Sentence examples for beyond a pair of from inspiring English sources

And his ambitions went far beyond a pair of scissors or even his own salon.

In one corner of the hall, a square of floor becomes suddenly springy and, just beyond, a pair of deep foam pits promise to swallow small children whole.

Perhaps running best suited her Yankee upbringing of thrift and individualism in Maine, nothing needed beyond a pair of shoes and an open road.

Very little gear is used, beyond a pair of light climbing shoes, a pouch of white chalk to keep the hands dry and a thick mattress, known as a crash pad, that lies beneath the climber.

Beyond a pair of French doors and a small foyer off the master bedroom, the turret is a place to knit and "sit and read the paper on Sunday morning," though it isn't big enough to share with her husband.

With earnings season winding down and the week's key economic reports looming traders had little to go on beyond a pair of high-profile takeover situations.

Beyond him, a pair of tawny lions, with lazy golden eyes and sinuous tails, choose a different means of dispelling the afternoon's longueurs.

Scene after scene is so clear and precise — "A plume of smoke unzipped the blue sky beyond the mountains," a "pair of headlights appeared as a blue sunrise beyond the ridge's ragged silhouette" — that it's easy to overlook just how strong and well wrought the writing is.

"People who live in a bubble and know nothing of life beyond," according to a pair of weeping sisters.

It turns out the scar-digging hippy chick was Kowalski's girlfriend, and as we learn, died moments later when she goes for a post-coital surf in the sea and gets hit by a wave which, beyond choking on a pair of flares or being fatally ignited by a lava lamp, is the most 70s death ever.

It turns out the scar-digging hippy chick was Kowalski's girlfriend, and as we learn, died moments later when she goes for a post-coital surf in the sea and gets hit by a wave – which, beyond choking on a pair of flares or being fatally ignited by a lava lamp, is the most 70s death ever.