Example sentences of "of a car [conj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 THIS is the Grand Prix dream machine — the £1million missile of a car that every top racer wants to drive .
2 This , however , need not so much reflect a decline of the village as a social centre ( its past vitality has often been greatly exaggerated ) as the extension of a wider range of choice to those sections of the rural population whose ownership of a car or a motorcycle has granted them easier access to urban amenities .
3 Since nobody knows the characteristics of next year 's model of a car or a washing machine , it is impossible to write legally binding contracts which could be enforced when the goods are actually delivered .
4 Fifteen per cent first discovered the joys of sex in the living room , while the next most popular spots were either the back of a car or the great outdoors .
5 For example where a hole appears in the wing of a car and a pedestrian is cut by the sharp rusty edges of the hole , then danger is caused .
6 The public transport network should also be improved to encourage people to use this instead of a car and a park and ride system might be introduced to keep traffic out of the centre .
7 According to a number of reliable witnesses the assailant was a tall man in a grey coat walking towards Mahoney , a short woman in a green hat hiding in a doorway , a masked figure in the back seat of a car and an unseen person who fired from behind a parking sign .
8 The other day , I got in the way of a car and the driver had to swerve to avoid me .
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