Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [conj] gold " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fabled black and gold palace of the East — the Mandarin Hotel — where the élite habitually met . |
| 2 | Caroline looked back at him and suddenly she thought of an old fable , the one in which a traveller had to choose which of two doors to open , knowing that behind one lay safety while behind the other crouched a tawny black and gold tiger . |
| 3 | Two former dray tractors with the appropriate black and gold livery will move the roadshow around the country . |
| 4 | Once you have crossed the Channel , you then board the gleaming blue and gold coaches for the main journey . |
| 5 | The Resident Superior , a tall , barrel-chested man who wore a monocle in his left eye , was an imposing figure in his official blue and gold uniform . |
| 6 | They considered the saleability of a washstand , a swinging mirror , a flowered pottery basin and jug , and then as they descended by the back stairs , the plates in dull red and dark blue and gold glaze that hung on the wall there and might , from the hieroglyphs on their backs , possibly be Chinese and perhaps valuable . |
| 7 | There were masks on the walls , too , all kinds of masks in all kinds of colours — fluorescent pinks and purples splotched with dark blue and gold . |
| 8 | The Association encouraged this trend with the sale from 1954 onwards of annual diaries , and of scarves , ties and badges in the BDDA colours of light blue , dark blue and gold . |
| 9 | A sophisticated black and gold design , exclusively created for the world 's finest floating restaurant , came into service in The Queen 's Grill Room recently before the ship embarked on a voyage to the Caribbean . |
| 10 | Rich black and gold altars in the high Baroque tradition abound . |
| 11 | The Italian 's blue eyes slipped to Caroline 's face again ; for an instant , she saw something more deadly than disdain in their depths , and she thought again of the coiled black and gold power of the tiger . |
| 12 | The print is framed black and gold . |
| 13 | Graceful skirts in an abstract print of watery blues lightened with deep pink and gold . |
| 14 | The classic designs are available in two colourways : deep red , blue and pearl grey with a silvery fringe ; or rust red , deep blue and gold with a honey-coloured fringe . |
| 15 | The new king bathes in the fires when he is crowned , passing miraculously unscathed through the inferno before emerging to be clad in ceremonial white and gold coronation robes and to have the great feathered cloak of kingship draped around his shoulders . |
| 16 | That little Chinese painting in its neat black and gold frame and with Seto More 's inscription and ‘ chop ’ on the back has hung on our walls in many parts of the world ever since and it is still admired here in England . |
| 17 | The jacket of jelly of other species is opaque and coloured pink or gold . |
| 18 | The colour combinations are very fresh and new : cornflower blue , guava and lime ; ; azure , emerald and purple ; and navy , mid blue and gold which complement the ‘ core ’ shades of white , black , grey and ecru . |
| 19 | He rolled over , and spread his loosened limbs in the bed , he opened windows , he went to the Tate Gallery alone and looked at the dissolving blue and gold air of Turner 's Norham Castle . |
| 20 | Out of the same pocket which had held the glasses he produced a small blue and gold box . |
| 21 | Some gardeners would be hesitant about adding strong yellow or gold to such a scheme , but there are no qualms here . |
| 22 | Photographs , some black and white , others coloured or sepia , decorated the ornate maroon and gold wallpaper . |
| 23 | In her designer tracksuit of vivid mauve and gold , her Reebok bumpers and man 's leather flying jacket , she looked the complete opposite of her parents ' idea of dressed up . |
| 24 | Kai Tak stretched ahead , runway strip in the harbour lit up in blue white and gold , and a second later they had cleared the buildings of the city and were landing with a faint jolt . |
| 25 | In the field , line officers wore black or brown slouch drab hats , officially with mixed black and gold hat cords , though photographs show many worn without cords . |
| 26 | Now there is a body and bath line , too , in glamorous pink and gold packaging . |
| 27 | At the Royal Mile Whiskies shop there 's a cannily-timed Scotch malt at £27.70 , sporting the Royal Blue and gold stars of the EC flag . |