Example sentences of "it light up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first taste was fresh and innocuous , then it lit up the throat with a burst of sunshine : it hit the gut with a throb of heat . |
| 2 | It lit up the night sky above the East End of Glasgow like a burning city that was never consumed , every night flaring up again and again with a distant tumult of mountains of slag and iron , drinking the cold air and casting their baleful glow on the clouds that spread over the Valley of Pandemonium . |
| 3 | Having done this , I noticed all the more the effect of the pale light coming into the room and the way it lit up the edges of my father 's craggy , lined , still awesome features . |
| 4 | The trip was hazardous , as bilge-water created a stability problem and the Coastguard searchlight was now a hindrance as it lit up the flying spray . |
| 5 | It seemed bigger than the sun and it sailed with a peculiar swiftness up into the heavens , growing paler and brighter as it did so until it lit up the plain with a dull , yellow light . |