Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] black " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chambers 4d and 4c are standard , mouldering guard rooms , but are wholly painted black , given them and bleak and depressing feel . |
| 2 | She not only made Black Women in Britain professional artists , but also suggested , by our active support for our creativity , that any Black woman could be an artist . |
| 3 | In 1523 there were highly rated black ‘ hummel ’ or ‘ humble ’ cattle ( the word means polled ) in the Cutler district of Aberdeenshire and they were carefully maintained in a pure state even then . |
| 4 | Dempsey defended his title only six times in as many years and constantly snubbed black challenges , one interesting one appearing in the pages of the New York Times from a certain Prince Mohammed Ali Ibrahim of Egypt whose special weapon was a ‘ pyramid punch ’ ( 4 March 1924 , p. 14 ) . |
| 5 | Okay , now erm , today as you realize with feelings of immense relief is the last lecture of the term , so , so what I 'm gon na do , is to start talking about the er , so called black books of Freud , the set texts in this , in this course and I 'm gon na start talking today about the first , and in some ways , one of the most important of these , Totem and Taboo , and since it 's the last lecture of term , and you probably all forget what I said over the Christmas holiday , and wo n't be able to recall it afterwards , through the alcoholic haze , er what I thought I 'd do today , was talk about Totem and Taboo in the way in which it looked backwards rather than forwards . |
| 6 | Neatly groomed , he had gently waved black hair and a trim moustache ; the roughness of a bad acne experience on his cheeks . |
| 7 | Distinguished from all other true geese by having its whole face white , with crown , nape and neck black ; rest of plumage mainly grey more or less barred black and white . |
| 8 | Zina Garrison , perhaps one of the best known black tennis players to have emerged in the 1980's , recalls in John Feinstein 's book , Hard Courts , the incident in 1975 which first prompted her desire to reach the top . |
| 9 | Oh God I 've just put black stuff over my face . |
| 10 | That 's part of the trouble , part of why he is so lonely , but she just looked at the carpet in silence , at the dark place where Luke had once spilled black coffee . |
| 11 | Her hair still looked black , by candle-light at least , and her teeth still seemed perfect . |
| 12 | Look at a troupe like London Contemporary Dance Theatre : its numbers are tiny by ballet standards , but they have always included black dancers . |
| 13 | Donald Woods ( right , with hair still dyed black as part of his escape disguise ) meets US president Jimmy Carter ( left ) and vice-president Walter Mondale in the White House Oval Office , soon after Wood 's flight from South Africa early in 1978 |
| 14 | Pale facial disc distinctively edged black , forming sideburns . |
| 15 | The town in which the story is set in has a close knit black community who are very cautious about commenting around white people , as feelings of racial prejudice were very strong . |
| 16 | 1 tsp coarsely crushed black peppercorns |
| 17 | It is claimed that by having sharply separated black and white regions of the skin , rotary breezes will be created between the black and white zones and that these will have a cooling effect . |
| 18 | Little young shrubs lined the drive growing in finely sifted black earth behind a neat strip of cropped grass . |
| 19 | He wore a perfectly tailored black dinner-jacket , but nothing could disguise the strength or power of the broad-shouldered body beneath the elegant clothes . |
| 20 | He seemed to regard the exchange purely as a joke , but Marise continued to glower beneath her perfectly drawn black brows , and Faye too looked irritated by Greg 's words . |
| 21 | Black Dr. Martens virtually never worn until well into '69/'70 — it became a fad in early '70 & brown boots were often dyed black . |
| 22 | This effectively defined black people in the street , especially black youth , as potential criminals . |
| 23 | 1 tsp freshly crushed black peppercorns |
| 24 | There 's a sensation of well tailored black uniforms rustling in the room and I get the impression from the general atmosphere and a few exchanged looks that this is a contentious point . |
| 25 | Seven of the eight are well known Black communities and the sites read like a civil servant 's check list of those places where the state expected an uprising ( excluding those with Inner City Partnerships already present ) , yet no race specific dimension was added to their brief . |
| 26 | Their chief characteristics were the deeply incised lines and drilled holes giving a strongly defined black and white effect ( 177 , 178 , 179 , 184 , 185 and PLATES 29 , 30 ) . |
| 27 | Wild Boar Hamburgers Ingredients : 450g ( 1lb ) lean boar meat from shoulder or loin 50g ( 2oz ) fresh boar or pork back fat 3tbs breadcrumbs 2tbs fresh cream 2tbs fennel seed 1 ½ tsp fine sea salt Freshly ground black pepper Small pinch ground cloves and nutmeg Preparation : Mince the meat and fat and mix in the remaining ingredients , or mix all the ingredients together in a food processor . |
| 28 | Freshly ground black pepper |
| 29 | salt and freshly ground black pepper |
| 30 | Season generously with salt and freshly ground black pepper . |