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.

Mark stopped the car and switched off the lights and they sat looking at the water, which, there being no moon out, at first could be distinguished from the sky only by an absence of stars.

only one box car in eight has the wide doors needed for unit loads ; ;

Further, there is no mileage charge or mileage limitations when you lease a car, and you pay only the flat monthly rate plus a nominal charge for documents and insurance since the car is registered and insured individually for your trip.

He was in his car with his camera and equipment bag in less than two minutes, and it took him only three more to reach the corner, a block from Columbus Avenue.

I feel a certain loss of status when I am driven up in front of work in a car driven by my wife, who is only a woman.

Some high mountain villages, such as Avoriaz ( in France ) Wengen and Zermatt ( in Switzerland ) are accessible only by cable car or cog-rail trains, and are car free.

It was won by Georges Bouton of the De Dion-Bouton Company, in a car he had constructed with Albert, the Comte de Dion, but as he was the only competitor to show up it is rather difficult to call it a race.

Consider the assembly of a car: assume that certain steps in the assembly line are to install the engine, install the hood, and install the wheels ( in that order, with arbitrary interstitial steps ); only one of these steps can be done at a time.

In traditional production, only one car would be assembled at a time.

It was the only " Renwick and Bertelli " motor car made.

Jack Brabham's 1966 drivers ' championship remains the only such achievement using a car bearing the driver's own name.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Brabham introduced innovations such as the Gordon Murray designed " fan car "— which won its only race before being withdrawn — in-race refuelling, carbon brakes, and hydropneumatic suspension.

Jack Brabham won his third title in 1966, becoming the only driver to win the Formula One World Championship in a car carrying his own name ( cf Surtees, Hill and Fittipaldi Automotive ).

The car was fast — Rindt set pole position twice during the season — but Brabham and Rindt finished only three races between them, and ended the year with only ten points.

In Cadillac Motor Car Co. v. Johnson, ( decided in 1915 by the federal appeals court for New York and several neighboring states ), the court held that a car owner could not recover for injuries from a defective wheel, when the automobile owner had a contract only with the automobile dealer and not with the manufacturer, even though there was " no question that the wheel was made of dead and ‘ dozy ‘ wood, quite insufficient for its purposes.

For instance, nanotubes form only a tiny portion of the material ( s ) in ( primarily carbon fiber ) baseball bats, golf clubs, or car parts.

The city center is in fact only one block from Lake Cadillac and, by docking at the public docks, is as nearly accessible by boat as it is by car.

That means the car tires no longer need to apply a sideways force to the car, but only a force perpendicular to the road.

By choosing the angle of bank to match the car's speed around the curve, the car seat transmits only a perpendicular force to the passengers, and the passengers no longer feel a need to lean nor feel a sideways push by the car seats or doors.