Example sentences of "[noun] suddenly [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruthven suddenly rose as if to suppress some excitement inside him . |
| 2 | All these activities suddenly came to an end when Chiang Kai-shek broke with the Communists after the USSR had tried to take over the KMT . |
| 3 | If a mutant batch of tadpoles with cannibalistic tendencies suddenly arose in a spadefoot population , they would tend to survive much better on those occasions when the pond was quickly drying out . |
| 4 | Ten minutes after the break Middlesbrough suddenly burst into attack with two good chances in a minute . |
| 5 | But Ven , she discovered , was not prepared to let her off the hook , and , ‘ Why … ’ he began to challenge , ‘ … when you 're honest , I know it , yet have begun on a path of deception to one particular end — why , when it 's so important to your sister whom — you love … ’ an alert look suddenly came to his eyes , and he broke off for a brief moment before continuing , his serious dark eyes holding hers ‘ … a sister whom you 'd do anything for , as you proved when you left England and came here — why are you ready to leave now , without another thought ? ’ |
| 6 | I relished the moment during a rehearsal once when Mel Brooks suddenly boomed at the researcher , ‘ Judith — go to my dressing-room and put on that thing I bought you ! ’ |
| 7 | The dt route suddenly appeared to be promising , though there is still a long way to go as it takes 20 to 40 times this to make a muon in a particle accelerator . |
| 8 | Then Julius 's mouth closed over hers again , his hands began a series of loving , teasing caresses , and Jessamy forgot everything except that this was her brilliant , stubborn , bullish husband whom she loved very much , and a bright future suddenly shone in front of them . |
| 9 | When the car suddenly collided with something solid she knew her prayers had n't been answered . |
| 10 | Laidlaw trailed off when a car suddenly came into view at the other end of the dimly lit street . |
| 11 | Any ideas on that score swiftly evaporated , however , when his glance suddenly shot to hers , and she was on the receiving end of his piercing eyes as , ‘ According to this , you should have been here last Friday ! ’ he charged . |
| 12 | Carrie asked but Albert did n't reply because Mister Johnny suddenly spoke from the doorway . |
| 13 | There were robes where the pouring light suddenly solidified into rather grisly bones that rattled and gibbered and , on the same racks , were robes made of several different kinds of skin . |
| 14 | While they watched the rain a horse suddenly walked around the corner of the track ahead . |
| 15 | Jorge suddenly appeared at the door and Maggie did not wait to hear any answer ; she walked out of the room , scooping up her bag and swinging it over her shoulder , quite satisfied that this time Felipe de Santis had come off worst . |
| 16 | The dimples she kept for emergencies suddenly appeared in Felicity 's cheeks . |
| 17 | Lady Grubb suddenly wept over the magazine on her lap and the finished plate of junket . |
| 18 | The nose dipped further , and the flame suddenly raced along the wings and around the cockpit . |
| 19 | The measures proposed in the first SCSE resolution seemed designed to gain popular support , and , according to a report in Le Monde of Aug. 22 , food unavailable for months suddenly appeared in Moscow 's shops during the coup . |
| 20 | Therese suddenly appeared above them on the stage . |
| 21 | Shell-fire suddenly tore into the roof of the mobile boardroom . |
| 22 | The figure suddenly jumped into the water . |
| 23 | Daylight suddenly burst upon them , sunlight , and up there for a moment blue sky and white clouds and a tall whitish building . |
| 24 | After he finished , it is said , a wind suddenly arose from the floor of the desert and blew sand across the spectators . |
| 25 | As he spoke an icy wind suddenly blew into the room . |
| 26 | On other occasions a wind suddenly blew from a direction which made recording trains on the climb from Shepton Mallet impossible , or a sudden rain storm blew up at an inopportune moment . |
| 27 | And in the afternoon of the fourth day his guards suddenly trooped into his cell and ordered him up and out with them . |
| 28 | Bleak black branches suddenly shone with the colours of dark red buds , of shining bark , of pale dry trunks that caught the sun and held it in their sinuous heights . |
| 29 | Tall trees and sweeping branches suddenly appeared from nowhere and vanished mysteriously into the all-encompassing darkness . |
| 30 | Lee 's stepdad suddenly appeared behind Philip . |