Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [prep] life " in BNC.
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| 1 | The small bulb inside exploded into life , displaying his clothes . |
| 2 | The match really came to life when Smith put the visitors ahead five minutes before the scheduled break . |
| 3 | Chris Law 's last-minute attempt to win a place in the British Olympic team briefly flickered to life yesterday when he won a Soling race in the French Olympic Classes Regatta at Hyeres , finishing in front of Lawrie Smith , writes David Pelly . |
| 4 | ‘ Er — thank you very much , ’ she accepted , and had to smile herself when his beaming smile instantly burst into life . |
| 5 | THE long-running row over Darlington 's Court Arcade again spluttered into life yesterday . |
| 6 | The bleeper attached to his belt suddenly shrilled into life and after silencing it he eased the hook from the mouth of the pike thrashing about at his feet and brushed it back into the water with the side of his boot . |
| 7 | She ran to the end of the alley and was about to scale the ten-foot wire fence when the bleeper attached to her belt suddenly shrilled into life . |
| 8 | The Prince either stormed through life like a tornado or idled with a lack of haste that was almost feline . |
| 9 | She was just clipping jewelled studs into her ears when the tannoy system suddenly burst into life and the strident , adrenalin-boosting words filled the ship . |