Example sentences of "[vb past] apart [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a second the shell lay with a smoking fuse amidst the wreckage of the wheel , then it crashed apart in a deafening explosion . |
| 2 | Her narrow , fluid hands came apart in a wide , pitying gesture which said " My poor boy . |
| 3 | his beak prised apart like a pistachio nut |
| 4 | The sound of the shot was drowned by the deafening screech and roar of the thing as its eye blew apart in a shattering viscous whirl of fluid and tissue . |
| 5 | There were simple , wooden toys for babies , kept apart on a special run of shelves . |
| 6 | The PLO , dominated by Fatah , reaped the fruits while the Patriotic Front fell apart as a result of the undermining effect of the Palestinian right , the enormous surge in PLO power following the Rabat summit of October 1974 and Arafat 's address to the General Assembly of the United Nations the following month . |
| 7 | The rickety building rang like a gong , leapt off its foundations and was dragged halfway across the quarry before it fell apart in a shower of rust and smoke . |
| 8 | As the Dwarfs steeled themselves for the inevitable assault , there was a loud explosion and the gateway burst apart in a cloud of dust . |
| 9 | Crossing is difficult to avoid in some of the larger shrub types , and in these cases , the stems should be pulled and held apart by a judiciously placed loop of twine . |