They rejected it, accusing the prime minister of trying to spring a trap.

A piece of writing can spring a trap of self-knowledge on the reader and move something in history.

As they enter the shop, she notices several resistance agents waiting to spring the trap.

Just as the two forces are about to meet, the marines spring their trap.

They have eight enchanted objects, which will spring a trap when all touched.

By the canal, dating from 1806, dappled spring sunlight dances on the water as the surrounding greenery nods appreciatively.

Shiny surfaces enhance the interior all year round, reflecting dark, opulent winter tones or mirroring bright spring sunlight.

A reaction to spring sunlight brings their ears out in itchy chickenpox-like spots — especially if their ears stick out a bit.

Many collapse while drunk and are discovered only when the spring thaw melts the snow and ice to reveal their frozen bodies.

Bears get on to the ice later, which means they are leaner, weaker and less likely to survive till the spring thaw.

Even the spring thaw doesn't release the narrative into something more temperate.

Here, the lifts rise to an eye-watering 3,000m at three separate points, ensuring soft, grippy snow in all but the steamiest spring thaw.

With the spring thaw, minor movement along the foundation walls can create hairline cracks.

Serve with potatoes and spring vegetables, which you can blanch briefly ahead of time, let cool and pop in the fridge.

Served with grilled spring vegetables, braised peas and mint, you can't get much more seasonal than this ?

Then there was my boudin noir, with a simple panache of spring vegetables.

Instead, try this lighter, soupier version, with spring vegetables - it practically cooks itself in less than half an hour.

Mains also impress, from fillet of sea bass with spring vegetables to smoked fillet of beef cooked to order and garnished with slow-cooked onions and garlic.

At one time caraway seed biscuits were prepared to mark the sowing of the spring wheat.

A milky sheen glinted on chalky fields newly sown with spring wheat.

A smart move, we reckon, for we've swapped the heat, bugs (both kinds) and half-finished villa sprawls for owls calling across fields of hand-scythed spring wheat and almost no mosquitoes.

But the same commissioners split 2-2 on red spring wheat.

The area seeded to spring wheat was expected to remain constant.

Yet here, at the valley’s center, are the remains of this once-lavish city, watered by hidden aqueducts that run for miles from an underground spring.

The fresh water comes from an underground spring source.

The lake salinity increases towards the middle and northern parts due to underground spring waters.

It has been theorised that an underground spring feeds into the loch, maintaining a degree of freshness sufficient to offset its stagnation.

They set up a colony around a well with an underground spring.

Then our wet spring and early summer, combined with sunny spells, have provided perfect breeding conditions.

Worst of all, the wet spring and summer meant that the bees stayed in their hives.

The wet spring was followed by a poor summer that hit pollinators such as bees, butterflies and hoverflies.

The protection it gave would have helped their plants in the dark, cold, wet spring.

It blamed frost damage to acacia trees in winter and a wet spring.