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 . |