1.   At these moments he looks closely at each inch of her face, like a valuer frowningly examining some precious object.

2.   Gifts could comprise not only land, but also money and precious objects, including jewellery.

3.   Some foundations had to melt down precious objects and sell off estates, and even the wealthier, such as the abbey of Glastonbury, were occasionally in difficulties.

4.   With this extravagant behaviour, as the Encomiast says, went lavish gifts of precious objects.

5.   Another friend has placed her precious objects on a small rattan table in her bedroom.

6.   As so often happens with a precious object, we concentrated so hard on its safekeeping that it was often misplaced.

7.   However, some of the townspeople risked their lives to save these precious objects.

8.   It can also be argued that many precious objects were saved from destruction by being taken out of Africa.