Example sentences of "[vb pp] in the [adj] [adj] light " in BNC.
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1 | She rang the bell , and there he was , suffused in the warm golden light of the hall , his sleeves rolled up , pushing that silver forelock back from his eyes . |
2 | Seen in the soft green light of the window , speaking with her serious calm air , Mary Shelley was beautiful to behold . |
3 | But all sorrow was submerged in the flashing blue lights that kept on saying ‘ Con Gain ’ . |
4 | ‘ was not clean and in good working order ’ The defect must be described in detail to prove this point , e.g. ‘ Both bulbs were blown in the front obligatory lights and two white lights were not being shown to the front ’ or ‘ The rear nearside reflector was broken and part of it was missing , leaving only about a square centimetre of reflective material ’ etc . |
5 | The room bucked and tilted in the unsteady yellow light . |