Example sentences of "[noun sg] set with [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Take this tray of fruit and nuts through to the dining-room and try to act sensible , ’ Salt said , following Sally with a huge silver dish set with delicate jellies she would n't entrust to anyone else . |
| 2 | In itself , however , as an artefact set with precious stones , it was , let us say , ‘ priceable ’ , and it was insured by Mrs Stratton for half a million dollars . |
| 3 | Two gigantic valves of carved bronze set with monstrous emeralds bar the way but as the ship approaches they smoothly swing back through the churning waters to reveal the Straits of Lothern . |
| 4 | Of the pieces on offer at Christie 's the most important is a gold and Columbian emerald cross set with sixty-six stones with a highly distinctive engraved reverse which would once have been enamelled or possibly filled in with niello ( est. £150–200,000 ) . |
| 5 | Its light revealed a high-ceilinged room barred with black rafters , a flagged floor , and a long , heavy table set with unlit candles and piled with clothing and weapons of one sort or another . |