Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] the white " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , they will go , but the government should do two things , and it should have done them in the White Paper announcement ; it should have said ‘ we are proposing to get rid of all advantages for company cars in tax terms and we are proposing to make sure that people pay by paying more road tax or more petrol costs if they have high gas-guzzling cars ’ . |
| 2 | He lifted it up and dropped it in the white plastic bag which lines the litter bin . |
| 3 | At first we could n't see anything on the white backing but then Eadred brought across a candle , held it near the page , not quite close enough to scorch , and sea-green writing began to appear . |
| 4 | ‘ Tell me about the white patient , ’ I asked him . |
| 5 | Arctic mammals and birds have evolved pure white fur or feathers that help to camouflage them against the white expanses of the frozen north . |
| 6 | An ad in the Sevenoaks Chronicle led him to the white 1988 Sierra Sapphire 1.8 LX , advertised at £3750 . |
| 7 | Jane , who had a natural feel for mood and background which complemented the clothes , swam more than competently and her black and white images of windswept models against bleak moors or stark beaches created for many who saw them on the white shop walls their indelible image of ‘ Laura Ashley ’ . |
| 8 | After his energetic verse Cade 's prose shows that medium at its most laboured and puffy : ‘ Has my sword therefore broke through London gates , that you should leave me at the white Hart in Southwark ? ’ |
| 9 | The man who wept during England 's World Cup semi-final with Germany two years ago , now can not bear to watch himself in the white shirt of his country . |
| 10 | ‘ I keep her under the white rock . |
| 11 | The six relics go in , and , after carefully expelling all air , I fasten the neck with string and push it into the white saddlebag . |
| 12 | She wondered why he did n't step across it ; he reminded her of the white mice they had let out of the cage one day . |
| 13 | Lucie slipped the scarlet waistcoat off Gabriel 's shoulders and skinned him of the white silk shirt . |