"contain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Built in 1933, the giant stupa contains priceless jewels and one ton of solid gold.
- They all contain hidden jewels of our forgotten pagan heritage.
- A treasure from the 10th century found there contained Arabian coins and jewels, so apparently the bay was important for navigation.
- The French institute is especially interested in a strongbox containing jewels, but said nothing from the ship would be sold.
- There had been nothing of value in the place except a box containing jewels valued at five thousand dollars.
- The teddy bear actually contains jewels his father hid there for safekeeping.
- I took the elevator and began my search in a gallery that contained jewels and glass constructions of molecular particles.
- Eventually they came to a large stone coffer which, on opening, contained several small vases containing ashes and jewels.
- Not as if the queerly devised boxes contained jewels or other treasure.
- The little cakes are presented, almost invariably, in a napkin folded so precisely you might expect it to contain jewels rather than cakes.
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