Sentence examples for a purse from from inspiring English sources

He has just stolen a purse from a woman in broad daylight.

His friend snatched a purse from a woman, Mr. Mobley said.

"This man has taken what he sees as an easy opportunity by stealing a purse from a dying woman.

Ashlyn was curled on the living-room carpet crocheting a purse from one of the skeins of yarn she keeps piled in her room.

"If you try to catch someone that has stolen a purse from you, there is no chance to catch them," the newspaper quoted Paul as saying.

No one is going home empty-handed: the Muslim ladies are almost invisible behind a stack of Etro bags; the Italian woman with the Chanel tote is the new owner of a purse from the Prada outlet.

Trap is just the latest in a line of managers unable to fashion a silk purse from a sow's ear".

Deciding to make a silk purse from a sow's ear, Lauren Hartman, an artistic director of City Stage, said her group distributed leaflets around the neighboring missions and invited the street people to participate in workshops and plays.

Such enthusiasm is aptly demonstrated in the case of Arthur Little, a chemical engineer, who showed that it is indeed possible to make a silk purse from a sow's ear.

Though his father was proud of him, Oliver says, he is mindful that the pub owner's motto remains "You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear".

You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.