Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the darkening [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky .
2 Outside Benjamin stared up at the darkening sky .
3 The pity of it all , she mused sadly and lay back on the rug and blinked up at the darkening sky above her .
4 Selkirk looked up at the darkening sky .
5 He drew deeply on the cigarette and stared out at the darkening sea .
6 She rose and went to the window , still in the half-real state induced by daytime sleeping , and looked out at the darkening world where the yellow glow of a lamp in the yard showed Jem was milking .
7 He looked out across the darkening moor , its becks and mires , its hills d bony ridges of granite .
8 Alone in her room , banging the knob of the blind cord against the glass in the window in frustration , Alexandra glared out into the darkening world and raged .
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