11.   As I headed east, the skies began to brighten.

12.   As the sun descended, the sky began turning different colors of orange and pink.

13.   After days of bad weather, skies began to clear Monday.

14.   By mid-morning, the skies had begun to clear and the sun had come out and the fields were an autumnal blond brown again.

15.   Eddie Gossage, vice president and general manager of TMS, was at the Speedway yesterday morning as the skies began to clear.

16.   Local people said the sky began turning cloudy and dark by early afternoon.

17.   Skies began clearing in the afternoon, turning roads slushy and making snow great for snowballs and snowmen.

18.   Skies began to clear at one point and a late opportunity appeared promising.

19.   Slowly at first, the sky began to lighten behind the eastern hills.

20.   Sometimes in the darkness there came a shower, but by morning the skies had begun to clear.