First, he had no taste and little ability for the harrying of a government.

"So long as the harrying is done, what does it matter?

No harrying, no pressure - take it slow, she thought.

He managed a smile, though his wife's constant harrying was becoming increasingly tedious.

This was known as the 'Harrying of the North'.

'Private anxieties may have done that for the moment,' said Clennam, 'but not official harrying.

Light cavalry is best for the harrying.

The harrying of the light infantry apparently proved too much for the Thebans and they started to retreat.

In all seriousness the effect that his physical presence and harrying of defenders has isn't something that can be put into statistics.

Much of the wider area was laid waste in the subsequent Harrying of the North.

This temporarily stopped their harrying of Scotland.

William's Harrying of the North left the region in a severely depressed and depopulated state.

The main purpose of the castle at this time was to maintain control of the area after the harrying of the North.

There had been no monasteries north of Burton-on Trent before the Harrying.

That St Withold's of Burton is a howlet's nest worth the harrying.

This "Harrying of the North" restored sufficient order to allow the rebuilding of the two castles, again in wood.

The long and dangerous harrying of the invaders in their course to Xavier, the loss of the space station, the damage to the Xavieran cities.

This layout had been identified as Norman, probably dating to the rebuilding of the village after William's harrying of the North.

What followed was William's most devastating punitive expedition, the so-called "Harrying of the North", conducted during the winter of 1069/70.

Bruce's subsequent Harrying of Buchan destroyed support for the Comyns in northern Scotland.

After the 1066 Norman Conquest and the harrying of the north, the Normans took Chester, destroying 200 houses in the city.

For example, one of the techniques of persuasion available to late Anglo-Saxon kings was that of harrying. 1041 saw a pretty example.

Not only may churchmen have lost kinsmen in the recent fighting, but enemy harrying had almost certainly resulted in extensive damage to church lands and possessions.

This part of Yorkshire was laid waste in the harrying of the north after the Norman conquest of England.

"You will not harry them for the days of the bargain."

The other army, if one could use the word for what looked more like a mob, was trying to harry them.

Prosecutors must determine if they want to continue to harry him.

Orders had been to harry the enemy, rather than close with him.

He used this as a base from which to harry the Vikings.

In a siege there is nothing else to do: harry the other side, and wait.

"We are to stay here in case they send a small force to harry the north.

The food here is excellent, though the service can be harried.

The woman who answered the door was young and harried.

The only moving things were those harried by the wind.

I told the men along the banks not to come back, but stay to harry the march between the hill and the river.

But put to such trouble, they could grow furious and harry our whole world.

I think of their men always harried and exhausted from being on the make.

He seemed like a different person, much older, worn and harried.

We harry them, and they make no forays-but there is great power in their hands.

I must harry him along the trail before he gets fat."

They might even be harrying me toward some sort of a trap.

"Put them across the river and harry them south for an hour."

They may harry us until we kill them all.

The two soldiers still mounted harried them on from behind.

They would harry and harass me until Jay found out.

We will also harry and terrorize those who supply them.

But it is very good indeed, even if service can be harried and distracted at times.

It has to harry the government to take a less relaxed view on international nuclear proliferation.

They'll spend themselves on us by day, and by night we'll harry them.