Sentence examples for built gentleman from inspiring English sources

A sombre-faced, slightly built gentleman enters the room carrying a portable stenotype machine and takes a seat at right angles to the witness box.

While drinking in a cafe, Simenon, a Belgian who had moved to France to pursue a writing career, had an inspirational vision of a Parisian policeman, "a large powerfully built gentleman … a pipe, a bowler hat, a thick overcoat".

Cavendish, now the 7th Duke of Devonshire, hired Henry Currey in 1859 to lay out a plan for what was essentially an entire new town – a resort built "for gentlemen by gentlemen".

It is called a barchetta, a term that refers to a light, two-seater built for gentleman racers in 1940s and 1950s Italy.

To allow the market to continue trading while the rebuilding took place, a set of temporary stalls were built in Gentleman's Walk and surrounding streets.

Coaches fall into one of two main categories: Road coaches, used to transport passengers; and park drags, built for gentlemen to drive on social outings.

Back, back we go in time and convolution, only to discover that the taint of crime and prison which Pip is desperate to escape is inescapable: not only is the idea of a "gentleman" built on sand, so is that idealisation of woman that was at the heart of Victorian romantic love.

"The gentleman who built that engine put the pistons in backwards and caused a catastrophic failure," Mr. Newberry said.

This particular one is worth $300,000, and belonged to Mumtaz Mahal, wife of the gentleman who built the Taj Mahal.

Page 17 Metropolitan LOOKING BACK AT THE CASINO, A LEGENDARY NIGHT SPOT Just inside Central Park, where today's SummerStage concerts are held, the Casino was one of the most glittering sights of the Roaring Twenties: a night spot where on many evenings fancy cars were parked three deep in a lot built for 300 and "Gentleman Jimmy Walkerr and his mistress played.

In Wednesday's episode, Peters is Edward Philipe Mott, the Colonial-era gentleman who built Shelby and Matt's Shaker-style mansion in 1792.