Example sentences of "of light at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you enter the church , note the pure drama — the darkened nave leading you to a burst of light at the E end . |
| 2 | It was just possible for her to see a suggestion of light at the spy hole , set like a marble in the wall . |
| 3 | ‘ She was desperate to find a chink of light at the end of the dark tunnel she found herself in . ’ |
| 4 | There were , however , rays of light at the end of the disclosure tunnel . |
| 5 | I was about to head for the lift when I noticed a chink of light at the end of the corridor . |
| 6 | The two other mock-combatants were still tilting with lances of light at the quintains of other drones . |
| 7 | If my memory serves me correctly , the very first public outing of the very first public train resulted in a fatality , and one at a mere 12 mph , though doubtless this seemed like the speed of light at the time . |
| 8 | He saw it all reflected in the eyes of those blood-spattered gallopers and bears and lions and tigers and ostriches , all frozen in mid-stride , helpless witnesses of the terror they could not run from , and Preston trying desperately to escape from it , as much in terror of the mutilated corpse of Mary Moxton as he was of her murderer , and running from room to room and pulling open the last door of the last room and out into the night and down the long black tunnel under the railway line getting closer and closer to the grey patch of light at the end until , on the verge of safety , the figure would leap out at him in its bloody clothes with the meat cleaver in its hands … |
| 9 | There was a thin line of light at the bottom edge . |
| 10 | It took the form of a blaze of light at the back of the shop . |
| 11 | As they were forced to respond to the pressure for constitutional change the established interests saw a glint of light at the end of the political tunnel and came to entertain the hope that if the middle classes were allowed a subordinate share of power then they just might turn from being poachers to gamekeepers of the system and so side with the aristocracy in helping to keep the working classes in order . |
| 12 | The recession , which we expected to fade away through the year , has hit us full on , and as I write there is little sign of light at the end of the proverbial tunnel . |
| 13 | Mr Harrison said : ‘ There 's now a tunnel with a chink of light at the end . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ This seems to be the only faint glimmer of light at the end of the railway tunnel . |
| 15 | Suddenly , there was a chink of light at the end of what had previously looked like a dead-end tunnel . |