Example sentences of "the dark [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frank is driven out in the darkest darkness in Leeds , but he got a golden oppurtunity when he was selected for Drillos squad to play USA [ and Costa Rica — killers of Sweden in last WC for those who remember — my comm. ] later this month . |
| 2 | We have shown our greatness as a people in the darkest hour of adversity . |
| 3 | It was unfortunate that she would meet the traveller at the darkest point of the path . |
| 4 | Those are disturbing trends , with resonances from the darkest period of European history . |
| 5 | I am the daughter of the darkest necromancer of them all . |
| 6 | And Morndun howled at her , its spectral presence insinuating cold fingers into her mind , a tentative probing of the darkest region of her unconscious |
| 7 | ‘ Harriet thought of the drinking in bars , lingering in tea-shops , railway-stations , benches in parks ; in streets under a dark building , in the darkest place between two lamps . |
| 8 | As they came closer , I moved into the darkest corner of the hut . |
| 9 | She wanted to drop off the face of the earth , then she wanted him to drop off the face of the earth , but , since neither was a possibility , all she wanted to do was to retreat to the darkest corner of the house , and lick her wounds . |
| 10 | Do n't get me wrong , I shall be only too pleased to be able to slam you shut and return you to the darkest corner of my mind . ’ |
| 11 | GARY McAllister last night vowed to make Spurs pay for the darkest moment of Leeds ' reign as champions . |
| 12 | By JOHN EDWARDS GARY McAllister last night vowed to make Spurs pay for the darkest moment of Leeds ' reign as champions . |
| 13 | In this way began the darkest chapter in the cat 's long association with mankind . |
| 14 | The dark fury in his face made her falter and stop . |
| 15 | At the heart of the battle , Teclis wrestled with the dark sorcery of the Witch King . |
| 16 | Most people will have such shots in their collection — the dark blob in the middle is a yeti , honest ! — but with the right tools and a little practice you can get some brilliant results . |
| 17 | The dark hole of the ship 's innards gaped for a moment . |
| 18 | From the dark hole of his sleeve he brought forth his cuff , fiddled with the plain gold links , moved the files to the left , the right . |
| 19 | Two eyes serve a movement that now and again now and now and now sets neat prints into the snow between trees and warily allaying shadows shadow lies by a stump in a hollow of a body that is bold to come across clearings , an eye , a widening , deepening greenness brilliantly concentratedly coming about its own business till with a sudden sharp hot stink of fox , it enters the dark hole of the head . |
| 20 | Now we 've just heard about the fox and it 's coming across into the clearing , then an eye widening deepening greenness and talks about it coming about his own business till a sudden sharp hot stink of fox enters the dark hole of the head . |
| 21 | The dark edge of the forest showed before them , advanced and embraced them . |
| 22 | Gabriel leapt from the stage to the stone steps and slipped into the dark slit of shade where the loft door stood ajar . |
| 23 | Crouched in the shadows at the curve of the banister , Frankie stared down at the dark jungle of coats and jackets hanging from a row of wall-hooks in the lower corridor . |
| 24 | To one child he spoke to , wilderness was ‘ the dark space under my bed . ’ |
| 25 | From the beautifully groomed hair to the dark intensity of his eyes he spelled wealth , power and hauteur . |
| 26 | She rose , crossed the room and sat with the dark man on the floor . |
| 27 | The birth of Paul-Yves at Tours in 1905 could in no sense erase the dark memory of the tragic death of his six-year-old sister , Yvonne , two years previously . |
| 28 | In the dark wind-tunnel of the burrow-mouth Jezrael pulled up short . |
| 29 | Moreover the young hero was never alone ; he always had a pure process , waiting for him , holding the thread of life which would protect him from the flames and the teeth and the dark belly of the monster . |
| 30 | I followed the clack of her high heels down the dark corridor to the front door . |