Briers

"Briers," stand for any thorny and useless plant, the soil of Palestine being especially productive of thorny plants of many kinds.

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

I loved her then and I love her now as she does, in essence, all the voiceovers not done by Lucy Briers, Her From That Thing and No, Not Her, Her From That Other Thing.

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Since then he has also written several plays for radio, performed by the likes of Richard Briers, Martin Freeman, Rory Kinnear and Robert Webb.

This week's new theatre 2011

The talented young backs Elliot Kear and Rhys Williams each scored a hat-trick and the veteran Warrington stand-off Lee Briers kicked eight goals in his first international for almost three years.

Gareth Thomas scores a try as Wales beat Scotland in European Cup Andy Wilson 2010

Warrington have agreed a contract extension with their long-serving half-back Lee Briers until the end of the 2012 season, when he will be 34.

Banned Sam and Joel Tomkins will miss Wigan against Huddersfield 2011

Chris Riley brought Warrington level again at 30-30 after more good work from Bridge, but again Briers fluffed the relatively straightforward conversion, and within six minutes McGuire was collecting Paul McShane's one-handed pass to scamper 50 metres and clinch a breathless contest.

Kevin Sinfield kicks six out of six as Leeds overcome Warrington Andy Wilson at Halliwell Jones Stadium 2010

On the whole, I think I find Briers 'Polonius more politically plausible, even though Ford Davies was so fantastic.

Alons-y! karenmiller 2008

Jiang reminded me of the jolly, idealistic character played by Richard Briers in the 1970s British TV grow-your-own sitcom The Good Life, but instead of an organic garden in a suburban semi, he wanted to introduce eco-farming on a China-wide scale.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

Because his restaurant was in Soho, famous people such as Richard Briers used to eat there and my dad used to line the walls with signed photographs.

Konnie Huq: My family values 2010

(Soundbite of laughter) BLOCK: Linda Briers (ph) and Susie of Naugatuck, Connecticut, says the story saddened her.

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