Example sentences of "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 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | The roof was made of the interlaced sprays of the yew tree , stiff twigs twisted in and out , over and under , hard as ice and set with dull-red berries . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The breastplate worn by High Priests of Israel to contain the sacred lot is described in Exodus as being set with four rows of precious stones , each engraved with the name of one of the tribes of Israel . |
| 6 | These standards are normally set with several objectives in mind : |
| 7 | Her designs are classical and very delicate , mainly in 18-carat gold jewellery and set with precious stones and pearls . |
| 8 | The notion of designating sovereigns by encircling their heads with golden crowns set with precious stones was already ancient when Pepin was crowned King of the Franks at Soissons in 751 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | For a nice tight rib I use the 2x1 setting with two strands of 2/30s yarn and then knit straight into lace pattern . |