Example sentences of "it suddenly [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On the morning of 8 May , Ciparis had been waiting as usual for his breakfast to be brought to him , when it suddenly grew dark , and immediately afterwards , hot air laden with ashes began to come through the grating over the door .
2 Three days had passed before it suddenly struck Lisa that she had so far been spared her most dreaded aggravation — the aggravation of Alexander Vass constantly breathing down her neck .
3 Suspicion was apparent in every doubt-ridden defile of his expression , perhaps , it suddenly struck Harry , too apparent , as if blazoned there to conceal something else .
4 It suddenly struck Viola , in the midst of her rage , that she had n't had a good row for months .
5 It suddenly raised hopes that all was not lost .
6 Hurricane Iniki headed 100 miles north for the main Hawaiian resort of Oahu — where it killed a 15-year-old boy — before it suddenly switched course for Kauai .
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