Example sentences of "a red [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Phew ! ’ exclaimed the sergeant , producing a red and white spotted kerchief from his trouser pocket and mopping his fevered brow . |
| 2 | She switched off the CD player , went into the bedroom , checked that her black dress , red jacket and red shoes were spotless for the morning : tucked a red and gold scarf and a couple of gilt bracelets into her bag to wear in the evening and went to bed . |
| 3 | A red and black burnet moth landed on her hand , crawled over it and whirred away again into the grass . |
| 4 | Sunnie Mann was dressed in an opaque white blouse and a red and black skirt . |
| 5 | Seeing the glow of a red and yellow Shell sign ahead , she drives on and pulls into the forecourt of a self-service petrol station . |
| 6 | A red and white ribbon is awarded to the Best of Opposite Sex . |
| 7 | Then the breeze caught a red and green flag on the Ministry of Agriculture to my right . |
| 8 | Chapman favoured a red and white sock to match the club colours , but when this was tried the red dye ran when the socks were washed . |
| 9 | Presumably the sight of a red and blue meal puts you off eating it . |
| 10 | The drumming began and Kalchu went to the shrine with his handful of husked rice , a red and a white strip of cotton cloth and a small bell to give to the god . |
| 11 | At one end there stood a stand made of gold , upon which slept a red and blue bird , its chain hanging . |
| 12 | Two level controls live on the front panel , each with a red and green triangular LED ; the green illuminates when the signal is -20dB below clipping while the red shows that clipping is actually taking place . |
| 13 | They arrived , painted in a red and white livery , bearing the coat of arms of Middlesex and the legend ‘ County Council of Middlesex ’ , as part of a fleet which the M.E.T. |
| 14 | It had a red and yellow band on which I could just read the word Cubana . |
| 15 | She leaned back , her head resting against a red and blue carpet hanging on the wall . |
| 16 | A red and orange sunset spread across the sky , and the shadows stretched long across the path . |
| 17 | A red and black Oranda . |
| 18 | There was a small speedboat moored to a red and white pole . |
| 19 | In addition the sale will include a red and brown-glazed Vezzi gondola lantern dating from circa 1725 . |
| 20 | Back : Camembert Le Rustique in its distinctive wooden box lined with a red and white checked napkin , has the traditional taste and aroma of a well-loved true Normandy Camembert . |
| 21 | 9 Head for the sun with a red and black suitcase , £18.95 ; straw sun hat , £7.50 ; paper parasol , £5.25 ; cotton scarf , £8.15 ; straw neck purse , 95p ; and embroidered slippers , £7.50 ; Neal Street East . |
| 22 | Haverford also sat , lifting his panama to mop his flushed forehead with a red and white spotted handkerchief . |
| 23 | It stopped at the usual place , and a soldier in a red and gold uniform jumped down . |
| 24 | This old Methodist Church hall is an impressive building with a red and mellow brick facade standing in this pleasant side road close to the heart of Oxford and within easy walking distance of the city centre University and Polytechnic . |
| 25 | There are about 11,000 in the UK whose sight and hearing are both severely impaired — in the street , they usually carry a red and white banded cane so that they can be recognised easily . |
| 26 | We left , plugging along a red and arid coast for Kas , where the usual deputation of dolphins bounded out to greet us . |
| 27 | She composed herself , a red and gold figure on a red ground . |
| 28 | The kitchen was rather primitive with the wooden things painted red and a red and white gingham curtain hanging , cafe-style , across the lower half of the window . |
| 29 | Well we had to keep somebody on watch in case there was any damage , say the ship was up the river and a chain broke or they hit you , so you had to put your navigation lights up and to put navigation lights up we had hurricane lamps , we had a red and a white one , they should have been six foot apart , they never were they was about three foot . |
| 30 | Occasionally their exact function is uncertain , as in the case of the three structures in Normangate Field , Water Newton , one of which had a central posthole and was originally floored with a red and white tessellated floor . |