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Examples
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However, the pair had little time to reflect upon the magnitude of the change before he swiftly departed through a baize-covered door beneath the nearer part of the divided stairway.
The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010
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The captain moved toward a green baize-covered table, laid out with paper and pencils for a conference.
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Pausing at almost every step, Polly trailed toward the baize-covered door beneath the stairs and finally went through.
The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010
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It is an old-fashioned library, with paned-glass-fronted dark wood bookshelves and green baize-covered oak library tables lit by green-shaded banker's lamps.
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It is an old-fashioned library, with paned-glass-fronted dark wood bookshelves and green baize-covered oak library tables lit by green-shaded banker's lamps.
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The light in the library was dim, and the usual cloak of silence lay over all: the baize-covered reading tables neatly stacked with books, the walls of slumbering volumes, the shaded lamps and leather chairs.
Dance Of Death Preston, Douglas 2005
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The baize-covered door swung open, and Penny came through.
A Lady of His Own Laurens, Stephanie 2004
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Government clerks set up their baize-covered tables and their pigeonholes of documents in small rooms.
War and Peace 2003
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Sir Walter was laid out on a baize-covered table, smiling and stone dead.
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They entered the chamber from doors on opposite sides of the room, stood together before the long baize-covered table for a few moments while photographers snapped still shots of them.
Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997
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