Sentences with phrase «lift drawbridge»

Obtained replevin of multi-ton equipment and items for construction of large vertical - lift drawbridge for vehicle and railroad traffic from out - of - state vendor in 2 - week expedited case in US District Court.

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In particular, the Tories want to lift the spending drawbridge without delay, whereas Labour want to keep the tap flowing until the recovery looks sufficiently securely underway to avoid plunging the economy back into trouble.

But by the time they reached the Vatican palace, Pope Clement VII had lifted up his skirts (to find, no doubt, a brace of cardinals squeezed beneath his fat stomach) and, along with a dozen sacks hastily stuffed with jewels and holy relics, run as if he had the Devil on his heels to the Castel Sant «Angelo, the drawbridge rising up after him with the invaders in sight and a dozen priests and courtiers still hanging from its chains, until they had to shake them off and watch them drown in the moat below.