Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [art] [adj] black [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Across in front of them cruised a long black Cadillac bearing the fluttering pennant of the Stars and Stripes . |
| 2 | That evening one of the Corporals made me clean out the crow 's cage ; I lifted the large black bird out and parked it on the gravel beside a flowerbed . |
| 3 | I sighted a shiny black object floating fine on the port bow . |
| 4 | As I strolled along I watched an elasticated black kid , Felix 's age or maybe older , gangle past with his pretty little friend . |
| 5 | I fetch the wide black belt and put it on . |
| 6 | Suddenly I saw a big black shape in the darkness . |
| 7 | ‘ I have the same black hair , the same dark eyes as all the other people here . |
| 8 | Although I recognized the same black fire in his eyes , the farm boy had become a gentleman . |
| 9 | Her magnificent antique collection , which includes a 110-year-old Black Forest Clock , is very popular with other dedicated clockwatchers , and has even been put on display at Gloucester Museum . |
| 10 | Those were the years of the Clubs , the gatherings of merchants , gentlemen , and others , which included The Lucky Black Tavern , My Lord Ross 's Club , The Chop Society , the Tinkler 's Pot , the Face Club , the Hodge Podge , and the Old King Coul Club . |
| 11 | The let in some afternoon sun which burnt the still black paint on the front paint work . |
| 12 | They trudged across the crunching snow over tiny , hump-backed bridges which spanned the silent black canals and wound their way through a labyrinth of deserted streets — some hardly wider than Lucenzo 's broad shoulders . |
| 13 | She recognised the tooled black leather of its |
| 14 | She wears a short black skirt and a holster on her belt . |
| 15 | Do you remember the dusty black velvet chairs and the sofa with too many cushions ? |
| 16 | She wore a long black jacket dotted with outsize white buttons over a skirt of broad black and white stripes last night . |
| 17 | She wore a stiff black silk dress , a lace cap and an expression of disapproval — " I hope they wo n't take me for one of your actress friends , " she boomed . |
| 18 | She wore the usual black dress , and a black scarf around her hair . |
| 19 | When she arrived at her own gate , she saw a large black Mercedes motor-car parked outside . |
| 20 | Her eyes widened in horror as she saw the straight black line of a squall bearing down on them . |
| 21 | She saw the glistening black heads of the seals driving through the waves … . |
| 22 | Just sometimes , this one had crimson nails , left over from the other , who wore a tight black skirt and a black jacket with padded shoulders over a pink silk shirt and was carefully made up with pink and brown eyeshadow , brushed blusher along the cheekbone and plummy lips . |
| 23 | She chose a short black lace suit , tight-fitted with a scoop neckline . |
| 24 | I kind of wished I 'd sat behind Verity ; I would n't have seen so much of her — not even a hint of that slim , smooth face , frowning in concentration as she barrelled the big black Beemer towards the next corner — but I would n't have been able to see the speedometer , either . |
| 25 | She carried a large black leather Gladstone bag in her hand . |
| 26 | Cook had said she must be more smartly attired to work in the house , so she had a new black dress for the occasion . |
| 27 | The person , who had a pointed black beard , a large nose , bushy eyebrows and deep-set blue eyes , nodded . |
| 28 | Money was exchanged , the two contestants shook hands , and their place in the ring was taken by a second pair of fighters : a Rajput with a handlebar moustache , and a small but fierce-looking Muslim who sported a bushy black beard . |
| 29 | You beat the nasty black hole . |
| 30 | ‘ I do love big breakfasts because we are not far from Bury and they make the best black puddings in the world , but I do want to stay healthy so my wife Judith makes sure I keep a very balanced diet . |