Sentence examples for a string of fancy from inspiring English sources

Within its first 18 months, Webvan blew more than $1 billion on a string of fancy warehouses and perks such as Aeron chairs and giant computer monitors for its staff.

Would I be receiving a string of fancy dinner invites from mystery men from now until the end of time?

Instead, we witness the rich repetition, with variations, of a string of half-conscious fancies, scenarios and literary allusions.

A string of industry big-hitters fancied for the job have ruled themselves out of the process, including Dame Marjorie Scardino, the former chief executive of the Financial Times owner Pearson; former Sony chief and BBC non-executive director Sir Howard Stringer and Sarah Hoggg, a crossbencher in the Lords who was once John Major's Downing Street policy chief.

He bought fancy clothes and cars, including a string of seven Ford Mustangs.

Koeman has watched Hiddink take on a string of big managerial jobs and there is little doubt that he would fancy his own chances at one of the elite.

The BBC series, a string of three ninety-minute films per season, achieves in modern dress what the Ritchie film attempts in fancy Edwardian costume.

Fancy came later, when she graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in Scottsdale, Ariz., landed a string of plum jobs, and then was hired to hold up the sweet end of things at Charlie Trotter's.

[New York Post] A bank robbery suspect, who fancied himself "Willie Sutton Jr". in postings on Facebook, was arrested by the F.B.I. for a string of burglaries in Brooklyn and Queens.

Stephen Starr, who owns a string of high-profile restaurants in Philadelphia including Buddakan and Morimoto, has gone south-of-the-border opening El Rey, a moderately priced Mexican restaurant in the city's fancy Midtown neighborhood, last month.

It has suffered a string of setbacks.