Example sentences of "car was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , but the 1964 road car was no sluggard . |
| 2 | The car was a lot shorter and 4cwt lighter . |
| 3 | My previous car was a direct competitor to the Clio , namely the new Rover Metro in 1.4-litre guise , and I ca n't help making comparisons . |
| 4 | The car was a Ford , as he 'd requested . |
| 5 | The car was a danger slewed across the road . |
| 6 | A MASKED man who tried to attack a courting couple in their car was a serial rapist , police believe . |
| 7 | His first car was a 1964 Ford Consul which he and three friends bought for £15 , plus an additional £5 for petrol . |
| 8 | My car was a total write-off . |
| 9 | The car was a wide-bodied machine , and he thought he could see the unmistakable markings of a Mercedes . |
| 10 | A car was a novelty to both Peter and Richard , since neither of their fathers owned one . |
| 11 | The motor car was a private space , like the rooms in which we watched TV , shared with family and friends ; yet , like TV , it was a window on the world — but taking us out whereas TV brought the world in . |
| 12 | Remaining in the car was a large dress-shop bag , made of thick , strong paper with some kind of dark blue lacquer coating and a picture of a woman in unidentifiable national costume . |
| 13 | Inside the car was a man in a black leather mask . |
| 14 | Her car was a red MG with the hood down , parked closely ; there was room for her to get in , but not for him . |
| 15 | The car was a small yellow Volkswagen . |
| 16 | Needless to say , by the time we went along to claim it ( elsewhere : uptown ) , Tod 's car was a regular bedpan . |
| 17 | Witnesses gave only a vague description of the driver , concentrating on his clothes , for the only thing visible inside the car was a blue , fur-edged anorak , the hood pulled up tight . |
| 18 | Roman 's car was a custom-made Aston Martin . |
| 19 | Inside the car was a dead woman . |
| 20 | The interior of her car was a furnace and she frittered a few moments wandering in the graveyard after opening the car doors to cool it . |
| 21 | The contract consisted of the dealer promising that the car was a ‘ good little bus ’ in return of the customer applying to the finance company to acquire it on hire-purchase terms . |
| 22 | His own car was a few yards ahead , and he could be in and started before they turned the corner — but not out of sight . |
| 23 | Standing next to their car was a red Lancia . |
| 24 | ‘ Foreign ’ just meant that the car was a large luxury saloon of a kind she 'd never seen before . |
| 25 | The car was a Mercedes saloon with an SS pennant conspicuously on display . |
| 26 | Malpass 's car was a five-year-old Vauxhall which had seen better days , but then have n't we all . |
| 27 | The buyer subsequently discovered that the rear half of the car was a 1961 Herald but the front half was part of an earlier model , the two halves having been welded together . |
| 28 | I the car I had before I gave up the company car was a Mercedes Sports S L |
| 29 | It just so happened that he , you know , he was alright , and the car was a right-off . |
| 30 | My car was a total write-off . |