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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

  • The captain moved toward a green baize-covered table, laid out with paper and pencils for a conference.

    In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

  • 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

  • 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.

    Instituto Cientifico de Na Bolom - a magical place 2004

  • 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.

    Instituto Cientifico de Na Bolom - a magical place 2004

  • 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

  • The baize-covered door swung open, and Penny came through.

    A Lady of His Own Laurens, Stephanie 2004

  • Government clerks set up their baize-covered tables and their pigeonholes of documents in small rooms.

    War and Peace 2003

  • Sir Walter was laid out on a baize-covered table, smiling and stone dead.

    In the Garden of Iden 1997

  • 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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