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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Athelstan led Cranston round the church, stopped, and told the coroner to wait until he fetched a sconce torch.
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Benjamin pushed me in, locking the door behind us, and lit two sconce torches.
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I came out here with a sconce torch.
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Multi-bracketed candelabra placed along the centre helped the sconce torches to bathe the room in light.
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The lamps on it were fake candles, set in sconces like upturned lion's paws.
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Using the lantern, Apanage lit candles set in sconces on the wall.
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Why are the candle sconces mounted like that on the armrests?
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Why hadn't the man left a sconce burning?