Example sentences of "draw [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The union 's promise that no Irish team will be allowed to go to South Africa ‘ whilst the remainder of the apartheid laws exist ’ has not convinced many people , while drawing the wrath of their recent hosts down about the heads of Dawson and his fellow-travellers . |
| 2 | a method of binding a paper cover to a book by drawing the cover on and gluing to the back of the book . |
| 3 | These criteria represent answers to the question of personal responsibility , but , in another sense , they provide no answer at all , for they conflict with each other by drawing the boundaries of responsibility in a series of concentric circles . |
| 4 | Goldberg , pushing back the typewriter and drawing the pad towards him , began again . |
| 5 | Cleo thought at first that the net would only drift right through the spirit , but it swiftly formed a sparkling ball round its prey , and Apanage lost no time in drawing the opening of the silk tightly together . |
| 6 | ‘ No , Taggy , it 's nothing , ’ Theda said huskily , drawing the back of her hand across her cheeks . |
| 7 | ‘ Laura 's a bit of a nosey parker , ’ Gloria continued , draining her mug and drawing the back of her hand across her mouth . |
| 8 | One gloved hand rested casually against the door-jamb , drawing the folds of his greatcoat wide . |
| 9 | At least Paul Middlemass , the Principal Scientific Officer Document Examiner , had appreciated the wine , drawing the bottle across the table towards him and refilling his glass , his lazy ironic eyes watching his host . |
| 10 | He made no sketches in advance but got straight down to work with pencil and ruler , drawing the outline before filling in with emulsion paint . |
| 11 | Drawing the assembly to a close , the Bishop said : ‘ It is good to meet people where they are as Christ did with the woman at the well , gradually leading her to understanding . |
| 12 | In some cases these changes may be due to the tendency of tracheoles to migrate actively towards areas of high oxygen demand , drawing the tracheae after them ( Wigglesworth , 1954 ; Smart , 1956 ) . |
| 13 | Sometimes he played games , drawing the assassins into verbal battles in which they would confess . |
| 14 | There is a difficulty here about drawing the lines between the categories used in the analysis . |
| 15 | if you did n't put enough middle in it , it would sort of sink then , then it would be drawing the water in |
| 16 | The the actual sludge that 's in there is in the chiller , it 's in the bottom of the water tank where we 're drawing the water from that goes through the cooling system . |
| 17 | The teams of paddlers ( some of them from the SBS ) and the navigators therefore spent two weeks making periscope reconnaissances , drawing the profiles of the hinterland to target beaches . |
| 18 | However , as with the tutworker , from their gross income were deducted a number of items — the blacksmith 's cost of sharpening drills and picks ; a charge for raising or drawing the stuff up the shaft and tramming or waggoning it out to the dressing floors , and there , the cost of breaking up lumps into pieces about fist size . |
| 19 | Vass 's arms embraced her , lightly yet firmly , pinning her slender body against his , and his lips all at once were pressing down on her lips , drawing the life from her , setting her on fire . |
| 20 | drawing the shape of the galaxies |
| 21 | If it were March and we were still drawing the curtains at four . |
| 22 | I helped her a rearrange the Lady Eleanor 's body on the bed , drawing the curtains around it . |
| 23 | When I turn the car and drive past the house , on my way to the main road , I can see Susan drawing the curtains in the bedroom , shutting out the street . |
| 24 | It 's hardly worth drawing the cheques in certain cases and the capital programme , could n't see it actually when I looked for it first time , had to go back to the pink sheet and found the noughts , now we 're not as generous as we 'd like to be , but at least we try . |
| 25 | ‘ Get behind me , Fei Yen ! ’ he said , quietly but urgently , drawing the dagger from his boot . |
| 26 | Karr slit the Advocate 's tunic open , exposing the flesh , then , leaning right over the body , he dug deeply into the flesh , drawing the blade across the corpse 's chest . |
| 27 | If as reader , you can not imagine how different they are in structure I suggest you try your hand at drawing the relationship between the partners for each example . |
| 28 | Drawing the wallet from his pocket , he separated the one of Breakspear from the rest and studied for a moment the view of the college it presented . |
| 29 | She visualised him drawing the sleeping-bag around him . |
| 30 | When , during the Children 's Address , a rhetorical question is asked as a step towards drawing the moral at the end , there is great danger of a mighty fall . |