As the frigate disappeared in the darkness, occasional shafts of moonlight through the clouds lit up her sails.

Jamie's hair sparked in the occasional shafts of sunlight, a torch to follow through the shadows of the wood.

The absolute blackness was pierced only by the occasional shaft of moonlight that edged in through the arrow slits in the curved wall.

An occasional shaft of sunlight penetrated the foliage and lit up the bronze trunks of the pines, touching them with fire.

Beyond the window, occasional shafts of sunlight shot through the cloud cover.

Clouds continued to pour between the mountains to the west, but occasional shafts of sunlight would illuminate the valley and the narrow river.

But only the occasional shafts of sunlight gave it away as it worked slowly downwards, making the most of its daily exercise.

The drizzle had stopped now and a brisk wind had sprung up, allowing the occasional shaft of sunlight to slant through puffy gray clouds.

The clouds overhead ' were shot with occasional turgid yellow shafts.

We could see the occasional shaft of sunlight picking out a church spire or an old industrial chimney as we drew close to Brussels.