Example sentences of "[noun] was [adj] [conj] dark " in BNC.
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1 | She and Jane were sisters , but while Jane was slender and dark , Sarah was broader , and lacked her younger sister 's intense dark beauty . |
2 | Eve was small and dark . |
3 | Inside , the hallway was musty and dark . |
4 | The room was small and dark . |
5 | The room was silent and dark . |
6 | The room was cold and dark , the windows shuttered . |
7 | The night was clear and dark , the moon a sharp crescent to the north-east , high above the distant outline of the mountains . |
8 | Overhead the evening sky was bright , but the courtyard was cool and dark . |
9 | His voice was husky and dark , like part of the night . |
10 | The great church was mute and dark , for compline was long over , since the routine of the house clung as yet to its winter timetable , and the monks were in their beds until midnight should rouse them for matins . |
11 | Her hair was short and dark , and she had a long face with a mobile mouth and crooked teeth . |
12 | The Castle was forbidding and dark on approach because its occupants wished to keep intruders out . |