Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] collection " in BNC.
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| 1 | It entered a private collection but was ordered to be returned to the Nationalgalerie by the Soviet military administration in 1949 . |
| 2 | This week Daily Mirror readers can buy a tremendous collection of 84 bulbs for pounds £11.99 , including VAT , packing and postage , instead of the normal £15.45 . |
| 3 | North Staffs are continuing their search for a mainline diesel but a recent visit to MC Metals in Glasgow to examine their ‘ Peaks ’ found a disappointing collection of cannibalised , sorry looking , Sulzers . |
| 4 | Contains a unique collection of historical toys , books , costumes and items relating to childhood from all over the world . |
| 5 | Sort out your material once you have amassed a reasonable collection , perhaps grading everything by size and colour , and separating the leaves from the flowers . |
| 6 | Over the years he had acquired real skill in his hobby , and had exhibited some of his studies of Scottish scenery and wildlife ; his real passion was bird photography , and through the years he had amassed a remarkable collection of pictures . |
| 7 | Over the years Skarsnik has amassed a large collection of Dwarf beard scalps which he displays on long wooden stakes driven into the mountain side . |
| 8 | A catalogue of his fine library was published in 1678 , revealing a huge collection of Nonconformist , and especially Socinian , religious literature . |
| 9 | From 1318 new compendium rolls were ordered which involved a vast collection and collation of information from justices and others ; even before then , exchequer summonses had tripled in number ; furthermore , in the spring of 1321 a record was started of all royal gifts dispensed since the beginning of the reign . |
| 10 | Police Court trials usually included a miscellaneous collection of well-known ne'er-do-wells picked up over the weekend and arraigned on Monday morning to face drunk and disorderly charges . |
| 11 | By the end of 1908 Picasso owned at least five tribal objects and he went on to amass a large collection , much of it of very doubtful quality , although after the war when his own work was commanding large prices he occasionally exchanged a painting for a choice piece . |
| 12 | The Weald and Downland open air museum , 6 miles north of Chichester , has a fascinating collection of houses of historical interest including a 15th-century farmhouse and working smithy which have been saved from dereliction , brought here and restored . |
| 13 | British Library of Political and Economic Science ( London ) The library specialises in modern British political , economic and social history , social anthropology , and has a vast collection of books . |
| 14 | Steve Joynes has a vast collection of jukeboxes of all shapes and sizes . |
| 15 | The centre also has a wide-ranging collection of artifacts relating to folklore and craft industries . |
| 16 | By the way , if anyone has a complete collection of all the iterations of main press release , we 'd love to see how it changed . |
| 17 | By the way , if anyone has a complete collection of all the iterations of main press release , we 'd love to see how it changed . |
| 18 | The Sammy Miller motorcycle museum at New Milton , Hants ( £2 adults , £1 children ) has a superb collection . |
| 19 | I was from a family in Northern California , about thirty miles out of San Francisco ; I had an older brother who had and still has a great collection of 45s , but we were actually swimmers . |
| 20 | Mr C F Motley of Lincolnshire has a small collection of such things which I feel sure have a rarity value as match-slips are eagerly collected on a world-wide scale . |
| 21 | The zoo , on a small site , has a varied collection chiefly of Italian animals but including some foreign species . |
| 22 | The Dartmoor Wildlife Park and Falconry Centre , near Plymouth , 16 miles away , is set in thirty acres of beautiful countryside and has a good collection of big cats . |
| 23 | The Society has a unique collection of pre-grouping wagons and is very keen to store them away from the ravages of salt sea-spray , weather and vandals . |
| 24 | The Edinburgh Room has a unique collection of over 25,000 books and 21,000 prints relating to the history of the city . |
| 25 | There is some attraction now for those who enjoy the diesel locomotive because the railway has a growing collection . |
| 26 | The Scottish national Zoological Park on the southern slope of Corstorphine Hill has a wonderful collection of animals in natural settings . |
| 27 | The railway has a magnificent collection of coaches in a variety of liveries . |
| 28 | The house , a fine Georgian mansion , has a magnificent collection of paintings and Chippendale furniture . |
| 29 | Bodnant Gardens — Considered to be one of the finest gardens in Britain , Bodnant has a magnificent collection of rhododendrons , camelias , magnolias and conifers . |
| 30 | He suspects that Ivor has a secret collection of stolen coins . |