Example sentences of "[adj] night " in BNC.

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1 the galloping night
2 Out of the galloping night one light multiplies into more .
3 Those branches still just visible in the encroaching night were motionless .
4 it 's a different night in n it , something
5 In the Survival Study , fieldworkers at their 4-monthly home visits screened children for suspected night blindness , Bitot 's spot , or corneal abnormality , and referred affected children for further assessment by a study physician .
6 They were in for an interesting night .
7 I expected to find all the elements of exciting night scenes : glowing street lights , interesting architecture , wet pavements , and a variety of shop windows .
8 ‘ I say , Will , ’ said Zach , taking Willie 's arm , exciting night , eh ? ’
9 I expected to find all the elements of exciting night scenes : glowing street lights , interesting architecture , wet pavements , and a variety of shop windows .
10 A dashing and exciting night spot .
11 One of the city 's most exciting night spots .
12 For example , the Night Life photographic section advised : ‘ If you want an exciting night life , catch the bus to Darlington . ’
13 But Katherine Lundy did n't believe in omens ; she imagined her untroubled night 's sleep was due to nothing more than complete exhaustion .
14 We 've so we 've got an extended night lighting er er display going on for er two months or more .
15 It was a pleasant end to a crap night , footie-wise .
16 ‘ Cameron ’ Clare continues , ‘ is content to lurk here on the sidelines radiating self-righteous socialist disapproval and imag-ining how after the revolution we 'll all have to pull ploughs , eat raw turnips and take part in interminable self-criticism sessions long into the candle-lit night on the collective farm , are n't you , Cameron ? ’
17 His breath frosted slightly in the crisp night air .
18 Sports Editors fretted and printers fumed as the match went on and on into the British night , with Milligan winning the 17th by chipping in , to go to all square .
19 We had chosen our visit to coincide with the full moon , but it also coincided with a period of maximum solar flare activity , and on every clear night the Lights treated us to a spectacular show in green and red .
20 In a quite different part of the world , the volcano Pacaya , only thirty-two kilometres from Guatemala City , in Central America , is just as active , if not more so , and the red glare from the volcano can easily be seen from the city on a clear night .
21 EVERY clear night , a retired schoolmaster sits in a deckchair in the back garden of his home in the village of Farcet , near Peterborough , and scans the sky with binoculars .
22 The lines are most visible on a clear night , in excess of about 25 metres from a sodium light , and are seen to radiate in planes parallel to the main axis of the lamp fitting .
23 It was a clear night and there was an enormous moon which was reflected in the dark waters of the river Avon — it should be so romantic , Sally thought , but somehow it was n't .
24 It rose like a peal of music heard from a distance on a clear night .
25 It was a clear night .
26 Rodrigo , the storm , the clear night sky , the overwhelming heat in the wheatfield , offer Maria 's jealousy dramatic correspondences in the world outside .
27 It was a clear night .
28 It was a clear night .
29 After about forty minutes Van Gelder moved up into the bows with a portable six-inch searchlight which , on such a clear night , had an effective range of over a mile .
30 A slender new crescent moon lay on its back high in the clear night sky .
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