Sentence examples for in a consignment from inspiring English sources

In 1995, Mr. Petrovsky discovered a seven-piece suite of furniture in a consignment shop in New Canaan, Conn.

Asian hornets were first spotted in south-west France in 2004, after apparently stowing away in a consignment of pottery which had arrived in Bordeaux from China.

Two earthenware bowls from Afghanistan, which arrived unsolicited in a consignment from a carpet-seller, sit formally on the table and contain lemons.

The caterpillar, which becomes a moth with semi-transparent white wings, is thought to have first arrived in Europe in 2005 in a consignment of box plants sent from China to Germany.

One of the few test printings of the poster was found in a consignment of secondhand books bought at auction by Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland, which then created the first reproductions.

It was first confirmed in the UK in February 2012, when it was found in a consignment of infected trees sent from a nursery in the Netherlands to a nursery in Buckinghamshire, England.

It came in on a consignment of logs from the US, where it had been killing elms since the 1930s.

But most of all, they say, they are prepared to invest capital and take risks: in buying a consignment of rubbish to sell on to the state authorities who are the ultimate buyers, in buying lorries, and, naturally, in "buying" local police and officials.But for many, these risks are too big to take with hard-earned money.

In July, a consignment of Paveway IV missiles, a highly accurate 500-pound bomb originally earmarked for the RAF, was delivered to Saudi Arabia.

And look for Marc Taylor hats in nearby a consignment store.

The arrival of ash dieback in the UK was in February 2012 when a consignment from a nursery in the Netherlands was confirmed to be infected with the disease.