Example sentences of "[adj] black [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was an extraordinarily handsome young man of about my own age , which is thirty , and he had an aquiline nose , sculptured lips and hair curling over a high black and silver collar . |
| 2 | ‘ He was wide awake while the old Black and Decker was being drilled straight through his kneecap and a donor tendon was being placed at the back of his knee , which is unbelievably advanced surgery . ’ |
| 3 | The fabled black and gold palace of the East — the Mandarin Hotel — where the élite habitually met . |
| 4 | Caroline looked back at him and suddenly she thought of an old fable , the one in which a traveller had to choose which of two doors to open , knowing that behind one lay safety while behind the other crouched a tawny black and gold tiger . |
| 5 | Two former dray tractors with the appropriate black and gold livery will move the roadshow around the country . |
| 6 | Obviously any dark colour with white , cream or a pastel shade would be suitable , but I personally think simple black and white looks very effective and is a good colour combination for this time of year . |
| 7 | So we cashed an endowment policy and called at the Cleveland Garage where we bought a gleaming black and chrome palace on wheels , a Standard Vanguard , for £240 . |
| 8 | The water 's real black and cold-looking . |
| 9 | Aragonite is stained black while calcite remains unstained . |
| 10 | They might have it done in white black and wood . |
| 11 | A sophisticated black and gold design , exclusively created for the world 's finest floating restaurant , came into service in The Queen 's Grill Room recently before the ship embarked on a voyage to the Caribbean . |
| 12 | Rich black and gold altars in the high Baroque tradition abound . |
| 13 | These will be the striking black and apple green ex-LNER express 's finals workings before the expiry of her seven-year-long boiler certificate . |
| 14 | The Italian 's blue eyes slipped to Caroline 's face again ; for an instant , she saw something more deadly than disdain in their depths , and she thought again of the coiled black and gold power of the tiger . |
| 15 | They prefer silk , satin or lace underwear in tasteful black or ivory . |
| 16 | The print is framed black and gold . |
| 17 | It was as if they had served to draw some morbid agent from her blood , as if they had been a great black and damson poultice to draw off her petulant humours and leave her as placid as a Madonna . |
| 18 | That little Chinese painting in its neat black and gold frame and with Seto More 's inscription and ‘ chop ’ on the back has hung on our walls in many parts of the world ever since and it is still admired here in England . |
| 19 | The Ransome was replaced by a small Black and Decker in orange plastic , ( secondhand , naturally ) — hardly a classic of the engineer 's craft . |
| 20 | And then , just as the foyer was beginning to take on a shabby , comfortable look , the lift arrived , an elegant black and gilt box with a sliding door . |
| 21 | In the field , line officers wore black or brown slouch drab hats , officially with mixed black and gold hat cords , though photographs show many worn without cords . |
| 22 | If you do n't receive one , do n't forget — all you have to do is buy a selected Black & Decker power tool from one of the above-mentioned stores , and you can send off for one , too . |
| 23 | Traditional style ranges can be fitted , or buy a modern oven and hob that have a matt black and brass finish to give a nostalgic feel . |
| 24 | Several colour strains have bee bred since the original black and silver variety came out on the market many moons ago . |