Then he stomped his sandaled foot on the gas, and the car lurched ahead.

Not only have suggestions for their elimination evoked a great hue and cry of protest, but other pressure groups are plugging diligently in an effort to get aboard the gravy boat.

The building was destroyed by enemy bombing.

One band had the scafferon, the cranet, the bard of the horse, all white, and other had them all gilt. Some had their arming swords freshly burnished, and some had them cunningly varnished; some spurs were white, some gilt ...