Example sentences of "light from the [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | N B N B when you see the moon you are looking at light from the sun reflected from the moon circles . |
| 2 | Visible light from the sun passes through the atmosphere to the earth 's surface . |
| 3 | Newton discovered that if light from the sun passes through a triangular-shaped piece of glass , called a prism , it breaks up into its component colours ( its spectrum ) as in a rainbow . |
| 4 | The light from the hall spilled across the multi-coloured counterpane , and he laid her gently in the middle . |
| 5 | Light from the chandelier gleamed on his metal collar . |
| 6 | The narrow boat rocked slightly , a light from the galley filtered around the edge of the dividing curtain and now she heard the squeak as of a cupboard door . |
| 7 | The flickering light from the furnaces fell across his exposed face . |
| 8 | Suddenly a black figure , light from the flare gleaming along the steel in his hand , began his jump from the roof of the container behind him . |
| 9 | A better working position results from arranging the seating with light from the window coming from behind the pupils and on to the work surface . |
| 10 | The light from the oil-lamp shone on the brass plate . |
| 11 | The dim light from the landing shone on her hands , the hands of a woman with breasts full of milk for her baby , with a husband working late at school . |
| 12 | She brushed by him in the dark , and her closeness , brought a sudden tingling which raised the short hairs on his skin for a moment ; then she was gone , and light from the hallway spilled into the room from the half-open door . |
| 13 | Within a few paces the loom of the Tower was lost and the glint of light from the arrow-slit disappeared behind the curtains of rain . |
| 14 | Light from the desk-lamp fell on his hands spread out on the blue blotting-paper , thin hands with thin fingers , only half the size they would become . |
| 15 | With some punch lace designs , if you reverse the lights from the setting intended by the designer you will get large areas knitted in the fine yarn only , which can look rather messy . |
| 16 | Lights from the banks reflected off the water like a black mirror . |
| 17 | Lights from the traffic fled across the ceiling . |
| 18 | Frankie glanced up to see her quietly mouthing the words as lights from the screen flickered across her face . |