1.   The action must take place against a backdrop of some description, even if it it is a blank black curtain.

2.   The tiny window had dusty, sagging black curtains which he guessed must be black-out curtains from the Second World War.

3.   Franks and Corzine, each in a dark suit and white shirt, sat in red leather armchairs before a black curtain.

4.   I saw those awful buses with the black curtains moving in both directions near Prizren on Thursday.

5.   In a white room with black curtains stood the slugger Barry Bonds doing his news media duties before bashing baseballs in batting practice.

6.   In order to make the small crowd appear less noticeable, large black curtains covered parts of the upper section at the Forum.!

7.   Inside they had straw mats covering the windows and black curtains.

8.   Initially, the eight-legged big fella was covered by a black curtain, which, when peeled away, remained in the rafters.

9.   It had dark gray walls, a black simulated marble floor, black curtains and a black bedspread on a black wrought iron bed.

10.   Others were stuck behind black curtains.