Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] dark [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swiftly and almost silently she ran along in the darker shadows beneath the gable to the granary and from there to the dovecot . |
| 2 | The feathers of its tail , shiny strips of shot-silk in blue , black , green and russet , drooped down over the dark folds of Kalchu 's sleeve . |
| 3 | Ruth lay beneath him , inert , gazing up into the dark depths of his eyes . |
| 4 | Many hours were taken up in the dark recesses of the developing room at Oxford 's photography workshop ; even more spent waiting for the precise moment to open the shutter . |
| 5 | Neighbours looked up at the dark windows at night and wondered what could be hidden there , under dust sheets . |
| 6 | The house was hot when they got back into it and they walked around with nothing on in the dark rooms with windows and doors open . |
| 7 | When he opened the door for her she stepped out towards the dark stairs of the barn , her mind still in the bright , airy room , and at the top of the steps she suddenly swayed giddily , pitching towards the stairs . |
| 8 | It was like coming on stage in a theatre , out of the dark wings into warmth and light . |
| 9 | A voice came from out of the dark depths of the cage to his right . |
| 10 | Confusion , despair , futility and hopelessness reached out from the darkest corners of Martin 's mind to engulf and possess him utterly . |
| 11 | Way back in the dark ages of computing ie 1980 , two gifted software designers Roberta and Ken Williams wrote one of the very first graphic adventures — Mystery House . |
| 12 | Different to Lefortovo , back in the dark ages from the second floor of the hospital block at Vladimir . |
| 13 | ‘ I felt there was a real danger that we would turn full circle and go back to the dark days under Revie when the manager 's indecision was final . ’ |
| 14 | A SONOROUS voice from some unseen depth wafts the audience back to the darkest days of the Raj where murky affairs were afoot , when life was cheap , gentlemanly double-dealing was routine and deeds could be done and curses uttered which would pursue a man back to civilisation and England . |
| 15 | Strangely , the sun also shone , though it turned a dusty red , blotted out by the dark wings of vultures . |
| 16 | She paused outside the villa , and looked round at the dark hills against the starry sky . |