Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] car " in BNC.
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| 1 | Workmen alerted police after noticing a red car apparently abandoned in the quarry on the Horseshoe Pass between Llangollen and Ruthin . |
| 2 | The walk is linear so you 'll need a friendly car driver to make it that little bit easier . |
| 3 | Thompson v. Robinson was distinguished also in Lazenby Garages v. Wright ( 1976 C.A. ) where Mr. Wright refused to accept a second-hand car which he had previously agreed to buy for £1,670 from a car dealer . |
| 4 | WELL , would you buy a used car from this shifty-looking guy in the slow lane ? |
| 5 | You would not buy a used car from this man ’ The Observer . |
| 6 | There 's a lot of that , you know , would n't buy a used car of him , but it 's |
| 7 | They stopped saying , you know , would you buy a used car from this man and started talking about him as the international peacemaker . |
| 8 | They 're gon na buy a new car are n't they ? |
| 9 | They 're gon na buy a new car at Christmas , after Christmas . |
| 10 | Think he 'll probably buy a new car probably . |
| 11 | ‘ Why did you buy a foreign car ? ’ he said . |
| 12 | Now for a motor car I think you can say that the practical desirabilities of a car , and the acceleration and performance and looks are very important , one could also say that the fact that many people have their cars bought for me by the firm they work for means that they will therefore buy a larger car than they would if it was their own money that they were spending , so the market for cars is perhaps not one which is determined by energy efficiency or even optimum efficiency in terms of people 's and prestige is coming into it as much as these other factors and it is determined by who pays the money . |
| 13 | Asked to list the most important qualities to be considered in purchasing a new car , respondents placed fuel economy fourth on the list ( after reliability , all round vision , and accident avoidance ) , and air pollution control sixth . |
| 14 | Car drivers are banned from using their cars in the capital one day each week — although many have circumvented the ban by purchasing a second car . |
| 15 | A BOY of 12 crashed a stolen car yesterday — then left a pal trapped in the wreck as he fled . |
| 16 | In North Shields on Sept. 9-10 , hundreds of youths rioted in Meadow Well after the deaths of two young men who crashed a stolen car while being chased by police ; shops , houses and a community centre were burned down [ see p. 38404 ] . |
| 17 | An inquest 's been hearing how a teenage joyrider died when he crashed a stolen car while trying to escape from police . |
| 18 | Most of us know someone who had the misfortune to suffer a bad car crash , or a heart attack , or a breakdown . |
| 19 | If you want a bigger car you take another test . |
| 20 | If you want a new car , then cherish your beaten-up old Ford as if it were a gleaming red convertible . |
| 21 | If you get your lump sum out if you want a new car you get a new car . |
| 22 | And he says : ‘ I do n't think Rolls-Royce buyers want a small car . |
| 23 | Why not buy a Metro if you want a small car ? |
| 24 | ‘ Outside on the far side of the station we built a new car park in 1989 with 200 spaces , ’ said Mr Speke . |
| 25 | ‘ We had planned to run a single GM-backed Astra this year for Luis Climent but when Bardolet became available it was decided to provide a second car for him supported by an outside sponsor , ’ explains Meeke . |
| 26 | An ugly gash was carved out of the Downs after the war to provide a large car park , and a boat park was made by the lifeboat house . |
| 27 | In the Queens Head one drinker murmured about seeing a man in a green and black tracksuit , another had spied a red car they had never noticed before . |
| 28 | Not the first time , Parker , after a lost night , had reported a stolen car . |
| 29 | Police are hunting thieves who used a stolen car to ram a food store in Buddle Road , Newcastle . |
| 30 | The raid happened at the Chester Saddlery in Boughton , Chester , where the thieves used a stolen car to break open the store 's front door . |