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1. ‘Do you?’ he asked, his face alight with delight
2. ’ He said, his eyes alight with amusement
3. ’ Abi’s eyes are alight with excitement at the prospect of the trip and I’m struck by a sudden pang … she hadn’t said a word to me about it
4. ’ He said, his eyes alight with love
5. as though the whole village was alight
6. It was late evening when I woke, thankfully not disturbed by any of the children then I heard the car come up the drive and as I dressed I saw Robin alight and run up the stairs, so I quickly donned my shoes and as fast as I was able then marched down that blasted staircase to the screams of excited children and Dulcie hugging her two sons
7. The living before the dead was the maxim, so he headed across his land towards the boys now obviously frightened out of their minds until another wind gust blew more embers behind the lads, now cutting off any chance of escape, the only sound was the deafening roar of grass and trees catching alight and two boys trapped in an ever degreasing circle of fire
8. His face is alight with a friendly smile
9. And her eyes, already alight, blazed all the more as soon as she saw that the ill-tempered Breton man before her bore her sword in his hand
10. The first to alight were the queen’s two female bodyguards
11. Tullius’ own brown eyes fixed upon those of Maro, alight with expiring patience
12. Half of the Den of Serren and half of Tianon’s were alight, but none could be spared to fight the fires, no matter how far they spread
13. The captain motioned for the men to alight, water their horses and fill their skins
14. She expected it to smash as it hit the ground but remarkably it landed intact and remained alight
15. As they were leaving the Chestnut Quarter, they had to cross a distance of streets that were mostly houses with darkened windows and few street lamps still alight
16. They could see from the distance the final pile of timbers and broken carts were alight and roaring near the city gates
17. The Brower house was alight in every window, and there was the sound of
18. It was as if Em had taken a torch and set Alistair alight with an inner glow
19. “That is it exactly!” cried out Eli, his eyes alight with glee
20. An unfounded rumor reached us that near the city of Kielce, a group of Poles rounded up some Jews, locked them in a barn and set it alight, killing all the people inside
21. Piling paper and sticks in the grate, I set them alight and when they were well caught, threw some coal on top
22. She wiped it with the back of her hand, her eyes alight with fear
23. It had been found several days later set alight and burned out in Calais
24. “Yes, I noticed some of the artwork,” said the Prince, eyes alight with an inner fire
25. Instantly the tar caught alight, and the flaming torch burst into life
26. “The advantage to this version of the simulation,” she says, her eyes alight, “is that he can act independently, and is therefore far more effective than a mindless soldier
27. After Price performed the necessary rituals according to druidism (which he had compiled himself) did he set the pyre alight with the body of little Jesus Christ Price on it
28. Being flashed by the alight being felt in love,
29. The new candle is alight, but is it the same flame? It is neither the same nor a different flame; there has simply been a transference of energy from one object to another
30. authorities had arraigned to set all the food stores and warehouses alight as the
31. Jerusalem: 22 Where he was honourably received of Jason, and of the city, and was brought in with torch alight, and with great
32. 23 God said further to me, 'If you have not strength to walk, I will send a cloud to carry you and alight you at the entrance of their cave; then the cloud will return and leave you there
33. at my grandparent’s house, the stars alight in the sky, the moon shining down on my soul
34. 23 God said further to me 'If you have not strength to walk I will send a cloud to carry you and alight you at the entrance of their cave; then the cloud will return and leave you there
35. She used it to help extinguish the forest of the People of Life, much of which had been set alight by a massed incendiary attack by most of the dwarven wizards
36. 21 Now when Apollonius the son of Menestheus was sent into Egypt for the coronation of king Ptolemeus Philometor Antiochus understanding him not to be well affected to his affairs provided for his own safety: upon which he came to Joppa and from then to Jerusalem: 22 Where he was honourably received of Jason and of the city and was brought in with torch alight and with great shoutings and so afterward went with his host to Phenice
37. Both flying slow and nose high, with gear and flaps hanging, looking like two bush turkeys flapping and tossing their heads as they skim the jungle forest looking for a safe place to alight
38. Finally, the scribe stops as the sun is setting the sky alight with streaks of pink and orange and crimson, and stares at the scene behind them
39. Flaming is the method by which a cocktail or liquor is set alight, normally to enhance the flavor of a drink
40. After what seemed like an age, Sorus jumped through the portal, she could see immediately that he was in a bad way, his arms were charred black and elements of his clothing were still alight and smouldering
41. The jar smashed instantly, mixing the combustible contents and producing a mighty flash, which then set the hay alight
42. They opened the door and signalled Mark to alight
43. The top of his green, wood staff became alight with a golden halo
44. „Hank confronted him, you know, and he admitted setting your place alight and vandalising the studio
45. To the far west, over the sea, the sky morphed red in a single heartbeat, alight from horizon to horizon
46. Then the back door light came on and two guys came out carrying a heavy bundle which they took to the incinerator, dowsed it in kerosene and set alight, feeding the roaring flames for about half an hour with great logs of wood
47. I put all ten heads in a couple of carrier bags I found in the kitchen, poured lighter fluid from under the sink over them and set them alight
48. Dry grass as well as the tree was alight and acrid smoke from discarded plastic wrappers, bottles and condoms was horrendous
49. Within a minute the rafters were alight and the kids watched in delight as the cedar-shingled roof collapsed crackling and roaring into the containing brick walls
50. The rumour department had been working over-time and all the teachers Bart spoke to assumed Robert had been in the shed smoking dope, setting the place alight himself
1. before his eyes alighted on the fire in front of him
2. From within the black hood a pair of brown eyes alighted on Solo Ki
3. An eerie hush descended on the plain as the horses came to a stop near the image and the king alighted
4. Zarko alighted and then helped Helez down
5. Still, he alighted after the second synth-woman reminder that there were no further stops
6. reply when a crow so ugly the moon itself seemed to hide its face alighted on the branch of a dead
7. A few weeks ago, two black cars suddenly arrived and a number of NKWD officers alighted who ran up to the physicians’ floor
8. “I have watched you as you roamed Middle Earth,” the rose said, greeting the robin that had alighted on its thorny stem
9. His stomach was growling as they alighted from the carriage that delivered them to the central train station
10. A tiny spark flew up from the burning wood and alighted in the middle of one
11. We pulled up somewhere just off Whitechapel High Street, the neighborhood’s main thoroughfare, I alighted from the carriage, and my colleague followed a safe distance behind me
12. 11 And when Joseph came within fifty cubits of his father, he alighted from the chariot and he walked toward his father, and when all the officers of Egypt and her nobles saw that Joseph had gone on foot toward his father, they also alighted and walked on foot toward Jacob
13. 13 And Jacob said to Judah, Who is that man whom I see in the camp of Egypt dressed in kingly robes with a very red garment on him and a royal crown on his head? who has alighted from his chariot and is coming toward us? and Judah answered his father, saying, He is your son Joseph the king; and Jacob rejoiced in seeing the glory of his son
14. Only a few hours later he alighted on to a small, countryside looking station
15. Minutes later, the taxi stopped and the passengers alighted
16. She followed the curve of the tree, and waited while the others alighted on the balcony and moved indoors to leave room for her to land Mark’s conveyance
17. 11 And when Joseph came within fifty cubits of his father he alighted from the chariot and he walked toward his father and when all the officers of Egypt and her nobles saw that Joseph had gone on foot toward his father they also alighted and walked on foot toward Jacob
18. 13 And Jacob said to Judah Who is that man whom I see in the camp of Egypt dressed in kingly robes with a very red garment on him and a royal crown on his head? who has alighted from his chariot and is coming toward us? and Judah answered his father saying He is your son Joseph the king; and Jacob rejoiced in seeing the glory of his son
19. When they reached the bottom they alighted on the ground, to free more of their power and concentration for the test
20. And now the raven had alighted on an oak tree only a few paces away and the two brothers were all but upon him
21. “We certainly are!” Yazadril chuckled as the three alighted and shared a hug
22. He swung his feet down and stood as she alighted beside him
23. They alighted and Lorna’s mouth opened in a round silent “O” when she saw the dam completely restored, with a brand-new shiny windmill in place of the old broken one
24. When we alighted from the
25. Ma alighted from the tractor, and performed a clumsy curtsey as she lumbered towards her visitors
26. The Troll Lord hurried to scatter additional grain before the homing pigeons alighted from his aviary in search of food
27. She alighted in front
28. A middle aged man alighted from it and walked toward the grave where Wendy was but before he got there he talked slightly with Dr Ryan and he seemed to be in agreement with what he said
29. Somewhere over the marshes, the bird alighted and Murphy set the Prince down on his feet in a small meadow near a copse of trees
30. In the silence that followed, Conan heard a sudden beat of wings in the stars, and recoiled as a huge bat-like creature alighted beside him
31. the cafeteria and then alighted the travelator that took them
32. It swooped and alighted next to the nearest gangsta
33. A moth fluttered across his face and alighted, with a soft moth’s kiss, on his naked
34. fluttered through the clearing and alighted, twittering frantically, on the bustard’s back
35. A fly alighted on his desk
36. His eyes followed hers, until they alighted on the powerful man
37. A dragonfly alighted on a slate stone
38. ” With some sadness of heart, the two adventurers alighted on an empty street
39. His body alighted upon a brilliant
40. Floy alighted on a bag
41. Ye Manqing lowered her head as she alighted
42. he alighted 'neath her canopy
43. One day, while he was sitting in his office pondering on the nature of his work and his qualifications for it, his thoughts alighted on the subject of swimming
44. As soon as his eyes alighted on some gendarmes, he shouted out loudly, ‘Come on! Summon her promptly… bring me that woman
45. Wherever the gaze alighted in the garden there were flowers that seemed to reflect the brilliance of the sun and gave off their delicate perfume
46. His eyes alighted on an advertisement for a lecturer in Chinese
47. It alighted on the rear light compartment
48. Her eyes ran past the knife protruding from his naked belly and alighted on the hole where his genitals had once been
49. She strained to catch what he said, but only heard a word now and then when she bumped against him--"divine maws--richly furnished banquet--potential energy--" She found it difficult to answer with any sort of connected intelligence, more especially because he kept on breaking off to lean forward and hit the horse-flies that alighted on the back of Johann's neck
50. Just then a superbly gowned woman alighted from a cab
1. Briefly, he turned to Nathalia, his eyes alighting on her wounds
2. We walked down to the tram stop and caught the next tram into town alighting at the stop across from the Intack Inn we ambled across the road and into the hostelry
3. She was a honeybee alighting on a golden daffodil
4. It drew up to the Loch, and there was the sound of people alighting
5. He broke from the cover of the trees just as the driver of the first wagon was alighting, and Colling shouted at him to get back on his cart and drive into the forest
6. Her sister was a local celebrity, a true social butterfly and like all such members of that species, she flitted around the city, never alighting in any one place for very long
7. I saw a tall officer alighting the vehicle
8. The train was half full but most of the passengers seemed to be alighting at Abermôr, so it was a bit of a scramble getting off and out of the station
9. It’s therefore highly unlikely that anyone saw this mysterious stranger alighting on the island; then making his way to the house, and into Third’s study; then making his way back from the house to the cove, and clear off the island again
10. the air alighting on top of the already prostrate fairy, covering her
11. Alighting in the sun, Faye took a moment to notice how perfectly the stables had been designed to coordinate with the hotel—the architecture was the same with white columns and even the same individually paned windows had been used to add a touch of class and elegance to something as simple as this
12. Blessing nodded, bloated with unease, silently alighting at the house, one hand stiff
13. Floy, alighting on my shoulder, reminded me there was no way Mordan would ever find us once we took off downstream in a small boat
14. “I’ve a better proposition,” said Floy, alighting on a long pile sticking from the water
15. It was only on alighting at our destination that I got a glimpse of the
16. Alighting at Lakdi-ka-pul from the bus she boarded at the Langar Hauz, she awaited a connecting service to Chikkadapally with the idea of picking up some bandar laddus on the way
17. Alighting from the bus dreamily, she sensed that he too got down behind her
18. That morning, alighting from the Dakshin Express at Secunderabad, Raja Rao headed towards the Ritz
19. More are alighting along the sides of the road
20. The traffic was in full swing, the crowds were swirling noisily around the Midan El Tahrir, on foot, in honking cars and bolting bicycles; people clambering on and alighting off leaning, overstuffed buses where you could not believe another single, harassed human being would fit in
21. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on Him
22. Pleased by the flower petals that were alighting like birds from its boughs, she led him over by the hand
23. "From the time of our alighting at the outer gate (which we found locked, and which one of the brothers had opened to admit us, and had relocked), I had heard cries proceeding from an upper chamber
24. Two steamers and a sailing-ship crossed each other; passed each other; and in the bay the gulls kept alighting on a log, rising high, returning again to the log, while some rode in upon the waves and stood on the rim of the water until the moon blanched all to whiteness
25. "That he is," said the barber, and at once alighting, he offered his saddle to the curate, who accepted it without much entreaty; but
26. the crow with its bill, for amusement--and I triumphantly twittering, The migrating flock of wild geese alighting in autumn to refresh
27. If anyone had been watching her, he would have thought her movements decidedly peculiar, for on alighting, she went off at a great pace till she reached a certain number in a certain busy street
28. Joe's alighting, and stirred up the fire that they might see a bright window, and took a final survey of the kitchen that nothing might be out of its place
29. As the carriage stopped at the door, and Albert was alighting, a man approached and gave him a letter
30. Chateau-Renaud perceived him and immediately alighting from his coupe, joined him
31. Alighting at the small wayside station, we drove for some miles through the remains of widespread woods, which were once part of that great forest which for so long held the Saxon invaders at bay—the impenetrable "weald," for sixty years the bulwark of Britain
32. Meade alighting from his horse
33. And then there was how swiftly he’d dispatched poor Mercer, alighting on his secret in a single swoop
34. He read and slept but mostly stared through the glass and tried not to make eye contact with the passengers alighting serially on the seat beside him: a bantamweight old farmer on a hemorrhoid pillow, an ex-con picked up at the gates of a jail, a Jehovah’s Witness in support hose who from midnight to two a
35. Thus Stone Court continually saw one or other blood-relation alighting or departing, and Mary Garth had the unpleasant task of carrying their messages to Mr
36. From the alighting board, instead of the former spirituous fragrant smell of honey and venom, and the warm whiffs of crowded life, comes an odor of emptiness and decay mingling with the smell of honey
37. And then, as if that had been a signal, there was chattering and chirruping in every direction, and then a moment of full song, and within five minutes the whole wood was ringing with birds' music, and wherever Edmund's eyes turned he saw birds alighting on branches, or sailing overhead or chasing one another or having their little quarrels or tidying up their feathers with their beaks
38. Tarzan, happily, was uninjured by the fall, alighting catlike upon all fours far outspread to take up the shock
39. Hence it will cause him no surprise that there should be geese and frigate-birds with webbed feet, living on the dry land and rarely alighting on the water, that there should be long-toed corncrakes, living in meadows instead of in swamps; that there should be woodpeckers where hardly a tree grows; that there should be diving thrushes and diving Hymenoptera, and petrels with the habits of auks
40. Flies kept alighting on her and biting her
41. said that he could almost fancy that he saw the Capitol in motion towards the falls of Ohio—after a short sojourn taking its flight to the Mississippi, and finally alighting on Darien; which, when the gentleman's dreams are realized, will be a most eligible seat of government for the new Republic (or Empire) of the two Americas! But it seemed that "in 1808 we talked and acted foolishly," and to give some color of consistency to that folly, we must now commit a greater
1. In its flight it moves with such intense rapidity, that the eye cannot follow it, and when it settles it alights so quietly that the victim does not feel it
2. 5 As when a man goes into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the helve, and alights on his neighbour, so that he die; he shall flee to one of those cities, and live:
3. A fire alights within me; I can feel it, this time I will not fail
4. As soon as she got into an auto-rickshaw, she began goading the driver to go in top gear, all the while blaming herself for her predicament, ‘Oh, how stupid! Wasn’t it my idea to receive them at the station that has landed me in this mess? Didn’t they say they would make it on their own even then? But, I insisted on receiving them, didn’t I? Oh, how could I’ve anticipated all this? Was it my fault wanting to see him as he got down from the train? For all my longing, don’t I deserve to see him as he alights? But as luck would have it, I might as well miss the bus
5. “[N]o matter where Van Halen alights,” Rolling Stone reported, “a boisterous, full-blown saturnalia is bound to follow
6. Other poets have warbled the praises of the soft eye of the antelope, and the lovely plumage of the bird that never alights; less celestial, I celebrate a tail
7. When it alights upon a horse, it darts through the hair, much like a gnat, and never quits its hold until removed by force
