Example sentences of "with a sudden " in BNC.
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| 1 | I crept to the door and , with a sudden movement , opened it wide . |
| 2 | Sven Hjerson asked with a sudden flicker of interest . |
| 3 | ‘ Come off it , ’ Harriet carries on with a sudden jerk . |
| 4 | Phoebe lying on her bed in her mother 's house in north London , asked herself with a sudden rush of nostalgia . |
| 5 | But when she reached the vicinity of her garden she was seized with a sudden embarrassment . |
| 6 | Agnes takes her father 's part , and the sisters quarrel , overtaken with a sudden hatred . |
| 7 | ‘ 'Course you have n't got them now ! ’ said Marie scornfully , with a sudden flash of inspiration . |
| 8 | ‘ The Forest ! ’ he said , sitting up with a sudden movement . |
| 9 | Thinking of the provocatively slow way she might later take off her shiny red boots , dark hair falling down over her placidly unconcerned face as she bent to remove them , thinking of the longer , slower flow of her otherwise quick young body as she discarded her clothing bit by bit and turned with a sudden smile of submission towards his already rumpled bed , he was also holding in to himself and caressing within himself the glass-cased ideal of a woman — a Princess — who could be worshipped without being touched by bonily clutching fingers , who could transform him without being stickied by any of his bodily fluids . |
| 10 | Leeds United3 , Chelsea0 LEEDS returned to the top of the First Division yesterday with a sudden scoring explosion that masked a deeply unconvincing performance . |
| 11 | ‘ Communications officer on atomic submarine , ’ he says , and I see with a sudden , sickening clarity that he has forked my bishop and knight . |
| 12 | Then , with a sudden frown , ‘ I hope you like steak-and-kidney pudding ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You use sex the way I use makeup , ’ she said with a sudden abandonment of her act . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd like to know how the hell they got onto it , ’ Briant said with a sudden cold fury . |
| 15 | ‘ Could n't you move him to another job occasionally ? ’ she said , with a sudden burst of inspiration . |
| 16 | With a sudden movement Marcus stretched himself out on the bed , also lying on his side , bringing his body into contact with Patrick 's , pushing his knees into the crook of Patrick 's knees , and his breast against his back . |
| 17 | Then , in a postscript , as if feeling that his measured words had not yet said enough , he added with a sudden note of desperation : ‘ May God preserve us & make us continue to be joy & comfort & wisdom & virtue to each other , my dear , dear , Poole ! ’ |
| 18 | Normally covered by a fold of skin , these spurs can be erected if the animal is caught and , with a sudden jab of the hind legs , the sharp points of spurs are stabbed into the attacker 's flesh . |
| 19 | Many a harmless animal manages to transform itself , with a sudden display , into what appears to be a vicious killer — a scorpion , a snake , or a bird of prey . |
| 20 | With a sudden rush of tender emotion I hugged her . |
| 21 | Then a calf mooed nearby , and its mother answered in a deep contralto ; a dog barked , and a cock began to crow , and with a sudden rush of wings , a company of rooks rose from the ground and flew away , making a neat cross-stitch pattern in the sky . |
| 22 | Life must be cruel , she thought with a sudden rush of anger , to allow a fine person like Gay to start her career with so many handicaps . |
| 23 | ‘ John , ’ she said with a sudden urgency that stopped abruptly . |
| 24 | As they reached St-Cloud , he turned to Edouard with a sudden anxiousness in his face . |
| 25 | She snatched it away , with a sudden quick anger . |
| 26 | She lifted her arms up to the warmth of the sun , filled with a sudden wild joy . |
| 27 | He wondered how many of the 250 were read and thought , with a sudden spasm of anxiety and depression , of the total cost of even this small enterprise . |
| 28 | He turned his face back to her and she shook as if with a sudden , electric shock . |
| 29 | He gave a loud moan and with a sudden retch , vomited all over the floor . |
| 30 | This move in , pull back shooting pattern can become repetitious of course , and an effective variant is to begin with a sudden close-up of some piece of action , say the kicking of a ball , and then to move back to reveal the background to the action . |