They would have been on the boil for two hours, she says.

Within 20 minutes we were all sorted and food was on the boil.

Money that needs to be lost, quick, as a corruption investigation is on the boil.

Plenty of stars have recently returned from injury and may soon be on the boil.

At the end of 2001 the creative pots were on the boil in Tasmania.

"Right now primary goods are on the boil, but this won't last forever," he declares.

Australia may not hold the same aura as the All Blacks but they are on the boil.

Kettle's on the boil and I've cut some sandwiches.

The pudding could be on the boil by two o'clock at latest and ready to eat by six.

His emotions and temper were on the boil.

But this belies a disturbing reality - far from being more of the same, these reports show the Iraqi cauldron is on the boil again.

Nearing home, she knew by the straight line of the smoke coming from the chimney that the kettle must surely be on the boil.

But twenty decks below, two nuclear reactors are on the boil - making steam for the ship's turbines.

Meir said stock markets, which seem to be on the boil on merger news, could keep metals firm.

And despite the best of intentions by Washington to provide support, anti-Americanism in Pakistan is on the boil.

When the blood is on the boil, man is as unselective as nature.'

The kettle is on the boil.

She's on the boil already.

Asked if an acting career is on the boil, Yeow replied: ``This is my first serious speaking role.

Just you wait a jiffy--the kettle's on the boil.

Had it gone wrong, the atmosphere at St James' Park could have turned very nasty, because it was on the boil long before kick-off.

MERGER activity was on the boil this week.

By the time the game was whistled to an end, U de M had been issued two red cards and tempers were on the boiling point.

Local politicians and business leaders complain the tent camp has mushroomed and that tensions between the migrants and residents are on the boil.