Sentence examples for off the marble from inspiring English sources
"Dinner!" Her mother's voice echoing off the marble stairs.
"He had this big basso voice -- it really bounced off the marble," he said of Mr. Snelling.
Lord William Bentinck, the first governor-general of India, even planned to dismantle the Taj and sell off the marble.
It left his lordship at liberty to rip off the marble slabs carved in high relief, or "metopes," that crowned the top of the structure.
Sting's hideous ululations on "Desert Rose" bounce off the marble as you chip away at a burger-size terrine of foie gras.
The "Justify My Love" remix (from Madonna's steamy "SEX" days, of course) that ricocheted off the marble halls of the Sorbonne set the already sensual mood for Stefano Pilati's great, tight YSL collection.
While Carrara may not run out of it anytime soon, its future planning must take that reality into account, especially because present-day environmental concerns have put some of the marble off-limits and technological advances have hastened the removal of the rest of it.
Start off at the Marble Arch on Rochdale Road, Manchester (0161-832 5914), a micro brewery pub with a Victorian/Edwardian tiled interior and madly sloping floor.
The essence concerns an aristocrat who joined the Labour party and who performed the incredible feat of raiding the Curzon family and carrying off a daughter of the marble-cold Proconsul to harangue the hungry and unkempt loafers on the street-corners of Smethwick.
Their laughter echoed off the empty marble floors.
He showed off the marble-floored lobby of the sales center — a replica of the Esperanza lobby of the future — as well as several model kitchens and baths, and one complete mockup of a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment with a den and oceanfront terrace.
