2 Sentences With "not lifting a finger"

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"The citizens are quick to point fingers at the government, but they are not lifting a finger to actually conserve water at home," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on the sidelines of a conference on resilient cities in Rotterdam this week. from Reuters
In Spain he is tried as a deserter and whipped severely though he never intended to desert the army. Shocked by this betrayal he kills the man who tried him as a deserter and eventually does run away, only to return to work for Mr Bennet as he remembers him visiting him during his childhood and being kind to him. Sarah and Mrs Hill are distressed by James's sudden disappearance though they are unable to do much to learn of where he went. When Lydia elopes with Wickham the house is turned over in turmoil and Mrs Hill reminds Mr Bennet of all he did for Lydia while not lifting a finger for his son.