tea and biscuits.
"I probably shouldn't mention the war," she said amicably, offering another cup of tea.
The meaning is "both hands in unison," as in the gesture of offering a cup of tea cradled in the hands.
In addition to offering 500 brands of tea, Ms. Byrnes said, the shop features sandwiches, scones and soups.
Some were simply drugged and kidnapped, often by older women offering a cup of tea or a soft drink in a public market or train station, Dr. Silverman said.
As he speaks – asking how we are, offering a cup of tea – Langlois and Macindoe at first appear to be pre-human creatures.
