Example sentences of "bowl [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once indoors the dog would collapse in front of the fire , there , perhaps , to dream of the day when he 'd swap his flea collar for a laurel wreath , and his water bowl for a magnum of champagne with which to shower his adoring fans ! |
| 2 | Who will find the bowl for the water ? |
| 3 | Unkind souls are suggesting that once the money for the LHC has been sewn up it can only be a matter of time before CERN gets out the begging bowl for the VEC — Very Expensive Collider . |
| 4 | A squat Nuremberg bowl for the centrepiece and eight or ten specimen glasses of the same ware to be filled with orange carnations and silver grasses , each guest 's place was to have a boutonnière to match and each finger bowl a floating full-blown orange carnation plus a few drops of orange flower water . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , press the strawberries into a large bowl through a nylon or aluminium sieve . |
| 6 | For this reason it is wise to keep a few in a bowl during the winter , so that they can be given a little warmth during early spring to encourage premature growth and shade the first flush of water discolouring algae , thus discouraging its growth . |
| 7 | You wo n't find the answer written down for you in the bowl of a compass — I can tell you that . |
| 8 | Remove core with the bowl of a spoon and paint lemon juice all over pears to prevent discolouration . |
| 9 | Item 2 : Made of pewter , 45mm × 25mm overall and 8mm deep , possibly the bowl of a spoon but of what period ? |
| 10 | The ultimate source is Sir John Hawkins , who remarks , in what appears to be a personal recollection , that Handel had ‘ a favourite Rucker harpsichord , the keys whereof , by incessant practise , were hollowed like the bowl of a spoon ’ In justice to Hawkins it must be stated that he does have a reputation for being , for his time , a careful scholar , so it is unfortunate that this brief , almost casual remark , should have been embellished with a little fanciful romancing that appears to be added only to enliven his text with some colourful anecdote . |
| 11 | Scrape the mushrooms into the bowl of a food processor with the metal blade ; add the parsley , walnuts , seasoning to taste and sherry . |
| 12 | Place the trimmed watercress in the bowl of a food processor with a metal blade and chop finely . |
| 13 | Place the egg yolks and 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice in the bowl of a food processor or blender ; process with the metal blade for 1 minute . |
| 14 | They drank thé à menthe from dirty glasses , while a charcoal lump fizzed in the clay bowl of the hookah . |
| 15 | Hold tomato in the palm of your hand and remove seeds with the handle of a teaspoon , then remove the core with the bowl of the spoon . |
| 16 | At home the bowl of the sky is just like that . |
| 17 | Once round the low barrier of the gatehouse and the prefabricated museum building , with her back turned on the plateau along which the road cruised towards distant Silcaster , the shallow , silver-green bowl of the book-jacket opened before her , wide and tranquil . |
| 18 | We passed through the col , with the main peak of Koitobos towering up to our right , and then suddenly we were right on the edge of the rim with the giant bowl of the crater itself spread out below us . |
| 19 | The painting on the flat inner bowl of the kylix gave me a shock . |
| 20 | It was his first bowl of the day , and in his third over his extra pace defeated Mujtaba 's attempt to pull through midwicket ; Smith held a standard catch . |
| 21 | He had mistaken it for an ashtray and I watched from the back seat as he painstakingly flicked his ash on to the small pile of dead matches and cigarette ends that he 'd accumulated in the bowl of the vent . |
| 22 | She crouches to place the embarrassingly heavy bowl beneath the bed . |
| 23 | Almost completely rubbed away in places , the lines twined round the bowl like a knot no one could untie . |
| 24 | The second picture , clearly designed to demonstrate the rewards of illiteracy , showed a scabby-looking native dressed in a threadbare loincloth who crouched in the mud outside a grass hut and who seemed to be sharing his lunch bowl with a baboon . |
| 25 | Patricia 's spoon dropped into her bowl with a clang , and she left the room . |
| 26 | The Chinese also knew another archaic type of water-clock , a floating bowl with a hole in its base that was adjusted so that it took a specific time to sink . |
| 27 | Some consist of a simple bowl with a lip , over which the water trickles , while others come in sections of varying lengths and shapes which can be joined together to form complex arrangements . |
| 28 | The building was completed by 457 B.C. , for Pausanias saw on the apex of the east pediment a golden shield or bowl with a Gorgoneion and below it an inscription ( still partly preserved ) saying that it was dedicated by the Spar tans , a tithe from the spoils taken from the Argives , Athenians and their allies at Tanagra , a battle which took place in that year . |
| 29 | Position your head over the bowl and cover your head and the bowl with a towel to allow the steam to penetrate . |
| 30 | Cover the bowl with a tea towel and leave until the mixture is double in size , about 1½ hours . |