Example sentences of "[vb past] the torch " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip lowered the torch . |
| 2 | Benjamin lowered the torch close to the paved stone floor , scrabbling round with his fingers . |
| 3 | I lowered the torch to floor level just in case anyone was watching and squeezed the bag gently . |
| 4 | He tried the torch . |
| 5 | Pausing only to pull on the lightweight wrap that lay across the foot of the bunk , she grasped the torch more firmly and peered cautiously around the curtain . |
| 6 | For the first few minutes outside , I used the torch , until the blackness behind the dunes turned to a deep red . |
| 7 | He put Middy down , found the torch , and went walking up the field path . |
| 8 | He let the torch travel down over her back , to take her all in , and was surprised to something peculiar under her tail . |
| 9 | Then he dropped the torch . |
| 10 | Stella dropped the torch and let it roll into the wings as the children brought their palms together to save Tinkerbell . |
| 11 | He lifted the torch and Mandeville followed his gaze . |
| 12 | When he reached the foot of the ladder , Grant turned and directed the torch light down the length of the tunnel in which he now found himself . |
| 13 | The Doctor walked over and played the torch over the large stone . |
| 14 | He advanced cautiously and played the torch over the surface of the pond . |
| 15 | He handed the torch to John . |
| 16 | As he turned the torch towards the door to the house , he gasped with horror , then screwed up his eyes for a moment , thinking of his kids , before letting his gaze rest again on the ghastly thing that dangled before him . |
| 17 | When the pain receded , he shaded the torch with his hand and switched it on : the rusting fragments of a disembowelled car were strewn in the bushes ; he had barked his legs on the side of a door which protruded on to the path . |
| 18 | He threw the torch after it , and the faggots hissed as they were extinguished . |
| 19 | He shone the torch and saw by the bin not a fox but a dog . |
| 20 | He shone the torch round the clearing . |
| 21 | Philip shone the torch round the clearing . |
| 22 | Philip shone the torch on the bone . |
| 23 | As Lawler shone the torch outside Maggie listened to the protesting groan of timbers and prayed the hotel was n't going to suddenly collapse as the McPhersons ' house had done . |
| 24 | He shone the torch around the room before entering . |
| 25 | The policeman sat on the tailboard and shone the torch into the covered area , at the same time wheezing and catching his breath . |
| 26 | He shone the torch over the floor of the gazebo , checking he had left nothing behind . |
| 27 | Santerre ordered the torches to be lit . |
| 28 | In the end he switched the torch on . |
| 29 | Lee took the coffee from his hand and Philip switched the torch off . |
| 30 | At the foot of the stairs he shoved the torch into a wall sconce , pushed Isabel further into the gloom , and retraced his steps . |