Busts

Examples

• But I didn't quite follow your explanation of the destruction of the busts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Laurie sold his busts, made allumettes of his opera, and went back to Paris, hoping somebody would arrive before long. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• May I ask whether the two busts smashed in Dr. Barnicot's rooms were the exact duplicates of the one which was destroyed in Morse Hudson's shop? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Other busts of a quite different man are also, with more probability, ascribed to him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• You never can get those busts out of your head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But Beppo was condemned to a year's imprisonment, and in the meanwhile his six busts were scattered over London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• We ordered three busts of that sort from Gelder & Co. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I found the academy established in a sufficiently dingy house at the corner of an archway, with busts in all the staircase windows. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• This had been the villa of a very wealthy German and the busts must have cost him plenty. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The room was decorated with the busts of many of them, and he described their characters to me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• There remained two busts, and it was obvious that he would go for the London one first. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was the Rape of the Sabines, and they chose it for the legs and busts. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• When finished, the busts were put on a table in the passage to dry, and afterwards stored. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• There were many marble busts on painted wooden pillars along the walls of the room they used for an office. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Through a cousin who works with Gelder, he found out the retail firms who had bought the busts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Then, with the help of some Italian employee, he succeeded in finding out where the other three busts had gone. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But marble busts all looked like a cemetery. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The busts, cried Lestrade. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I can trace each of the busts now from the beginning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

Edited by Christine