Example sentences of "burst into a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Mr Major burst into a broad grin of relief as the voting was announced after one of the most historic days in Parliament : 319 for the Government , 316 against . |
| 2 | On Oct. 20 masked gunmen burst into a crowded cafe in Sidon and shot dead three al-Fatah officials . |
| 3 | Meredith burst into a relentless rattle of meaningless information , determined to keep the conversation going . |
| 4 | It was n't long , of course , before the superb ‘ draught excluder ’ thus created burst into a spectacular display of flames , which shot out across the room . |
| 5 | He burst into a loud peal of laughter , the Irishman grinned sheepishly and I giggled . |
| 6 | Iago looked up at him over the wine with a face suddenly bright , astonished and disarmed , and burst into a muted crow of laughter . |
| 7 | As early as 1933 , when he was nineteen , he watched in joy and fascination as Germany burst into a new era , and Russia fed her revolution on the flesh of her own children . |
| 8 | Then , tiny in the sky , it burst into a black cloud and was gone . |
| 9 | Even so , it took all his self-control not to lose his temper with Madge Grimsilk , for Therese , in the dark sapphire Rosa Ponselle gown , studded all over with flashing blue stones and with the huge peacock train spreading out behind her , was outstanding , so outstanding that the rest of the cast , pleased with their own designs but quick to recognize a ‘ star ’ outfit , burst into a little patter of applause . |
| 10 | He and his men had killed three Germans in this house when he burst into a back room and was probably killed by a fourth German hiding there , although he may have been hit from across the street . |
| 11 | She nodded and burst into a fresh flood of tears . |
| 12 | A look of gratitude spreading over his face , the man burst into a fresh flood of speech . |
| 13 | At one and the same instant the audience burst into a thundering shout ; the orchestra pealed forth the strains of the Hallelujah Chorus ; the wheels of the great Ellis engine in Machinery Hall commenced to revolve ; the electric fountains in the lagoon threw their torrents towards the sky ; a flood of water gushed from the McMonnies Lake and rolled back again into the basin ; the thunder of artillery came from the vessels in the lake ; the chimes in Manufacturers Hall and on the German building rang out a merry peal , and overhead , the flags at the top of the poles in front of the platform fell apart and revealed the gilded models of the ships in which Columbus first sailed to American shores . |
| 14 | A FORMER Marine commando of 73 beat off a masked raider armed , masked raider who burst into an elderly woman 's home . |