A can of oil

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

They come home and look for a can of oil to oil the door with.

He added: "I can get the price for a car, for a can of oil, for a gallon of milk.

In response Mr Kirchner urged Argentines not to buy "even a can of oil" from the company.

One of the most charming and persuasive images in "Lens" is "The Buick, Dubai, 2009": A gang of battle droids, bushed after a hard day in the sun and heat, are hanging out around a vintage dust-encrusted Buick, maybe looking to pound a can of oil or two.

At my forum in June, Sarah Brown, President of Piggybankkids and the Global Patron of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, explained that "something as simple as providing a school lunch" or "a can of oil at the end of the month as a thank you for perfect attendance" can make it possible for families to send their daughters to school.

Purchase a can of oil sheen hair spray.

The formula was typed on the paint-spattered keyboard of a Gennex Fluid Management tinter, which then squirted the constituent colors — school-bus yellow, dark green, and black — into a can of oil-based white paint.

Besides the thermometers, the box contained a small flashlight, a can of lubricating oil and a plastic magnifying glass.

Despite his large environmental philanthropy, he was once doused with a can of motor oil by an opponent of the Alaskan pipeline.

The joke is supposed to be his utter lack of effeteness: he looks like someone who might be trying to find you a can of motor oil.

But before they could even get a can of cooking oil, the aid director for a staunchly anti-Western Islamic charity took full advantage of having a captive audience, exhorting the men to jihad.