Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj] white [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They draped the starched white tablecloth over the big deal table . |
| 2 | Terry Storry 's British White Water is the first canoeing guide to comprehensively cover the classic white water rivers of England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 3 | It took about nine days for them completely to stop eating green eggs , but they continued to enjoy the ordinary white egg . |
| 4 | Far better , then , not to plant the worthless white mulberry , but rather to take the king 's money and plant instead the almost identical black mulberry , Morus nigra , which since Roman times had borne delicious crops of long , purple fruit . |
| 5 | This finding suggests that the Fas gene is involved in the signalling mechanism that normally causes the self-reactive white blood cells to die . |
| 6 | In rapid succession , he unzipped her moleskin trousers and drew the skimpy white lace G-string from her thighs . |
| 7 | The March of Progress has alas transformed the goodly white bread into that unique substance , restaurateur 's toast , while tea and coffee are replaced by gin-and-tonic or a bottle of white wine , and for my part I would say none the worse for that . |
| 8 | When Roddy had last been conscious — about an hour ago , maybe two — he had seen Henry playing hunt the little white worm with a straw and a hand mirror . |
| 9 | Now standing , and more energetically , Marcus caressed and massaged the thin white body , drawing his hands rhythmically along the arms , down the legs , over the chest and stomach , over the genitals . |
| 10 | He gazed at a glass block , soaring upwards , in whose mirror cliff-face swam the distorted white reflection of a Wren church spire . |
| 11 | They found the big white board with the word RESCUE painted across it . |
| 12 | But still her hands moved in their own private world , turning and pressing the dripping white mound as though they were caressing a baby . |
| 13 | Mr Albert 's voice came from a distance : ‘ You 'll need a good white shirt with it , and a tie … . |
| 14 | Presently a window was opened and framed a sharp white peak which seemed to be hanging almost directly overhead ; it glistened like a great diamond . |
| 15 | With a finger she traced a thin white line . |
| 16 | Last year I found a pure white form with black veins . |
| 17 | He went over to the chest , rummaging through it until he found a large white sweatshirt . |
| 18 | On a hot summer afternoon a few weeks later , Caroline trooped wearily home from work and opened her postbox to find a long white envelope bearing the logo of the Davis School of Design . |
| 19 | To obtain a clear white wine from black grapes Dom Pérignon would have had to employ sophisticated pressing techniques ; it is most likely , therefore , that it was Pérignon who invented the traditional Champagne press , designed exactly for this purpose . |
| 20 | We were surprised to discover a smart white building with a bright pillarbox red door . |
| 21 | it has a pearly white appearance , so that colour can be easily seen against the hair . |
| 22 | The shirt has a distinctive white hoop and an embroidered old-style rampant lion MFC badge . |
| 23 | ‘ He is getting on a bit , he is going grey round the whiskers and has a milky white coat . |
| 24 | It has a basic white enamel suite , louvred doors and cupboards , varnished cork tiles and an interesting ‘ Arabic effect ’ wall with splodges of red and gold . |
| 25 | Is the Financial Secretary aware that the introduction of more rigorous management and purchasing provisions in central Government will be welcomed by everyone , but it hardly needs a massive White Paper and a citizens charter to start the job ? |
| 26 | But it is more than just the lucky shot that has defeated the Great White Shark . |
| 27 | Fig 7 ) The intro from It 's Only Love is one of my personal favourites ( I 'm a sucker for anything that uses the old White Room ploy ! ) . |
| 28 | They both gazed thoughtfully along the wide , grey street lined with blackened houses to where the unfinished transept of the rose-pink cathedral smudged the high white sky . |
| 29 | ‘ Ricotta , ’ he explained , opening the bag for them to inspect the fluffy white mound with the whey still running out of the cheese paper . |
| 30 | Car and scooter hire can also be arranged to visit the magnificent white sand beaches of the west coast , and local water ski-ing is usually possible in the high season . |