Sentence examples for lit the beacon from inspiring English sources

He told me, "The Luton homecoming lit the beacon, and now people feel they can stand up and start saying it".

When lit the beacon's flame reaches a height of about three metres (10ft).

On 29 August, the Paralympic flame – yes, there is a separate torch relay – will light the beacon marking the start of the 14th Paralympic Games.

Nell McAndrew will be at one of the biggest ceremonies at Scafell Pike to help light the beacon.

David Filipponi, the Jersey Bailiff's secretary, said: "The bailiff will light the beacon by laser from the ramparts of Fort Regent after a concert.

After lighting the flame in the Olympic Cauldron, Nurmi passed the torch to his idol Kolehmainen, who lighted the beacon in the tower.

"We're lighting the beacons at 10pm local time in a number of Commonwealth countries that are taking part, such as Kenya, Malta and Tonga, which will be the first one to be lit.

However, after watching a dazzling pyrotechnic and son et lumière, which enveloped the palace, she lit the national beacon in the Mall, the last of more than 4,200 jubilee beacons criss-crossing the UK and the world, drawing the day of celebrations to a close.

"Then throughout the UK beacons will be lit between 10pm and half past with the Queen lighting the national beacon on the Mall at around half 10 that night".

One of the last to be lit was the beacon on Scafell Pike in the Lake District, along with those on Ben Nevis, Mount Snowdon and Slieve Donard.

Finally, at 10.30pm after the huge picnic and concert at Buckingham Palace, the subject of all the merrymaking is due to place a crystal glass "diamond" into a special pod to light the final beacon in the Mall.