The home in which she sheltered with her husband and baby during the terrifyingly cold weather had no radiators; there was but agasfire.
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They will turn on thegasfire, and literally forget to light it.
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If one buys agasfireone connects it up to the gas main provided by the gas board.
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As an example of how manufacture is organised, the resource book takes the case of agasfire.
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She used the middle room as a bedroom, in which she had agasfire—a slightly more efficient source of heating.
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One can turn off agasfire, but one might have to keep a fire burning 24 hours a day.
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The day after that, organised gangs move in and strip everything worth taking—sinks, radiators,gasfire, and so on.
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She told me that already she is having to go to bed in the afternoon because she cannot afford to light hergasfire.
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There might, for instance, be a very old lady who has agasfirewith a pilot light.
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Unfortunately for him, he is 71 years old and a pensioner, and he cannot afford a newgasfire.
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She has a high ceilinged, two-roomed flat with agasfirein one room.
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Six months later, because there is agasfireonly a few feet away, the wood has become badly warped.
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That alternative is invariably an electric fire orgasfire.
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If agasfireblows up, who is responsible?
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There was no fireplace, but there was agasfire.
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