Example sentences of "the odd " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept wandering around for a few hours , with no idea where I was or where I was going , then somewhere along the line I chanced upon an open space where there was the odd bench scattered here and there and I used one of these for my lie-down . |
| 2 | So , too , was the odd dandelion seedling that germinated after an airborne invasion of seeds from a patch of wasteland a quarter of mile away . |
| 3 | Lovely platonic evenings , the odd kiss and fumble ? |
| 4 | Obvious attacks on the eyes are prohibited , though the odd mis-directed punch is not interpreted as such . |
| 5 | You will definitely take the odd blow to the mid-section so your muscles should be strong enough to absorb some impact energy . |
| 6 | He is the odd man out at the ball , he only wants one kiss , but it always eludes him . ’ |
| 7 | Slabs , grooves , the odd bulge , then chimneys ; I mentally crossed off each successfully negotiated landmark as the cloud built up . |
| 8 | I do the odd bit of d-i-y round the home , which I do n't find too difficult , being an engineer by trade . |
| 9 | Only the odd bouts of involuntary twitching in his sleep reassured his owner that Jess was still safe and sound in the land of the living ! |
| 10 | In fact the street names and the rest belong with the extremely important disjunctive flotsam of the book : paintpots , old rope , the odd sock , boots that once belonged to the Secretary at the English Embassy , twists of paper , egg-shells , fish-guts , frayed blood-soaked strips torn from trouserbottoms and coat-pockets , an axe-sling in ribbons ( ‘ Little bits of tom linen can not possibly arouse suspicion ! , ’ ) half-eaten meals , small change , miscellaneous pawned objects , candle-ends , trousseau-stuff ( ‘ fancy boxes , dressing-cases , ornaments , dress material , and all that sort of junk from Knopf 's and the English Shop ’ ) broken crocks ( cherepki ) , and skulls ( cherepi ) . |
| 11 | Now , this may not seem to be a feasible solution , except for the odd application such as electric blanket or underfloor heating where full wave rectified unsmoothed 50 or 60Hz AC will produce heating from a mixture of 81% DC and 19% AC at 100 or 120Hz and above . |
| 12 | The odd anecdote — for instance , James Laughlin 's of 1965 about how she advanced his education in Rapallo by reading to him the stories of Henry James — brings her momentarily into focus , but then she disappears again behind a smokescreen of gracious good breeding . |
| 13 | The odd policy to put the stage in the middle of the room rather than at one end leads to a diminishing of the atmosphere ( the corners are seldom filled ) . |
| 14 | The odd chicken or a carrot cake would be much appreciated . |
| 15 | Clips of his ‘ Greatest Hits ’ , various filmed interviews and the odd surprise guest are promised , followed by ‘ Both ’ taking questions from the floor . |
| 16 | Even in 1985 Ferguson was being asked unkind questions about his age , and then , as now , he was partial to the odd pack of cigarettes before a game . |
| 17 | There were no plans to make major cuts in the 1,145-branch building society network , though there could be ‘ the odd closure ’ . |
| 18 | Cale became famous for violent demonstrations on stage ; there were plenty of screams , stage props , a green surgeon 's outfit , the odd tooth-spitting , the beheaded ( but long dead ) chicken episode which lost him half his band , the time he wore the Cambridge Rapist 's mask … |
| 19 | Another of Dr Guttering 's reasoned analyses of Prince Charles 's architectural tastes , in which the author suggests that after a childhood spent in some of the most vile Victorian mansions in the country , it is not surprising if the prince is minus the odd nut and bolt . |
| 20 | But , in a film like The Life of Brian , the characters were not played , as one might expect , as superficially representative figures of the period turned into figures of fun by the odd verbal or gestural modernism . |
| 21 | The odd Militant supporter appears at the conference rostrum and is easy to spot . |
| 22 | But , the odd unscripted upset aside , the chairmen and chairwomen find it hard to keep up with torrential voting in favour of the leadership line . |
| 23 | But if I want to play the odd tournament here and there , I will . |
| 24 | Other noises do infiltrate the cabin — the wind , the odd bump and thump from the suspension , and the constant rattle and clunk from the cabin fittings . |
| 25 | Mostly timeless , too , is the kosher-style deli menu : salt beef on rye with mustard ; chopped liver ; pastrami and salad ; chicken soup ‘ with everything ’ ; and the odd interloper , like peanut butter and cream cheese . |
| 26 | Pedestrians were the main hazard , but rickshaws , curio sellers , money-changers and the odd sacred cow also had to be manoeuvred around . |
| 27 | ‘ The odd kid at school would call me names , but not for long , boy . |
| 28 | His moments of inspiration did much to elevate the Stuttgart event , a relaxed affair apart from the odd obligatory outburst . |
| 29 | Only the odd prop — a portrait or an eloquent statue — and a touch of the grotesque in an otherwise comely chorus , suggested an idiosyncratic personality . |
| 30 | The foliage is handsome and the autumn colour is relatively long lasting , yellow and gold with the odd slash of red . |