Example sentences of "and smell of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would you rather I turned up in my paint-stained jeans and smelling of turpentine ? ’ |
| 2 | They sat on staircases to talk about poetry or politics , and many of them smoked long thin cigarettes rolled in dark brown paper and smelling of perfume . |
| 3 | She had found one months later under the vegetable rack , shrunk to the size of a nut , dark wizened brown , and smelling of cider . |
| 4 | A few steps past the skips brings you to the lift , an aluminium cell sticky with spit and sweets and smelling of disinfectant . |
| 5 | She has also a teething baby , pinched and veined and smelling of milk . |
| 6 | She comes up gasping , the air warm about her face , hair dank and smelling of mud as her feet touch the bottom , sinking into its softness . |
| 7 | A child who came to school at the age of five dirty and smelling of urine would never be able to benefit from the experience of school if , as a consequence , she were shunned and rejected by her classmates . |
| 8 | It was red and smelled of perfume . |
| 9 | The floor of the barn was cold stone and slimy and smelled of engine oil and damp cereals . |
| 10 | Much more so than the place she had visited in London , which had been dark and smelled of incense . |
| 11 | The chapel at St Mary 's Priory of the Little Sisters of Pity was cold and damp and smelled of candlegrease and incense . |
| 12 | Dimly lit , permanently blacked out , they had become dirty and dingy and smelled of neglect . |