Example sentences of "saw the [adj] light " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It must not happen , ’ said Grainne more quietly , and several of her listeners saw the golden light beginning to glow in her eyes .
2 He saw some tangled blonde hair , he saw the white light of the kitchen catch on the rough edge of a broken tooth .
3 Helen Sandberg heard the bangs too , and when she saw the white light , she thought the plane was burning .
4 Taking a deep breath and straightening her slumping shoulders , she pushed open the back door of the colonel 's house , and as she saw the dim light from the lounge spilling out into the hall she walked in that direction .
5 I saw the evil light in his eyes and knew that so far they had only been playing with me : their real intent was to kill .
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