Preposition: of

• doubt: Sgt Travis said: " The fear of crime is greater than the reality, without a shadow of doubt.

Converse of object

• cast: The moon was up casting pale shadows among the ruins of the village.

• lengthen: Under the lengthening shadow of Ibsen, an argument arose whether it was not a very nice thing to murder one's self.

• chase: South were chasing shadows, and despite playing a good hard game, began to leak goals.

• throw: His best friends could not deny the shade, and yet it was but the shadow thrown by the light.

• flicker: Performers in black masks, dwarfed by flickering shadows, invited the audience to share their fears.

Adjective modifier

• pale: The moon was up casting pale shadows among the ruins of the village.

• ominous: The moon on the breast of the uncaring snow Threw ominous shadows on objects below.

• mere: Today Henley's Market cross is a mere shadow of its former glory.

• dark: There is a dark shadow of debt hanging over former Olympic cities.

• faint: For we know that our knowing and loving is only the faintest shadow of His.

• gloomy: Starfall a world on the edge, where crooks and smugglers hide in the gloomy shadows and modern technology refuses to work.

Modifies a noun

• chancellor: Even shadow chancellor, George Osborne, appears to be itching to embrace a more radical agenda.

• puppet: Watch your puppet come to life in the woodland trail shadow puppet theater.

• cabinet: Think you can name all the members of the shadow cabinet?

• puppetry: Shadow puppetry was prevalent in ancient India, China and Turkey.

• secretary: Shadow home secretary Oliver Letwin said the government had not thought the system through.

• boxing: Up to now it's been a bit of a phoney war - just like a bout of shadow boxing.

Noun used with modifier

• drop: For example, you could add a glow effect, a drop shadow or simply change the background color.

• Dem: The Lib Dem shadow education spokesman added that the government was ignorant to the work already carried out by many schools.