By failing to do as he was told instantly -- to take out a permit or return the gun to his car -- he had played into Lord's hands.

Still nursing anger I listlessly thumbed a car that was slowly approaching, its pre-war chrome nearly blinding me.

A big car was approaching, its chrome teeth grinning.

The car was just about to us, its driver's fat, solemn face intent on the road ahead, on business, on a family in Sante Fe -- on anything but an old pick-up truck in which two human beings desperately needed rescue.

Another car was coming, a tiny, dark shape on a far hill.

The car was approaching fast.

The Indian's arm whipped sidewise -- there was a flash of amber and froth, the crash of the bottle shattering against the side of the first car.

I was so scared well, I just ran to my car and came here ''.

Nicolas was dreaming he had his head pressed against the dashboard of a speeding car.

What had caught his attention was obscured by the car itself, so that neither the girl nor the truck drivers could see, but Benson knew what it was.

The freight car was cold, early in the morning.

He was pressed far back into the corner of the car on his hay sacks, the rattling and tinning of the wheels on the rails almost covering the sound of his ocarina.

`` I didn't know I was gonna have company in this car ''.

He advanced on them, and abruptly there was a shocked electricity in the car.

The car was waiting for him.

Harry ran to the side of the car where Alfred was sitting and looked at him, begging him to speak.

Another remained when an American Army car was recovered but with a broken glass.

It was doing very well, too, having reached the center, and was pursuing its way with commendable singleness of purpose when Mr. Podger saw hazard approaching in the shape of a flashy little sports car.

Eugene offered Harold his car, to use at any time he cared to, and when this offer was not accepted, the armchair creaked.

But he did not notice, and was already backing the car down to the road, saying `` Toot-toot ''!!

When they first married he had been working in the fields all day, and she would get in the car and drive to wherever he was working, to take him a fresh hot meal.

When the automobile was in its embryonic stage, such roads as existed were pretty much open roads with the tacit understanding that horses should not be unduly terrified being about the only rule governing where, when and how fast a car could go.

He had made such a fuss about buying that second car that he knew he was vulnerable.

Every funny car has ballistic blankets covering the supercharger because this part of the engine is prone to explosion.

Jim soon finds the car is prone to going completely out of his control and believes Thorndyke has conned him.

The first prototypes had one wheel at the rear ; this made the car prone to roll-overs, so they placed two rear wheels apart from each other.

The 911 was prone to oversteer because of its rear engine layout and short wheelbase ; combining those traits with the power of the turbocharged motor, which exhibited significant turbo-lag, meant driving the car required more skill to drive at the edge of its ( higher ) level of performance.

This point was driven home in one of the final reviews of 2000, when Richard Bremner's polemical “ Parting Shot ” essay in CAR magazine emphasised the electrical faults to which the car was prone ; the writer paid less attention to the remediation of the problem and to the fact that changed market conditions meant demand for the XM was never going to be the same as for its predecessor.

" The depreciation to which the car was prone had become part of the car's identity in many reviews.

However, since there is little weight over the front wheels, under acceleration, the front of the car is prone to lift and cause understeer.

At the time, Holden's then Managing Director, an American named George Roberts, insisted that the HQ Holdens should " ride like a Cadillac " and that the front suspension be engineered to make the car prone to understeer for " safety reasons ".

Among ship types, the RORO is more prone to capsize as it has large open car decks near the waterline.

A small service car is parked in the interstitial space between the structural and cladding surfaces, and can carry a prone technician down the sides to access repair locations.

He drives a pickle-shaped car and is prone to vehicular accidents.

As he died, Fox's foot jerked down on the accelerator and the car lurched forward over the prone body of DS Head, who was already dying of his wounds.

Corrosion was also a problem, with the car being prone to rust around both rear wheel arches, sills ‚ fuel filler cap surround and rear chassis rails.

A common misconception is that Richard Childress Racing " owns the rights " to the No. 3 in NASCAR competition ( fueled by the fact that Kevin Harvick's car has a little No. 3 as an homage to Earnhardt and the usage of the No. 3 on the Camping World Series truck of Ty Dillon ), but in fact no team owns the rights to this or any other number: However, according to established NASCAR procedures, RCR would have priority over other teams if and when the time came to reuse the number.

The drivers charge according to a meter located on the dashboard of the car, but fares can be negotiated if there is no meter.

This is the case in English: every noun is either singular or plural ( a few, such as " fish ", can be either, according to context ), and at least some modifiers of nouns — namely the demonstratives, the personal pronouns, the articles, and verbs — are inflected to agree with the number of the nouns to which they refer: " this car " and " these cars " are correct, while "* this cars " or "* these car " are ungrammatical and, therefore, incorrect.

* In-car internet access will become the norm, according to a 2012 survey of leading car company executives.

Clapton immediately agreed, on the condition that Baker hire Bruce as the group's bassist ; according to Clapton, Baker was so surprised at the suggestion that he almost crashed the car.

Each car is highly individualized according to the resources, needs and desires of each respective builder.

The car chase scene in which Thornhill is drunkenly careening along the edge of cliffs high above the ocean, supposedly on Long Island, was actually shot on the California coast, and in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, according to DVD audio commentary.

Like late -' 50s Lincolns and Mercurys and the Citroën Ami of France, the car sported a backward-slanted rear window ( so that it would remain clear in rain, according to contemporary marketing claims ).

A nickel-cadmium battery powered 1969 Rambler station wagon demonstrated the power systems that according to the scientist was a " wonderful car ".

In January 2007, the AMC AMX was " really taking off in the muscle car market " according to the editors of Hemmings Classic Car, and it had " left its mark among AMC collectors ' minds as a great alternative " to higher-priced Hemi-powered muscle cars.

The AMC Pacer increased in value according to a Pacer owner who is the CEO of a major insurance provider for collector car owners.

Bullwinkle was named for a car dealer at the corner of College Avenue and Claremont Avenue in Berkeley California, according to a longtime friend of Ward, John Hadsell.

The 2008 car's estimated fuel economy for the 6-speed manual is city and freeway, making it the least efficient car in 2008 for city and highway driving, according to the EPA.

Boycie ( John Challis ) 1982-2003 — A shady used car salesman and a frightful snob with a machine gun laugh who " thinks anyone with a pound less than him is a peasant ", according to Rodney in " Fatal Extraction ".

Any Mk4 2. 3 model is a very rare car in the UK now, with only about 20 remaining according to the DVLA.

The 2279cc engined car had a particularly short run of only 525, according to Vauxhall 427 cars were produced in 1974 and 98 in 1975, only 1167 1759cc engined coupes were produced.

He attended Calwell's obsequies, but ( according to his biographer Allan W. Martin ) became so overwhelmed by grief after arriving at the cathedral that he was actually unable to compose himself and leave his car.

At the terminal, shipping containers are loaded from one freight car to another, and classification yards ( marshalling yards ) are used to sort freight cars into trains and divide them according to varying destinations.

Gerry Marshall ( November 16, 1941 – April 21, 2005 ) was a British saloon car racing driver, and, according to a 2002 magazine poll, one of the best drivers of all time.

Shortly after its introduction, the Corvair faced competition from the Ford Falcon and Mercury Comet and was plagued by problems — though according to a 1960 Time report, " many were the minor bugs that often afflict a completely new car.

Yet, according to the latest travel to work plans, some 4000-6000 car journeys occur daily on the Coalville to Leicester corridor and 6000-8000 per day from the south.

More recently, in the autumn of 1996, according to an article in the Michigan Believer, the Nain Rouge was spotted by two admittedly drunken nightclub patrons, who claimed to both have heard a strange " cawing sound, similar to a crow ," coming from a " small hunched-over man " who was fleeing the scene of a car burglary.

according to the intersection and the time of day and add it to the car ’ s bill ” Electronic toll collection has facilitated the concession to the private sector of the construction and operation of urban freeways, as well as made feasible the improvement and the practical implementation of road congestion pricing schemes in a limited number of urban areas to restrict auto travel in the most congested areas.