Sentence examples for for a raffle from inspiring English sources
Every few minutes the bartender would come around calling out numbers for a raffle, with prizes like bottles of wine and, absurdly, a plate of raw meat.
"The O' Woof Woof," for example, Kambui Olujimi's mixed-media installation, presents a showy raffle booth complete with gold drum and artist-designed tickets for a raffle that never takes place.
The car service Uber approached the women about a collaboration, later agreeing to provide gift certificates for a raffle at a recent "Srsly" show that offered premieres of videos and stand-up acts by guest stars in the videos.
The Miller team even had to compete for attention with Katie Williamson, 23, a community promoter for the Crunch Fitness chain who had signed up 39 patrons for a raffle and was seeking 11 more before moving on.
Included in the documents the team provided was a bill for 1,896 souvenirs for a raffle on Fan Appreciation Day in 2005 — $1 trinkets bought from a concession at the stadium.
For a raffle, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, mother of the current queen, donated a bejeweled cigarette case in red (rubies), white (diamonds) and blue (sapphires), as well as a piece of shrapnel from the bomb that had hit Buckingham Palace.
Called "Lucky," the game lets the presenter shuffle through and choose a winner from the audience of logged-in users — great for handling a raffle at the end of a talk, for example.
A safari company has come under fire for running a £1000-a-ticket raffle which gives hunters the chance to kill a lion.
A tea on Sunday at 3 p.m., a selection of birdhouses for sale and a raffle for prizes are also on the agenda.
Last Tuesday, a brokers' party at 111 West 57th Street included a talk by Tom Easton, an economist, for the intellectuals in the crowd, and a raffle for a trip for two to Jumby Bay Resort in Antigua for everyone else.
As the two-week exhibition came to an end yesterday, organiser Wilhelmina Bunn said: "It's first‑come-first served for visitors, but we run a raffle for the first 50 places in the queue.
