Sentence examples for for a quart of from inspiring English sources

People would be calling up and asking for a quart of rye, etc.

We didn't, say, pop out to the grocery store for a quart of milk".

"I don't think anyone wants to be in our town," she said, "because you have to drive 10 or 15 minutes for a quart of milk".

Shavelson adds, "Around one, when we'd all be starving, he'd send Sherwood Schwartz out for a quart of vanilla ice cream with pineapple syrup.

The kid's going to be 12, and my heart's in my mouth if I send her out for a quart of milk.

Or that the police could stop you and demand to see your papers while you stepped out for a quart of milk.

An 1824 report from Manchester says that "after several biddings she [the wife] was knocked down for 5s; but not liking the purchaser, she was put up again for 3s and a quart of ale".

It's just a little narrow shop where you can get big chocolate donuts for 90 cents, Mexican Chiclets, prepackaged tortillas, a quart of Tecate for $3.50 (if you ask for it to go), and two songs on the jukebox for a buck.

They had experienced the inconveniences of congestion and playing chauffeur, of parking and driving for miles to get a quart of milk.

The cameras, which would record continuously, could tilt, pan and zoom in on passers-by, be they gangs, graffiti vandals or innocent residents out for a movie or a quart of milk.

Boil the figs for 20 minutes in about a quart of water in which the sugar has been dissolved.