The beam swept, and there was no way I could get my ankles out of it quickly enough.
As the beam swept across them they went down together.
For a moment a tiny beam of red light swept their faces.
Their beams swept toward the ring, the center point of all attention.
The beam of a powerful flashlight swept across the floor.
The beam from the lighthouse swept by, but it was above the level of the spot where the thing had been.
A second later, he ducked as a beam of light swept across the room.
Nothing seemed to happen, but the beam of the searchlight swept on past them.
Its beam swept back and forth across the bottom of the pool.
A very thin beam of flashlight swept along the floor outside.