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Sentence Examples It is all part of the grand plan to sell Avon Cottage in four years time, clear our debts and downshift to Italy. I waded the chilly waters of the Avon just above the point known as Ath na Fiann. But Avon was long gone, having eloped with her high-school love interest, David Wrighter. Avon grasped the Divine Crystal firmly in his hands and scanned the landscape, but was unable to see anything. Next to the house is the original tower which dates from the 15th century and stands above the Avon Gorge. This substantial strong fortress, strategically situated on a spur of Bredon Hill, overlooks the river Avon. Police in Bradford on Avon have warned motorists they are planning a crackdown on illegal parking. I have found a cork on quill Avon float to be perfect for the job of presenting a moving bait. Mr Jones's father set up the scrap business at the foot of Caen Hill, near the famous flight of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Yesterday's protest was policed by officers from Gloucestershire, Avon and Somerset and Wiltshire as well as MoD police. A man thought to be connected to the series of scams is being held in custody and is due to be questioned by Avon and Somerset police. Bob was a good cook, sang bass in the local choir, and was commodore of the Avon Sailing Club. He had a paddle steamer built to accommodate seventy passengers and run on the Avon River between Christchurch and New Brighton. Nearly half of teenagers quizzed in an opinion poll thought banned drugs were sold or used in Bradford on Avon every day. These lower Avon dace are real stonkers, running up to 12 oz, providing good winter sport. Even before her de-mobilisation, the Avon Lady was already cutting a nostalgic figure. A campaign has been launched to provide a new arts venue in Bradford on Avon. The romance writer signed a two-book deal with her at Avon trade paperbacks for What a Fool Believes and a second untitled book. At dusk, I'd slather myself in Avon Skin-So-Soft body lotion, which made me smell like an old lady, but which kept the mozzies away a treat. The pumping station, the main sewers in the inner city and a siphon under the Avon River were completed, but the work took two years. Show More Sentences More than 100 people congregated in the Westbury House Gardens, Bradford on Avon for an hour of silent prayer. A group of artists from Bradford on Avon are holding a spring exhibition and hope to recruit new models to pose for them in the autumn. Climb the slopes in a NNE to The Sneck, then continue E to gain the plateau and summit tor of Ben Avon. The central parts are drained by the rivers Test and Itchen, the western by the Avon, and the eastern by the Hamble and the Meon. Two restored beam engines once used to raise water to the highest part of the Kennet and Avon Canal. The Roman settlement of Aquae Sulis developed where a number of thermal springs erupt from the floor of the Avon valley. Beside her, Lord Avon mumbled in his sleep and turned over with a soft rustle of the silken sheets. Although this particular crowd was mainly due to people watching the boats pass in and out of the lock from the Stratford canal onto the Avon. It is the second time the workman has stared death in the face after striking a live cable with a shovel in Bradford on Avon eight years ago. When I was little, my mother had a cleaner come around who was also an Avon lady in her spare time. A three-span bridge will carry the road over Semington Brook and an aqueduct will be built to take the Kennet and Avon canal over the bypass. There is also a visitor centre and beautiful walks next to the River Avon and under the aqueduct carrying the Union Canal. The 18-year-old thug snatched his victim's bag and rifled his wallet before punching him in the face on the bridge across the River Avon. It resounds with the noise of falling water as the Avon tumbles over a weir. The felling of a sycamore tree in Bradford on Avon has angered residents who petitioned for its survival. For Avon, multilevel selling has helped reenergize a flagging U.S. sales force. Members of the Chippenham Winkle Club known as winklers donned their Christmas outfits for the giveaway along the Kennet and Avon canal. In Bristol, walkers can join the walk starting at Brunel's historic Suspension Bridge, spanning the Avon gorge. He will arrive in Bradford on Avon hotfoot from Highgrove where he will have donned the garb of Father Christmas for the Prince of Wales's Christmas party. The two kissing gates have been repaired along the Avon Valley Walk. Show More Sentences She moved to Johannesburg six years ago, after she signed a deal with Avon. She was the South African face of Avon cosmetics and an outspoken advocate against the abuse of women. The Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade generally splits its funding for screenings and science equally. He also serves on the Steering Committee of the Avon Center for Women and Justice. Major flooding occurred on the Thomson and Avon Rivers, and the Mitchell River flooded many hectares of vegetable crops on the river flats and cut the highway. After a two-year hiatus, Avon Old Farms Inn restaurant has brought back its a la carte menus for lunch and dinner, and has resurrected its Sunday brunch. On the site of the old gas works in Frome Road, the council has decided to build some pigeon lofts so the birds can come and live with us in Bradford on Avon. Police were called to deal with the marooned low-loader on Friday morning after it became jammed on the crest of the bridge over the Kennet and Avon canal at Staverton. The town is a trouble spot for flooding and earlier this month many residents and businesses were left in chaos when the River Avon burst its banks. When respected performers like her take five million dollars from Chanel No.5 to transform into little more than a big-screen Avon Lady, however, the mind truly boggles. Bradford on Avon police has one special constable, a voluntary, part time position, but is planning to advertise for more people to fill vacant positions. As the dinghy approaches the shores of North Avon Island, flocks of sooty and noddy terns swirl up and wheel above the dinghy, squawking loudly at our intrusion. All untitled, they are variably sized, smooth wood panels marked by rows, ellipses or random scatters of Long's fingerprints in River Avon mud or white china clay. I can hardly look at them without being overwhelmed with a haze of Voodoo Chile, the whiff of patchouli oil, flashes of free festivals and boating on the River Avon. In 1923 he became MP for Warwick and Leamington, a seat he held until 1957 when, as prime minister, he resigned and was subsequently raised to the peerage as the Earl of Avon. The centre of the village around the Market Place is illuminated with hundreds of fairy lights and in recent years there has been an illuminated tableau on the River Avon. A photofit is being put together by Avon and Somerset police. Crossing these landscapes are the meandering valleys of the rivers Avon, Stour, and Frome that link the south coast with the interior heartland of southern England. Boney Point is near where the Avon River disgorges into the Lake. The River Avon, which flows mainly through Wiltshire and Hampshire, enters Dorset towards the end of its journey at Christchurch Harbour. Show More Sentences Fossils are found near Parrsboro, Blue Beach and other areas along the Avon River. Macmillan was openly criticised by his predecessor Lord Avon, an almost unprecedented act. Omar was introduced in the first season, leading a stickup crew as they attempted to rob the show's chief drug lord, Avon Barksdale. The road runs from Potsford Dam near Cawston, through the Lawford Road and ending at Newbold Road, near the Avon Valley School. Upper Crust, in Avon Avenue, Meadow Well, North Shields, had its hours slashed in August by North Tyneside Council's licensing sub-committee. Its principal rivers are the Severn, Thames, Humber, Tees, Tyne, Tweed, Avon, Exe and Mersey. Avon Fire and Rescue Service became the first Local Authority fire service in the UK to operate a hovercraft. Hertz, Avon, Panasonic, and many lesser brands have all been victims of cybersquatting. In 1851, the GWR purchased the Kennet and Avon Canal, which was a competing carrier between London, Reading, Bath and Bristol. It flows into the Severn near the town of Chepstow, slightly upstream of the Bristol Avon on the opposite bank. Henry successfully evaded Stephen's larger army along the River Avon, preventing Stephen from forcing a decisive battle. A ground crew tracking the balloon lost sight of the craft in the clouds shortly before it came down, according to Avon Fire and Rescue Service. The port of Bristol is on the Severn Estuary, where another River Avon flows into it through the Avon Gorge. In time this would deprive Wessex of its territories north of the Thames and the Avon, encouraging the kingdom's reorientation southwards. I SHOULD like to comment on the remarks by Paul Heald about opening a stretch of the Avon at Alveston near Stratford. The major tributaries to the Severn are the Vyrnwy, Clywedog, Teme, Avon and Stour. On 1 April 1996, the unpopular counties of Avon, Humberside and Cleveland were abolished and their former area divided into unitary districts. Following a further rearrangement in 1996, Avon, Cleveland, Hereford and Worcester, and Humberside were abolished. Avon has since been abolished, and several mainly urban areas have become unitary authorities. In terms of local government, it was divided after 1974 into Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Show More Sentences Iron Age hill forts near the city are at Leigh Woods and Clifton Down, on the side of the Avon Gorge, and on Kings Weston Hill near Henbury. The tidal Avon Gorge, which had secured the port during the Middle Ages, had become a liability. On 1 April 1974, Bristol became a local government district of the county of Avon. The city regained its independence and county status on 1 April 1996, when Avon was abolished and Bristol became a unitary authority. The rivers Avon and Frome cut through the limestone to the underlying clay, creating Bristol's characteristically hilly landscape. The Avon flows from Bath in the east, through flood plains and areas which were marshes before the city's growth. To the west the Avon cuts through the limestone to form the Avon Gorge, aided by glacial meltwater after the last ice age. The Avon estuary and the gorge are the county boundary with North Somerset, and the river flows into the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth. The club, on Avon Street, behind Temple Meads train station, does not limit itself to playing one genre of music. Bristol began as a town on the Gloucestershire side of the Avon, however as it grew it extended across the river into Somerset. The police force is governed by the elected Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner. The A420 road runs through the village and connects with the Avon Ring Road immediately west of the village. The River Avon, also known as the River Aune, is a river in the county of Devon in the south of England. South Brent is a large village on the southern edge of Dartmoor, England, in the valley of the River Avon. This site commands The Ridgeway, which connects the River Thames with the River Avon and River Severn beyond. Notable is the massive Iron Age hillfort Vespasian's Camp built alongside the Avenue near the Avon. The main bus operators at the station include Arriva North West, Avon Buses and Stagecoach North West. Evidence of huge fires on the banks of the Avon between the two avenues also suggests that both circles were linked. In 1985, Samantha, age 21, was found dead in the River Avon in Bristol, England. The northern and western edges of the Cotswolds are marked by steep escarpments down to the Severn valley and the Warwickshire Avon. Show More Sentences To this end, Avon Protection is launching its CE-approved FM53 respiratory system to the Asian marketplace. By 1398 the mill had been relocated to just outside the eastern castle walls, on the west bank of the River Avon. The residential buildings line the eastern side of the castle, facing the River Avon. Its position allowed it to dominate the Fosse Way, as well as the river valley and the crossing over the River Avon. Warwick Castle is situated in the town of Warwick, on a sandstone bluff at a bend of the River Avon. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England, situated on a bend of the River Avon. The city is connected to Bristol and the sea by the River Avon, navigable via locks by small boats. Consumers were able to vote for their favorite how-to beauty video from 60 Avon representative semi-finalists on Avon's new YouTube Channel, www. Warwickshire is home to the town of Stratford upon Avon, the birthplace of the writer William Shakespeare. The gates from this flight of locks were removed and installed at Devizes on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Josh Meute of Avon Grove will attend Grove City College and study biochemistry. The coat of arms includes a depiction of the city wall, and two silver strips representing the River Avon and the hot springs. In July the rivers Avon and Severn burst their banks and forced the evacuation of the company's Mythe Water treatment works near Tewkesbury. In the Premier Division, Avon Athletic play hosts to FC Trannie as Window Shades entertain Runcorn Albion. Ultimately, most of the Bristol to London trade used the Kennet and Avon Canal after it opened in 1810, as it provided a much shorter route than the Thames and Severn Canal. The new railway replaced the Kennet and Avon Canal, which had fully opened in 1810 as the main route for the transport of goods between Bristol and London. Cleveland Pools were built around 1815 close to the River Avon, now the oldest surviving public outdoor lido in England, and plans have been submitted for its restoration. From 1893 until its closure in 1963, the Kingsbridge branch line railway line ran along the valley of the Avon between Kingsbridge and South Brent. At Avon dam, hut circles are visible at very low water levels. All of the ceremonial county of Somerset is covered by the Avon and Somerset Constabulary, a police force which also covers Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Show More Sentences Nuneaton was not a Stratford on Avon, nor had it a salubrious air. Hantsport, Nova Scotia, on the Avon River is also home to a pulp and paper mill and is the shipment point for raw gypsum exports to the United States. The River Frome feeds into the Avon in the centre of Bristol. A journey along the Avon to reach Stonehenge was part of a ritual passage from life to death, to celebrate past ancestors and the recently deceased. Bath is in the Avon Valley near the southern edge of the Cotswolds, a range of limestone hills designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Furthermore, the peninsula is also served by many independent bus operators, the largest being Avon Buses who operate many services without subsidy from Merseytravel. The Redditch factory was closed in 1967 and production was moved to the Bradford on Avon factory, which closed in 1970, ending English Enfield manufacturing. Additionally, her work has been published with American Greetings, Applejack Art Partners, Avon, Broderbund Software, Landmark Calendars and Marcel Schurman. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon. The River Avon formed much of the border with Gloucestershire, except that the hundred of Bath Forum, which straddles the Avon, formed part of Somerset. Newbold on Avon maintained their Midlands One East momentum with a 27-15 success against a Paviors side making their first trip to Park-field Road for half a century. The meadows nearest the centre support bee orchid and common-spotted orchid while those next to the River Avon support meadow sweet, lady's smock and thousands of buttercups. Bath became part of the county of Avon in 1974, and, following Avon's abolition in 1996, has been the principal centre of Bath and North East Somerset. Grade I listed structures on the line include London Paddington, Wharncliffe Viaduct, the 1839 Tudor gothic River Avon Bridge in Bristol, and Bristol Temple Meads station. The festive relief operation will hand over supplies to stretched rescue centres such as Rough Collie Rescue, Avon Cat Rescue and Cats Protection in Warwickshire. The stadium is in the centre of the city, next to the River Avon. The Royal Navy and Avon and Somerset Police set up a one-mile exclusion zone around the device after it was spotted yesterday by a fisherman in mud on Stert Island, Somerset. Zaani Tiana Bevan Malbrouck was discovered in the same area of Avon Gorge as her 30-year-old mother Charlotte Bevan, whose body was found by police on Wednesday night. The River Solent's source was the River Frome, and the River Solent's tributaries, the River Test, River Itchen, the River Avon and the River Medina still survive today. In the north of the county the River Chew flows into the Bristol Avon. Show More Sentences Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. The port developed in the 11th century around the confluence of the Rivers Frome and Avon, adjacent to Bristol Bridge just outside the town walls. The Saxons attacked Cerdicesford in 519, intending to cross the River Avon and block a road which connected Old Sarum and Badbury Rings, a British stronghold. Examples from Classical Literature And the Avon explosion had given business sense a further chance to greaten. It is not the Avon which runs by Stratford's storied banks, but still it is the Avon. They lie on the edge of an old Roman trackway, well defined, which extends along the watershed between Thames and Avon. That seems but a slight journey as you look at the map, or remember your own pleasant travels to and from the meadowy banks of the Avon. A STUDY into making the River Avon navigable between Stratford and Warwick is being carried out. The Avon is a navigable river, and the tides rise in it to a great height. Here they heard that the bridge over the Avon at Keynsham was broken down. The brief interval had given Avon time in which to uncoil his rope. All this Alleyne listened to, until the dark keep of Twynham towered above them in the gloaming, and they saw the red sun lying athwart the rippling Avon. Set on the banks of the River Avon close to the picturesque town of Stratford-on-Avon, the racecourse is an ideal venue for a great family day out. Find more words! 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