Sentences with phrase «factotum of»
A loyal factotum of the Prime Minister, there is little sense the Northern Ireland Secretary is driving events.
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Nowhere in the novel does God perform miracles by jumping in and out of His creation like a divine factotum who accedes to human petition if it is sufficiently pious.
It remains appointed by the Prime Minister, has grown too big and is full of party donors and factotums.
Paul Jesson gives a lovely performance as Turner's beloved elderly widowed father, who is content to live with him as his manservant and factotum, and has relapsed into what Turner shrewdly identifies as the false persona of a «dunce» — despite the fact that he taught Turner to read and write.
He lives with his devoted sister and factotum, Cyril (Lesley Manville), and a series of women who tend to be quietly eased out when they demand too much time and attention or — heaven forfend!