Sentence examples for top of the packet from inspiring English sources

"That's that, so," Danny said to Ashleigh, flashing the younger boy a regretful glance as he ran his fingers along the resealable top of the packet.

It was his first public appearance since he caused controversy by suggesting some people struggle to get on in life because of their low IQs, adding that the bigger cornflakes tended to end up at the top of the packet.

I won't be Boris Johnson's atomistic cornflake that shakes off the rest to get to the top of the packet; I'm not prepared to kick the proverbial ladder from under the feet of my peers by peddling the myth that it is only the lazy who stay behind.

His fellow Old Etonian Boris Johnson also exalts social mobility, though in his model it is making sure the right "cornflakes" get to the top of the packet; while according to Nick Clegg, the lack of social mobility is an "absolute scandal" and "we have to fight for a society where the fortunes of birth and background weigh less heavily on prospects and opportunities for the future".

Poke holes in the top of the packet 6 or more times.

Slit the top of the packet carefully, pour the sugar out and keep the packet.

If using a gas grill, make sure one side of the grill is unheated, and either swap out the paprika above for the smoked version known as pimenton de la vera or wrap two small mounds of moistened wood chips in heavy aluminum foil and pierce the tops of the packets with the tines of a fork.

December 3, 2013 Patrick Wintour (@patrickwintour) Not sure Boris ended up at the top of the cornflake packet.

Essentially, our societies are about trying to add that little bit extra on top of the wage packet".

"To talk about us as if we are a sort of breed of dogs, a species I think he calls it … the danger is if you start taking such a deterministic view of people because they have got a number attached to them, in this case an IQ number, they are not going to rise to the top of the cornflake packet, that is complete anathema to everything I've always stood for in politics".

Place the bottom of the deck, in your other hand, on top of the horizontal packet.