We didn't stop to appraise the rock or the paintwork.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Narrows]

I could smell the paintwork burning around the grille.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mandarin Cypher]

The hardest job remaining was the paintwork on the hull.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Storm Rising]

In arrangement (C), the paintwork of the drum is damaged.    From Wordnik.com.  [5. Design of biogas plants] Reference

Nice touch, Siobhan thought: the blue matched the paintwork.    From Wordnik.com.  [Resurrection Men]

He clearly recalled that the paintwork was in very good order.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs] Reference

A worker was touching up the paintwork, his movements hurried.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last of the Wilds]

And sometimes they say 'Your thumbprints are on the paintwork'.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Nation's Saving Grace] Reference

And sometimes they say 'Hey Mark you're spoiling all the paintwork'.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Nation's Saving Grace] Reference

Dozens of candles lit up the fresh paintwork and floral decorations.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Place Called Freedom]

Lucius Cornelius, it would have ruined all that wonderful paintwork!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The First Man in Rome]

It must not tilt, otherwise the paintwork will be damaged or it will jam.    From Wordnik.com.  [5. Design of biogas plants] Reference

The windows shattered, the paintwork blistered, the tyres smoked and stank.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gates of Noon]

There was a little glass pea set in the fresh black paintwork at eye level.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral In Berlin]

"That's why there will be quite a lot of paintwork including mock-marbling.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Body In The Bath House]

We reached the car, piled in over the doors with fine disregard for the paintwork.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gates of Noon]

They presented a pristine appearance, with shining paintwork and gleaming windows.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Good Wife]

But I was there, my hand fell on the wing, its steel cold beneath the smooth paintwork.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chase the Morning]

We don't have to examine the chemical composition of the paintwork, and other such details.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference

The cottages in it were charming, with flower boxes at their windows and pristine paintwork.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Kiss For Julie]

The fresh paintwork and new carpet led her to believe that MGC Lettings was a recent venture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Resurrection Men]

The coat looked as expensive as her car, a Bentley, all gleaming paintwork and stainless steel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard Frost]

Its tall prow triumphantly above the rest and its sails and paintwork were predominantly purple.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elric At The End of Time]

I park the bike at the side of Tommy's house, next to the cracked paintwork of the kitchen door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broken Music, A Memoir]

He did not think it possible that the paintwork could have suffered very greatly in the meantime.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs] Reference

There were deep scratch marks in the paintwork below a small sign that he had not noticed in the dark.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows]

Corrosion of paintwork and exterior fittings may also result where ash is in contact with the exterior.    From Wordnik.com.  [Volcanic Ash -- Effects on Transportation and Mitigation Strategies] Reference

He finishes the paintwork and winds us up and sets us going and nine times out of ten we don't hit the wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sinkiang Executive]

It was very small and its paintwork was stuffed and old leather curtains hung in the windows instead of glass.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Gamble]

The car changes up through its gears noisily and I move my bike onto the pavement nervous it'll clip the paintwork.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pink] Reference

Only watery orange juice disappoints, but why has no one touched up the chipped aubergine paintwork in the brasserie?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hotel review | Bank House Hotel, Norfolk] Reference

The submarine, which has been in service for 31 years, was showing its age with flaking paintwork, rust and even leaks apparent.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Its paintwork burnished to a high gloss, metal parts and polished leather upholstery sparkling in the sun-stood a motor vehicle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sound of Thunder]

I think there'd been a fire in here: there were areas of discoloured and bubbling paintwork, and the lingering smell of burning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quiller Meridian]

Ringlets had been well scorched and her face was positively frescoed with a thick layer of white plaster and artistic paintwork.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Body In The Bath House]

"Sean, you'll scratch the paintwork," she protested, as she clutched at her hat and teetered dangerously on the high, round bonnet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sound of Thunder]

The sun also rested on Rosie as she stood at the kitchen table making her pastry, and it showed up the worn paintwork and shabby chairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Kind Of Magic]