11.   Cucumber finger sandwiches, scones with clotted cream, a fresh pot of tea and the strains of a string quartet will refresh a weary shopper.

12.   Cucumber sandwiches?

13.   Often she seems about to offer tea and cucumber sandwiches all round.

14.   She picks up a cucumber sandwich and nibbles at it with the tiny bites of a woman for whom self-discipline has never been an issue.

15.   The hotel is famous for its afternoon English high tea in the lobby bar, which is crowded with women eating cucumber sandwiches and drinking tea from delicate cups.

16.   This is not a day for delicate souffles, fussy pastries or cucumber sandwiches.

17.   You would think such a group would have started flinging cucumber finger sandwiches at each other five minutes into their tea yesterday.