Even as the sun shone this week, London's Olympics chiefs were still fretting about the potential for more rain.

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As I began stroking out towards the centre of the lake, the sun shone on my back and butterflies flew around my head.

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That would be a bargain if the sun shone all the time.

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As the sun shone down, strikers from all levels from curators to shop staff waved banners citing "cultural vandalism" and "The British Museum is crumbling".

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The sky was clear and the sun shone brightly on a heavy snow pack, but it was cold and the wind was blowing.

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On a recent afternoon the sun shone brightly on Blue Springs, a town in the state's north-east thick with scrub trees and kudzu vines.

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Luckily for Grasmere, the sun shone brightly as the crowds arrived.

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The best period of day two was undoubtedly the middle session, when the sun shone for the most part and Kallis and Amla treated the crowd to 148 runs in 27 overs.

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The sun shone, the sky was blue.

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Through the bare windows the sun shone, lighting up the floors as if her life were going backward and she was again a young bride in a new-built unfurnished manse and with a somewhat frightening husband twice her age.

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The sun still shone in as we sat at our desks.

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The sun was so bright it shone right through you.

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