1.   Darkness had come prematurely with the deluge, the gloom summoned early by such an abundance of black cloud.

2.   Only a few soldiers remain in the dining hall, and when darkness comes, even the last two leave.

3.   Only when evening comes does she lift the lid a chink and peer out, checking whether darkness has yet come.

4.   Outside the tall windows the darkness came suddenly, unexpectedly, without any long twilight.

5.   The darkness came dawn now, and inside this dark were people who could kill you.

6.   When darkness came he ventured out, selecting a large potato - which tasted awful although he ate it all.

7.   As darkness came, soldiers and government workers across the city lowered the Union Jack one last time.

8.   As darkness came and a steady, freezing rain pounded the site Friday night, searchlights played over the store and the police and firefighters continued searching the debris.

9.   Because it was winter, darkness came early to Oberndorf.

10.   Darkness comes early these days.