Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] gold " in BNC.
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| 1 | The land was not flat now but undulating , rising no more than a few feet in various shades of brown and gold as far as the eye could see . |
| 2 | The minimum of furniture emphasised the impressive size of the foyer — only small modern tables bearing huge smoked glass ash trays , two or three low chairs and a huge arrangement of dried ferns and foliage in shades of brown and gold graced the enormous expanse . |
| 3 | I opted for bright summertime colours but for autumn you might have brown hedgehogs shuffling through leaves of russet and gold . |
| 4 | Winding paths lead into the surrounding woods , which in autumn are a riot of russet and gold . |
| 5 | A few pages are produced in the virtuoso technique of white and gold on a black background . |
| 6 | Waterfalls of white and gold , shooting stars in scarlet and yellow , Christmas trees shimmering as if touched by fairy wands . |
| 7 | A mix of black and gold separates is a perfect solution . |
| 8 | of black and gold |
| 9 | The ‘ lady ’ in question was heavily made up and dressed in a tight sheath of black and gold lurex that ended provocatively at mid-thigh . |
| 10 | Miranda taller , with her bushy hair and colouring that the Italians whose paintings she 'd been looking at in the Louvre rendered by priming the canvas with a copper-based green paint , creating a complexion that draws light in rather than gives it out ; Xanthe beside her with her candy radiance of pink and gold , and rounder too , more neatly assembled , wrist to hand , neck to shoulders , ankle to foot . |
| 11 | Later , as the day 's heat faded into balminess and sunset streaked the sky with glorious shades of pink and gold , Ashley searched all around the house and up and down the drive , but the delivery seemed to have vanished . |
| 12 | It has a basic white enamel suite , louvred doors and cupboards , varnished cork tiles and an interesting ‘ Arabic effect ’ wall with splodges of red and gold . |
| 13 | The Russian pilots , all of them young and resplendent in their dark uniforms with epaulettes of red and gold , spoke little English but they were friendly and sociable . |
| 14 | Its many rare trees turn into a blaze of red and gold in Autumn . |
| 15 | The sky was light to the east , streaks of red and gold piercing the grey . |
| 16 | Array 'd in Coat of Green and Gold , |
| 17 | The Wolfwood was as dark and as secretive as it had been when they journeyed through to the Forest Court with Nuadu , but here and there , deep within the Trees , Floy caught the darting movement of green and gold ; the rustling of silver-tipped leaves that looked , for a moment , like the trailing hair of a creature almost Human … |
| 18 | There was a movement within the Trees , the sudden shifting of green and gold and russet , so that Floy knew the dusk had not been playing tricks after all . |
| 19 | It seemed to his slow , sleep-sodden mind , that there were hundreds of the horrid things and that they were all bearing down on him , a rushing curtain of green and gold and brown , with here and there wild , menacing eyes and reaching , clutching hands that were not hands at all , but nasty , skeletal twigs . |
| 20 | But there was a glint of green and gold still in them , and their eyes were pain-filled , but determined . |
| 21 | The twin peaks of the Piton volcanoes rose mysteriously , their wooded slopes shadowed purple , above a coastline of green and gold . |
| 22 | Dad lay below , stretched out under a heavy cloth of blue and gold . |
| 23 | She led the way down a short and curving hall into the lounge — a rugged expanse of blue and gold that seemed to glow in the light admitted by three high windows . |
| 24 | The colour came from the men 's uniforms , gorgeous uniforms , uniforms of scarlet and gold , royal blue and saffron , silver and black ; uniforms of Hussars , Dragoons , Guards , Jaegers and kilted Highlanders . |
| 25 | Only the bobbing ice raft felt safe , and every day it grew smaller as the waves grew warmer under a sun which rose a blazing orange and filled the sky with streaks of scarlet and gold . |
| 26 | There 's one in blue as well look , behind it and with white and gold . |
| 27 | His great oak coffin that had been ready for him for years was set up like a cupboard at the head of the bier , fresh lined with red and gold damask , its silver handles polished bright . |
| 28 | On his legs were hose striped with red and gold , while his feet were hidden in crimson velvet slippers with silver roses on the toes . |
| 29 | They rode into town in her finest litter , crowded with cushions covered in a rich fabric from a country undreamed of , far to the north at the edge of the world , on the other side of the Great Green , and covered with a canopy of light linen cross-threaded with blue and gold . |
| 30 | In the end , and not without great misgivings , she decided to wear a voile dress printed with blue and gold flowers . |