1.   Light a match, they say, and flames flicker over it like brandy on a Christmas pudding.

2.   The candle flame flickered and then went out.

3.   The candle flame flickered.

4.   The flame flickered briefly on the Fourth of July.

5.   The flames were already flickering just beneath the surface, waiting to be fanned into fierce, burning life.

6.   The flames would flicker on the glass of the brass-framed pictures, enlivening the theatrical characters, making everything cosy.

7.   The oil flame flickered and flared alarmingly, shooting jagged shadows up around the walls.

8.   But a flame still flickers.

9.   But on the next possession, the flame flickered.

10.   Even as the flames flicker at his feet, he will stand his ground.