Example sentences of "[prep] [art] light from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pavements were deserted , a kaleidoscope of patterns as the light from the streetlamps was fragmented by the wind-whipped trees . |
| 2 | It was totally dark , blacker and denser than the darkest night — even after dawn should have come — as the thick cloud of ash hung over them , cutting off the light from the sun . |
| 3 | This radiation cuts through the dust in space that blocks off the light from distant objects and hides them from the gaze of optical telescopes . |
| 4 | The liberation of the soul from the body , the separation of the light from the darkness , is the basis of Manichaean ethics . |
| 5 | By focusing a telescope on an individual star or galaxy , one can similarly observe the spectrum of the light from that star or galaxy . |
| 6 | Well my pal and myself we took these two girls and we sat in the middle of the Temperance Hall and he said come on let's sit over on the balcony he says and put up my clothes by the radiator he says it 's been raining he says and it will dry them , so we moved , and exactly from were we moved was where the women got killed , just candelabra dropped on her and er when it happened the fella on the stage the comedian was singing , a hundred years from now you wo n't be here , and I wo n't be here and from the corner of my eye I could see something gradually dropping like one of these candelabras and I thought hello that 's part of the act you know , it was just gradually coming down and all of a sudden , whooosh and the roof came straight in oh and I do n't know sure I 'd I , everything went dark of course I mean it was all in blacked-out all the chairs were loose , so as the folks wended their way towards the exit doors they took the chairs with them , so they politely threw them back in the crowd that stood in the hall so you were dodging chairs as well as trying to get out , where we were , where we were seated the firemen were hacking at the windows thinking that it was a fire because all the dust had gone up in the air and the reflection of the light from the market I suppose and that would give the appearance of smoke , and he was , I said to this fireman I said there 's no fire , he says , he says there is I said there 's no fire in here , anyway we eventually got out but I took these girls back home to and I really , it was , properly unnerved us both and as we came on that old tram we were , we thought you know everything seemed to sort of upset us and when I got far more upset on the Sunday morning when I went to have a look at it , the whole roof had come right in , but there were fifty people got injured you know and about , oh there was one lady killed . |
| 7 | Lianas writhed towards the light from bilious decaying depths . |
| 8 | Grainne , listening , watching , saw how his eyes darkened when he became absorbed in something , and how the planes of his face shifted so that at times the eagleblood was more strongly marked than others … how the cap-like golden hair shone beneath the light from the wall sconces … |
| 9 | He crouched before her , his big shoulders against the light from the window so that she could not see his expression . |
| 10 | Johnny was standing in the doorway , with the light from the landing behind him . |
| 11 | As he stepped into the light from the open door , Constance realised that Nicky was indeed very drunk . |
| 12 | Apart from the light from Craig 's torch , still propped where he had left it against the main power conduits , the chamber was dark and empty . |
| 13 | Snow from the trees had fallen all over us and his arms and shoulders were covered in a white dust that sparkled in the light from my lamp . |
| 14 | In the light from her bit of candle , Rose glared at Evelyn . |
| 15 | Trent had shrugged and the gunman had grinned at him , teeth flashing in the light from the saloon companionway : ‘ I like you , Trent . |
| 16 | Icicles were suspended from the roof gutters like daggers , gleaming in the light from ancient lanterns attached to the walls . |
| 17 | Sam saw her in the light from the lamp-post opposite , strong and solid , a natural leader of men , the spectacles glinting , wire teeth smiling in triumph . |
| 18 | If his claim stands up , it establishes that at least part of the redshift in the light from some astronomical objects is not produced simply by their recession from us in the expanding Universe , and that blunts the cutting edge of the most important tool in observational cosmology . |
| 19 | Arguments about the nature of the redshift in the light From extragalactic objects ( objects outside our own Milky Way galaxy ) have continued with more or less vigour for decades . |
| 20 | Her hero could have been transfixed in the light from the Trinity , she thought , but it was cold light , cold , cold light . |
| 21 | The towers of the home-base soared , pennants and banners glittering in the light from illuminated galleries . |
| 22 | She had glimpsed Emily Grenfell who had been leaning forward in her carriage , staring out into the crowded roadway , her emeralds shining at her throat , the green richness of the stones glittering in the light from the street lamps . |
| 23 | He smiled down at her and , in the light from the fire , he looked so handsome , so strong and safe that she wanted to cling to him . |
| 24 | She saw the short , powerful figure come out of the dark of the hall , to where she could examine his face in the light from the streetlamps . |
| 25 | Her dark hair shone in the light from the candles . |
| 26 | In the light from the streetlamp Kate could see the long dark lashes against her daughter 's cheek bones . |
| 27 | The tears were streaming down his face ; I could see them in the light from my room . |
| 28 | In the light from the lamp the child blinked his weary eyes , his question muffled by a long noisy yawn . |
| 29 | In the light from the ball she could see two shapes inside the bodies of Rodomonte and Molassi . |
| 30 | He stood in the light from the nearest pillar . |