Example sentences of "[pron] saw the light " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time I was mucking out the byre stalls , and piling the manure on top of my big heap when I saw the lights go on in the house . |
| 2 | ‘ I looked everywhere and could n't find anyone and we saw the trucks come here and I saw the lights on and I thought the humans were still here and I came in and I heard your voices and you 've got to come because it 's Dorcas ! ’ |
| 3 | I strained to hear , and had just decided that it would be difficult to hear an idling motor over the lap and rush of the sea in the channel , when I saw the light . |
| 4 | Then I saw the light of his candle approaching through the darkness , and he appeared , looking pale and depressed . |
| 5 | It came at once in the form of none other than the mighty Lord 's Prayer ; but it was n't until I got to the line about daily bread that I saw the light — I had n't given her any ! |
| 6 | I saw the light there and assumed that he was working . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I told you ; I saw the light . ’ |
| 8 | I saw the light in Matthew 's office and I went — ’ |
| 9 | There were rapid footsteps outside my bedroom door , and then I saw the light of a candle in the room . |
| 10 | I was almost at the centre of the group when I saw the light in the trees . |
| 11 | ‘ I saw the light under the door , and wondered if you 'd like some company for the night . ’ |
| 12 | With a half-shudder , she left the lower bowel and set off gingerly along the rather treacherous surface of the greater intestine which coiled before her — a tunnel she was n't too sure she saw the light at the end of . |
| 13 | We saw the lights up here , Grandad and I. Then your mum phoned after you . |
| 14 | But at least none of them saw the light of print — until today 's souvenir edition . |
| 15 | just then they saw the lights come hurtling back up the rough track towards them . |
| 16 | I never sold a garment or got an order from this source , I wonder if they saw the light of day . |
| 17 | Erm , my only view is that , er , the reason is that , by the time it saw the light of day , because remember , the manuscript was in the , the manuscript was physically in the possession of the Bullitt family not the Freud family . |
| 18 | Five minutes later he saw the lights of a village pub . |
| 19 | But then the faint brows began to lift ; and Alistair thought he saw the light of recognition . |
| 20 | He Saw The Light seven or eight years ago , and went to work for the Verfassung-schutz at Ehrenfeld . |