1.   Here, some bright spark thought Windsor Castle was on fire and called the fire brigade!

2.   I should have realised that genius, as some bright spark in the office said, has a lot to do with genes.

3.   Quo and Maiden are in the lead but a few bright sparks voted for Saxon.

4.   She watched the bright spark of the spear approaching, and felt nothing but a dull kind of relief.

5.   Some academics try to counteract this trend by trying to identify the bright sparks and arrange special seminars for them.

6.   Some bright spark thought the building was on fire and called the fire brigade.

7.   The growers appeared to be facing ruin until one bright spark hit on an idea.

8.   Too many bright sparks have been lost to Britain in the past.

9.   Some bright spark turned the heating off last night!

10.   Dining a few nights later at the Beefsteak, I was reminded by a bright spark that Home Secretaries scarcely ever become Prime Ministers.