1.   It was a black canvas bag packed with clothes, a bathing suit, cosmetics, and a hair dryer.

2.   Lunar light shimmered across black canvases.

3.   Nearby stood a pair of off-road vehicles, a yellow truck and what looked like a Jeep on steroids, painted red with a black canvas top.

4.   Struggling with my umbrella out on the street, I realized with a shock that I had left my black canvas bag filled with books behind.

5.   She spent a week in New York recently toting the baby lion everywhere she went, from taxis to bathrooms to restaurants, in a black canvas sherpa bag.

6.   To keep the festivities low-key, the authorities had only decorated the area modestly and black canvases were hung next to the three-color national flags.

7.   Unconfirmed reports said that police had discovered a bomb, made up home-made explosives, hidden by bales of hay underneath black canvas sheeting.

8.   Nottinghamshire Assistant Chief Constable Michael Todd said the black canvas bag contained five Smith and Wesson handguns, but no ammunition.