Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [noun sg] gloves " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were shoes and coats from Marks and Spencer , the National Sporting Club sent a pair of boxing gloves and an Essex butcher provided beef sausages for all , once a week . |
| 2 | And she was n't one of those pushy birds either , who wore their intelligence like a pair of boxing gloves , willing to punch a point home . |
| 3 | The pair of boxing gloves supposedly illustrating a rival party 's ‘ double whammy , ’ or twin blows , misused an Americanism . |
| 4 | He asked the coach to fit him up with a pair of boxing gloves . |
| 5 | By wearing a special headset and a pair of sensor gloves you can enter and explore a computer-generated universe . |
| 6 | Take care when handling Primula obconica or wear a pair of cotton gloves to avoid any possible skin rash . |
| 7 | Striped blazer with brass buttons , tennis ‘ whites ’ , blue shoes with white spats , a pair of kid gloves held casually in his left hand , here was young , working-class Glasgow out on a spree . |
| 8 | Helen 's magpie instincts for collecting extend to her bedroom , home for her £8 bed , where a simple decorating scheme is enhanced by a nostalgic collection of old hats and hatboxes , a pair of kid gloves , some theatre posters , a china doll and a host of other pretty objects , many gleaned from local markets . |
| 9 | ‘ According to her , a peaked cap in a fine black-and-white check , a pair of kid gloves and his wrist watch . |
| 10 | The remaining dancers , holding each other very close , slowly circled the floor , which was littered with discarded flowers and dance-cards and even a pair of silk gloves . |
| 11 | Redpath put on a pair of silk gloves and started going through the inside pocket of the jacket , following with the outside pockets . |
| 12 | Sara was holding a pair of suede gloves crushed in one hand . |
| 13 | Finally , the rose-grower 's tools will include a pair of leather gloves — not those flimsy rubber gloves used for washing up . |
| 14 | On his birthday Auntie Lou gave him a pair of leather gloves with fur linings and Mr Evans gave him a Holy Bible with a soft , red cover and pictures inside . |
| 15 | She asked for the secretary and launched on a long story about phoning from a restaurant where a pair of leather gloves had been found apparently left by the lady with Mr Johnston whom one of the waiters had remembered seeing at the sports club . |
| 16 | As she hunted for a worn pair of leather gloves in the pocket of her pelisse , she did not appear to notice that she had been pulled closely in to the gentleman for a few brief seconds . |
| 17 | A pair of golfing gloves and balls were won by Ron Turnbull , Ian Proudfoot and Jim Dever for the best team nett score and winner of the Booby prize umbrella was Richard Millward . |
| 18 | it 's always in the kitchen when it 's Sunday , see if she can get in the oven quick , if she had a pair of oven gloves , she 'd get the meat out herself |