Example sentences of "scarlet [conj] gold " in BNC.

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1 In the packed cathedral I looked past the broad , shining black plaits of the campesinas , the little , pert pigtails of the girls , up the aisle at the scarlet and gold draped Virgin , her arms outstretched in benediction beneath her gold pillared arch .
2 The carriage is painted dark lake ( the Queen 's colour ) relieved with scarlet and gold ; the upper quarterings having a broad border of French white round the plate glass windows in either panel .
3 The torches blazed upon tall tasselled banners , and lit robes of white and scarlet and gold , borne by men with innocent faces .
4 So tacky in tartan , scarlet and gold — do we mean Derek and Ellen Jameson ?
5 It would take his coach at least two hours to reach Brussels , and he needed a good hour to change into the scarlet and gold finery of a British major-general .
6 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 .
7 He was dressed in the scarlet and gold of a British field marshal with a tactful Netherlands decoration worn on an orange sash .
8 Seventy men of the 2nd Battalion , Coldstream Guards , parade in full review as the Guard of Honour , resplendent in scarlet and gold .
9 With the scarlet and gold robe firmly in place , at least she felt a little more in control of the situation .
10 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 .
11 See , in the centre there , the standard in scarlet and gold .
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