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  • Matthew Warchus's atmospheric production, Rob Howell's oak-beamed set, and Gary Yershon's music keep the tension alive, while Claire Skinner as Sidney's nervous spouse and Estelle Parsons as a Scandinavian psychic provide good support.

    Deathtrap 2010

  • They stepped into the meticulously preserved medieval hall with its oak-beamed ceiling, its intricately carved screen with a minstrel gallery above, its whitewashed walls decorated with arms and banners and weapons, and its massive oak dining table.

    Slightly Married Balogh, Mary 2003

  • They traversed this in haste and silence, and Servius brought the king into a spacious chamber with a high, oak-beamed ceiling and richly paneled walls.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • Later, when dinner was over and the two girls had helped Cousin Yvette load the dishwasher, all three settled down in the oak-beamed living room to chat and watch television.

    GHOST STORIES CAROLYN KEENE 1983

  • They traversed this in haste and silence, and Servius brought the king into a spacious chamber with a high, oak-beamed ceiling and richly paneled walls.

    The Hour Of The Dragon Howard, Robert E. 1977

  • But country memories are long, and for the price of a pint in the oak-beamed public bar of the Steyning Arms the locals will still tell you the tale of Cromwell's Gold and the bloody siege of Standingham Castle on the hill above — the gold for which so many treasure hunters have searched in vain …

    War Game Price, Anthony 1976

  • She reached the house, flushed and a little breathless, and, tossing aside her hat as she sped through the big, oak-beamed hall, hurried into

    The Hermit of Far End Margaret Pedler

  • The beautiful arching Gothic windows, the soft music from the pipe organ, the dignity of the high, oak-beamed ceiling, all this to Judith's beauty-loving mind was curiously satisfying.

    Judy of York Hill Ethel Hume Bennett

  • The lounge was an oak-beamed, low-ceilinged room with the huge open fireplace of the original house and the comfortable armchairs and handy little tables of modernity.

    When Last I Died Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1941

  • For some minutes she stood there, breathing in the incense of the day; then dressing quickly she went down into the great oak-beamed kitchen to prepare breakfast for her father and the pigs.

    Once a Week 1919

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