Suddenly, a figure carved itself into existence before Saphar.
And the butcher carved the meat before your eyes.
He had died still pointing to that symbol carved in jade before his hut.
With one mind, their intent eyes all fastened upon the old man's knife, as he carved the chief dish before him.
Then Blade moved in, sword carving a humming path through the air before him, straight at the men swarming off the ladders.
The Lady was a silent ivory carving before him, watching intently, wanting to come forth from within herself he sensed, but unable to do so.
They only finished carving the plates the night before last.
It is Accadian, carved before the dawn of our history.
Another major work is a Luba stool, with a base of a kneeling female figure, carved before 1860 in the area now known as Zaire.
The growing light of day revealed a pair of huge faces carved into the cliff before them.