Sentence examples for odd bone from inspiring English sources

They do throw you the odd bone.

In most elections, philanthropy would be an odd bone of contention among candidates.

It is a striking, glossy, oversize volume, immensely decorative if shredded flesh and the odd bone are your idea of décor.

So too did many of their supporters who had served in the last Conservative shadow cabinet notably Francis Maude, Archie Norman, Andrew Lansley and Ann Widdecombe.That left Mr Duncan Smith with only the odd bone to throw to his opponents.

There are a couple of people in the BBC canteen I'd kick out (a bad sandwich c 1990), a security guard who once refused me entry without my staff pass – there's even a commissioner I have the odd bone to pick with (no 22nd series of Through the Keyhole?!).

A scientist at Cornell University suspected there were odd bones under those strange feathers, so she teamed up with colleagues to do computed-tomography scans of the manakin and some close relatives.

In this work we have conclusively shown that SLE provides stability, even under conditions of high mechanical stress such as odd bones and unrestricted weight bearing following the operation.

The distinctive hip bone was one of 100-odd bones and fragments recovered at Dinosaur Cove in Victoria by Australian scientist Tom Rich in 1989.

The odd token bone thrown is not going to do it.

I hope it spoils their Christmas and that the odd turkey bone goes astray.

Surrounded by family and huge bags of whale meat, blubber and the odd rib bone, he's serene.