Example sentences of "saw a [noun] [prep] light " in BNC.

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1 And through the archway that opened into the saloon , he saw a flicker of light .
2 Then I saw a strip of light .
3 On the way back to Earth , they were just about to begin their final descent when Gedanken saw a flash of light in the distance .
4 A businessman commenting on an experience he had in a stockbroker 's office in London when " I saw a beam of light between me and my eyes " commented , Although I was n't a particularly religious person , I realised immediately that this must be the thing that people call God .
5 As they were forced to respond to the pressure for constitutional change the established interests saw a glint of light at the end of the political tunnel and came to entertain the hope that if the middle classes were allowed a subordinate share of power then they just might turn from being poachers to gamekeepers of the system and so side with the aristocracy in helping to keep the working classes in order .
6 Just then I saw a circle of light , a long way away , like the light of a lantern .
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