How To Use Open fire In A Sentence

Some lucky local with an open fire had determined the evening warranted a little extra cheer, more than the central heating could provide, and had lit a small blaze on his hearth.
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She slowly walks to the small open fireplace and carefully lights the incense and stands it in the ash. She steps back with her palms held in prayer and begins to chant.
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I would bask in the sun or next to an open fire and enjoy the very best life has to offer. Times, Sunday Times

'Open fires aren't allowed,' said the parkie. Times, Sunday Times
On the opposite side of the hall is the roomy living/dining room, which has an open fireplace with marble surround.
There is an open fireplace with back boiler and the Belfast sink has a tiled drainer.
These are basically wooded huts with open fires, sometimes cooking facilities, and outdoor toilets.
The team leader made his decision quickly, and ordered his three gunners to open fire.
A cast-iron open fireplace with a pale grey marble mantel provides a focal point.
It's like a workshop in Hades - you feel the heat from barrels set over open fires in the floor and hear the piercing din of hammers on steel as hoops are pounded onto staves.
Each room is uniquely styled and many feature antique or bespoke furniture, while common areas include landscaped gardens and elegant drawing rooms with open fires. Times, Sunday Times
This terraced house is undergoing refurbishment, retaining period features such as open fireplaces and stripped wooden floors. Times, Sunday Times
In the dark days of winter it is comforting to feel the warmth of crackling logs in an open fireplace or a wood burner. Times, Sunday Times
And a walk in the country is the perfect prelude to a nice warming drink in front of the open fire. The Sun
One of the last photographs of him shows him in his seventeenth-century timbered cottage, resting on a sofa beside the massive open fire chimney corner.
It is a knock for those trying to encourage clean air policies and switch from open fires and log burners to electricity.
You are toasting in front of an open fire, or snuggled under the duvet.
In the old days, burgoos were stewed over open fires, often for two days or more.
The public areas have immense character, with heavily beamed ceilings and cosy open fireplaces, including an old cast iron range in the lounge.
To the right is the living room, a homely space with an open fireplace and large, comfortable armchairs.
Dickens then visits a workroom, featuring coloured prints, a china shepherdess on the mantelshelf, carpets, stuffed chairs and an open fire. Bedlam
Both rooms have open fireplaces with tiled hearths and surrounds, as well as picture rails and ceiling coving.
And a walk in the country is the perfect prelude to a nice warming drink in front of the open fire. The Sun
The dominant feature of the room was the large open fireplace.
A white marble open fireplace provides an impressive focal point and there is plenty of room for a three-piece suite and coffee table.
The front door opens onto the living room, which has an open fireplace and timber flooring.
So why, he says, tranquillise the poor tiger and then open fire less than two seconds later?
My father was the farmer and my mother did all the cooking on an open fire. Times, Sunday Times
Egyptian-style kebabs have chunks of lamb seasoned in onion, marjoram and freshly squeezed lemon juice, and roasted on a spit over an open fire.
Eyewitnesses saw two men on a red motorcycle open fire with automatic weapons outside a cafe and then speed away.
He was just hungry and curious enough to follow his nose and went down a new alley, coming upon an Arab with an eye patch over one eye, cooking a hunk of meat on a spit over a open fire.
Although no one was harmed in either incident, police chiefs warned that marksmen are authorised to open fire when they believe life is being ‘imminently threatened’.
The villagers cook on open fires with precariously balanced pots, which result in many scalds and burns.
I never thought I would tire of the hollow hiss and snicker of an open fire, or the sweet smell of burning fatwood, but I did. DOWNTOWN
It is not log cabins and tea kettles over open fires. Times, Sunday Times
Original - featured cave, real mud floors, open fire, bright airy rooms and fantastic views.
Instead, the food is cooked over open fires, causing serious deforestation.
For open fires, a radiator paint is usually fine. Times, Sunday Times
In Papua New Guinea pods too fibrous to eat whole are often steamed in oil drums or the "mumu" pit, or baked in open fires; the seeds and mucilage are then scraped out and eaten. 3 Food Use and Nutritive Value
The dominant feature of the room was the large open fireplace.
Behind this is the family room which has rich red walls, a moulded timber ceiling and a cast-iron open fireplace with slate hearth.
When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.
Nearby, two huge pots of rice and a bean stew cooked slowly on an open fire.
Here, they sleep in bedrolls or in canvas tents, and eat hardtack and sip coffee heated over an open fire.
At the moment, heating comes from open fires or stoves in each room.
Any method of heating -- open fireplace, stove, hot air, furnace, hot water, or steam -- which will keep a room _with the windows open_ comfortably warm in cold weather is satisfactory and healthful. A Handbook of Health
How many people burn coal on open fires?
In the dark days of winter it is comforting to feel the warmth of crackling logs in an open fireplace or a wood burner. Times, Sunday Times
A narrow stairway of glossy marble led straight into a sitting room arranged around a huge open fireplace.
Engineers have devised a method for campers to recharge their phones using only the energy from an open fire. Times, Sunday Times
Two further reception rooms both have open fireplaces, while the kitchen includes another more informal, dining area.
It usually consisted of two chickens which she roasted in the big pot oven at the open fire.
The pages for January show children sledding with homemade wooden sleds, roasting apples over an open fire and pulling taffy.
The living room has ceiling cornicing and an open fireplace with carved mahogany surround.
The sitting room, which looks out onto the busy Athy Carlow road, comes with timber laminated flooring, open fireplace and tongue and groove ceiling.
Mats or leaves generally serve as beds, and cooking is done on open fires near the huts.
Irish stew is the product of a culinary tradition that relied almost exclusively on cooking over the open fire.
Given half a chance the British car designer would fit an open fire instead of a heater, and some horse brasses.
Here's what I can remember: akee & saltfish, breadfruit, yams cooked over an open fire, boiled bananas & dumplings, porridge, jerk chicken, pork & sausage, festivals & my all-time favorite "patties" with coco bread. Mom’s visit to ja
This is Christmas in Connecticut and chestnuts roasting on an open fire, instead of white-out dropping on a 1040EZ tax form, which is more in keeping with this pre-April calendar.
So look for a detached home without a stove or open fires. Times, Sunday Times
If chestnuts roasting by an open fire isn't your scene, then an enterprising Yorkshire hotel has the perfect solution.
The writer of the message warns that he and 10 others plan to open fire on any "preps" or faculty at the library Feb. 1. Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums
I find it so much easier that I actually pop open firebug and make the change for the p and blockquote selectors in style. css (being too shortsighted to make the one time investment to script it in Greasemonkey or the like). The Volokh Conspiracy » Capitalization in Comments
So look for a detached home without a stove or open fires. Times, Sunday Times
In the dark days of winter it is comforting to feel the warmth of crackling logs in an open fireplace or a wood burner. Times, Sunday Times
Carelessness with regard to open fireplaces, heaters, cookers, electric blankets and smoking are the leading causes of fire deaths and injuries.
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I'm betting that Obama, by hitting her with this now, is waiting for her to come back with another "slumlord" comment .... and which point, Obama will be able to open fire with God knows what. Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama Attacks Hillary As Calculating And Divisive
The dining room features an open fireplace with slate hearth, along with floor to ceiling windows, and French doors that open out to the rear garden.
Its not exactly digestives and a coffee by a roaring open fire but its heartwarming stuff tonight as real evidence of an ever growing and emerging hard rock scene takes root.
Their chores will be done with the implements of the day, which means they will be cooking their meals over an open fire and washing their clothes with a washboard.
An open fire was burning in the front room.
The Council has decided that the cause of pollution it is going to target is the smoke emitted from open fires and log burners, and are considering introducing a ban on these except for more recently made log burners which are less polluting.
There is lots of green space, dotted with quaint village pubs that have open fires. Times, Sunday Times
The dominant feature of the room was the large open fireplace.
The room features an open fireplace with a cream tiled surround and inset, and there is a fitted corner cupboard with display presses.
The government ordered soldiers to open fire on the marchers, killing 11 women protesters.
Beside this, the single room includes a cast-iron open fireplace with tiled surround.
My ideal Christmas was curling up in front of an open fire, nibbling goodies from a selection box, after a meal of turkey and stuffing followed by Christmas pudding.
The rooms are spacious, with open fireplaces, cornicing and panelled doors. Times, Sunday Times
The smell of casava leaf and fish being cooked on open fires filled the air, and the beat of the djembe drums got louder as more and more guests arrived, calling out "Ow di bodi? Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
The spa has a hammam, a sauna and a hot tub on the terrace, warmed by an open fire. Times, Sunday Times
The elegant lounges are made to relax in, with their welcoming open fires and fresh flowers.
This terraced house is undergoing refurbishment, retaining period features such as open fireplaces and stripped wooden floors. Times, Sunday Times
A quarter or half a wheel of cheese (a big, round slab) is melted in front of an open fire.
There's a bar and a snug with an open fire and a decent choice of ales and wines. The Sun
The dual aspect living room has polished wooden floors, an open fireplace with stone surround and a picture rail.
It's a very special art to cook on an open fire just like the old-timers used to do.
The gamble is that the guards will not open fire. Times, Sunday Times
In the summer, the most popular forms of relaxation are trips to the beach and picnics in the countryside, where they roast meat and vegetables over open fires.
Across the hallway is a another room which has an open fireplace and bay window.
Features include an open fireplace with tiled surround and an original picture rail.
There is also an overnight pack camp, where riders enjoy dinner from the open fire and a night under the beautiful starry sky. The Sun
In the dark days of winter it is comforting to feel the warmth of crackling logs in an open fireplace or a wood burner. Times, Sunday Times
There is an open fireplace with a slate hearth as well as a beech floor.
In the single room there was an open fire with a cauldron hanging over it which contained broth.
What would have been the position of an armed bodyguard who might be obliged to open fire on alien soil? The Bullet Catchers
In 1326, when he was about fourteen, he was a happelapin (kitchen boy) to Queen Jeanne of France and was charged with the unenviable task of turning the great roasting spits before the open fire.
A feminine strand - Earl Grey and barm-brack by the open fire, Joni Mitchell on the stereo. Pointy Heads
He baked hoecakes for the kids in a skillet over an open fire.
I would bask in the sun or next to an open fire and enjoy the very best life has to offer. Times, Sunday Times
‘He had a shotgun and a semi-automatic rifle and he appeared to open fire at random on employees,’ he said.
There is lots of green space, dotted with quaint village pubs that have open fires. Times, Sunday Times
And, I had to say, it looked great - yurts, the traditional felt tents, to sleep in, and spits over open fires for cooking.
Meanwhile food of the period was being cooked over open fires with a rabbit being broiled and a boiled bag pudding rather like a fruit cake being prepared.
Fish is boiled or grilled over open fires and eaten by hand.
A simmering stew sat in a large cauldron over an open fire; the smell alone made Jack's mouth water.
Silk chairs in close proximity... Open fire. Times, Sunday Times
The general gave the order to open fire without qualifying the order.
Ask for a table in the ground-floor polished oak panelled bar with its open fireplace and parquet floor. Times, Sunday Times
Many of the rooms have working window shutters and open fireplaces, retaining the house's original Georgian charm.
Inside, it has stone floors, an oil-fired stove, exposed beams and open fires. Times, Sunday Times
Things were cooked in pans on racks over open fires, and meat was roasted on spits.
In the dark days of winter it is comforting to feel the warmth of crackling logs in an open fireplace or a wood burner. Times, Sunday Times
If you have an open fireplace, it's good to keep the damper open all the time, as it brings a good draft of air from outside into the house.
_Roasting_ is just like broiling, that is, cooking a piece of meat before an open fire. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency
A girl, fully veiled under dark red chiffon, made chapatis over an open fire under a grape vine.
A well-equipped kitchen with a gas camping stove is on the covered veranda, or you can cook over the open fire. Times, Sunday Times
Next to it was a big lounge that also had oak panels and an open fireplace. Times, Sunday Times
Things were cooked in pans on racks over open fires, and meat was roasted on spits.
They don't hesitate to open fire when confronted by police.
This pub dates back to 1887 and is an old world pub with big open fires, sugan chairs etc.
On the ground floor the drawing room and dining room have open fireplaces while the first and second floor contain the five bedrooms.
Afterwards, huddle round the covered open fire, lounging on sofas and sipping drinks from the honesty bar. Times, Sunday Times
In earlier times, however, paella was always cooked over an open fire.
As journalists protested, the lieutenant said above the hubbub: ‘We are going to open fire on this hotel.’
The living room was home to a velour three-piece suite and we used the open fire a lot until we discovered the chimney had been blocked all along.
High ceilings and arched windows create a light and airy setting, while wood-panelled walls, open fires and plush seating add to the comfort.
And a walk in the country is the perfect prelude to a nice warming drink in front of the open fire. The Sun
I noticed the attractive terracotta-tiled floor and another open fireplace which at the time housed the refrigerator.
The pages for January show children sledding with homemade wooden sleds, roasting apples over an open fire and pulling taffy.
After the cattle were sold and the skin stripped, these rough-and-tumble plainsmen would cook the carcass over an open fire, and thus, it's said, the Argentine passion for grilled beef was born.
All cooking was done over an open fire, which also their source of heat and which was kept going all the year round.
The bar is warm and cosy, with an open fire and oak beams.
When she cooked rabbit stew, or a lovely jam roly-poly in iron pots, the windows steamed up while I turned the fan for the open fire.
Features include timber flooring, a quality kitchen with additional shelving and brick features and beautiful open fireplaces.
She noticed an open fireplace with an ornate mantelshelf in black marble.
Make sure open fires have a suitable fireguard and are safe to leave.
The idea that anyone would open fire on a dozen or so highly trained armed officers, wearing full body armour capable of stopping anything fired from a handgun, always lacked credibility.
A well-equipped kitchen with a gas camping stove is on the covered veranda, or you can cook over the open fire. Times, Sunday Times
So why, he says, tranquillise the poor tiger and then open fire less than two seconds later?
Cook up some rice with saffron and olive oil over an open fire, clean out your walk-in, and have a paella party.
In contrast with the white kaolin clay, ndimba cannot be found as such in nature: clumps of black river clay (kala tuma) are burned in an open fire until they turn red.
There is even a cozy snug for after-dinner drinks and chocolates, complete with board games and an open fire.
The officer commandedhis men to open fire.
The dominant feature of the room was the large open fireplace.
In the summer, the most popular forms of relaxation are trips to the beach at Lake Sevan and picnics in the countryside, where they roast meat and vegetables over open fires.
Sure enough, underneath the grill inside the restaurant, sacks of mesquite charcoal stand ready to feed the open fire.
Heating is another danger area but, likewise, you can take preventative steps: Open fires should always have a fireguard.
The open fire regulations were strict because of the fear of friendly crossfire.
Engineers have devised a method for campers to recharge their phones using only the energy from an open fire. Times, Sunday Times
Engineers have devised a method for campers to recharge their phones using only the energy from an open fire. Times, Sunday Times
The interior was pleasant and interesting: an historic village inn which had been well refurbished, with beams exposed on the ceiling, an open fire and lots of little rooms and alcoves.
We are welcomed in with open arms and hearts, and they prepare beautiful food, cooked over an open fire.
The austerity that one normally associates with courthouses is also quickly dispelled by the sight of a roaring open fire, a sight to delight on a cold, wet January night.
We were traversing the alte plano high plains at 14,000 feet, with regular stops along the way, during which Indians would appear out of nowhere, approaching the train with hot corn on the cob that had been barbecued on an open fire and, of course, maté de coca. One From The Hart
The first thing seen by the anxious watchers on the ship's deck was the proa crowding sail out of the harbour, a sight which filled them with the keenest anxiety; and Ned, thinking it possible that his friends might at that moment be prisoners on board the vessel, was busying himself in making preparations to open fire upon her, with the hope that he might be able to dismast her and so frustrate her attempt to escape, when his mind was set at rest by the sight of the punt pulling off to him with Manners and Nicholls in her. The Missing Merchantman
Mushtaq made his knives using the lowest of low-tech methods in a traditional manner, hammering and forging the high-carbon tool steel by hand, using gas-fed firebrick ovens and open fires and anvils and suchlike that would have been at home back in the dawn of space flight, even before. Archive 2006-08-01
It had all the things you would expect from a coaching inn: an immensely smiley welcome, a kettle in your room, an open fire and a closed fire door, a view and old people in matching breathable windcheaters.
The living room enjoys front garden views through a large picture window and includes an open fireplace with Welsh slate hearth, while the dining room has French doors to a timber deck in the back garden.
The Iranians have shown a long-time proclivity to open fire on neutral shipping and even other warships, over the course of the last 25 years. The Volokh Conspiracy » Pollak on Uniquely Israeli Stupidity
The cottage has all the original features - open fireplace with crane and cooking pots, pouch bed, loft, stone flag floor, a dresser filled with shining delph and many interesting artefacts from the past.
The front door opens onto the living room, which has an open fireplace and timber flooring.
Until this time, most of the population lived in dark, smoke-filled cottages heated by open fires kindled in the centre of an ‘open hall’.
Oil is not necessary for spit-roasting on an open fire, particularly since there is plenty of fat on the animals.
There is an open fireplace with an oak overmantel.
From the Indians, they learned how to make bannock, a simple bread composed of flour, lard and water, which could be cooked over an open fire.
Some new fireplaces have an integral glass screen, making them safer than conventional open fires.
Pull up a chair in front of the bar's open fire and enjoy winter snifters from an impressive whisky collection or a fine wine from a selected small grower.
The open fire is a focal point around which many yarns are spun and stories told.
After three hours of playing cat and mouse, they threatened to open fire on our vessel, so we stopped.
What would have been the position of an armed bodyguard who might be obliged to open fire on alien soil? The Bullet Catchers
Beside this, the single room includes a cast-iron open fireplace with tiled surround.
An open fireplace with an ornate cast-iron surround and slate hearth takes centre stage.
Smoke rose from the center, where open fires roasted chicken and other meats.
Inside is a roaring open fire where bread is toasted and meat grilled, surrounded by tables laid with traditional red and white tablecloths and set with traditional brown ceramic dishes.
Bread is baked every day in a tin trunk and all food is cooked over an open fire.
The gamble is that the guards will not open fire. Times, Sunday Times
Once, twice, three times she has banged away a broadside at the rebel sidewheel, and now the batteries on shore in turn open fire on her. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.
A large cauldron or cooking pot set or suspended above an open fire was in general use.
There's a bar and a snug with an open fire and a decent choice of ales and wines. The Sun
Colombia was such a great surprise because I had gone there solely on the virtue and strength of that dish, but I discovered this incredibly elaborate grilling culture that includes things like chiaro, which is like a giant guinea pig cooked on sticks over a eucalyptys open fire - lots of very interesting stuff. The Clog
They dismembered the animal and cooked its meat over an open fire. Times, Sunday Times
The living room was home to a velour three-piece suite and we used the open fire a lot until we discovered the chimney had been blocked all along.
Behind this is a family room with an open fireplace and built-in storage cupboards.
Like all old houses, many of the rooms had open fires, but dampness and condensation was a problem.
The living area includes a central open fireplace with space either side for bookcases or shelving units.
Advancing across wadies and scaling knolls upon the desert, the troops were instructed to open fire with ball cartridge. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan
The new owners may wish to reconvert this space to its original dining function and, given its generous proportions and open fireplace, this would be an attractive dining area.
After their coffee before the open fire -- she herself had had "cambric" coffee -- Peter smoked his cigar, while she curled up in silence in the twin to his big cushioned chair and sampled her chocolates. Turn About Eleanor
Afterwards, huddle round the covered open fire, lounging on sofas and sipping drinks from the honesty bar. Times, Sunday Times
An old inn with open fires, that offers incredibly good-value food. Times, Sunday Times
All it's missing is an open fire and a chimney. Times, Sunday Times
The gamble is that the guards will not open fire. Times, Sunday Times
In the cities, people make small fires in their gardens or in open fireplaces.
In celebration of having company, we roasted coffee beans over an open fire in the afternoon.
Open fires burning wood and coal are the main cause of the pollution, along with vehicle emissions.

How To Use Open fire In A Sentence

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