Example sentences of "suddenly [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She and Ethel were halfway down the next flight of stairs when they were suddenly joined by Bryce . |
| 2 | To quote the same news report : ‘ Supporters who had been fierce rivals seconds before when Don Gillies fired in an 80th minute equaliser for Bristol , suddenly joined in a combined celebration . |
| 3 | The court heard several witnesses say they saw Mr Austin 's car suddenly swerve to the right in the outsidfe lane , then violently to the left and into the front of the bus forcing it off the carriageway . |
| 4 | Without looking back into the car he suddenly drawled in good English : |
| 5 | She felt now as if something were slipping away , leaving her mind not quiet and empty , but suddenly filled with the black debris of her own trouble . |
| 6 | Sometimes the water would be calm then suddenly filled with little rapids called rips ; huge rocks would sometimes be concealed under the water but we learned to recognise the water flow around them . |
| 7 | Ignoring her , Drew filled up Perdita 's glass , then , seeing Daisy 's eyes had suddenly filled with tears , asked her if she 'd like another vodka and orange . |
| 8 | I was suddenly filled with great anger and , without thinking , I turned round and delivered the most beautiful right hook to his jaw as he stood there grinning . |
| 9 | Each day was blessed with the same strangely cool weather , until one evening the clear sky suddenly filled with haze and the new moon faded out of sight as though sailing out of orbit into oblivion . |
| 10 | Bernice 's mind was suddenly filled with a vivid memory : she was almost reliving the moment when she and the Doctor had been discussing the difficulty of tampering with the TARDIS . |
| 11 | One day , even one hour , can make a huge difference in the environment as a previously barren stretch of water is suddenly filled with swarms of jellyfish or other planktonic organisms . |
| 12 | I walk through the lounge thinking something looks wrong somehow , then stop and stand still where the lounge opens out into the main terminal building , suddenly filled with horror and confusion ; it 's all too small and not shaped right ! |
| 13 | The living , crackling lightning stabbed at the overhead strip lights and the office was suddenly filled with a hail of exploding , flying glass . |
| 14 | I was suddenly filled with fear and doubt . |
| 15 | The curtains were only a few inches apart and he pushed them aside so that the room was suddenly filled with light . |
| 16 | Folly was suddenly filled with a shuddering sense of urgency . |
| 17 | Ronni scowled at him , suddenly filled with alarm at the way his arm was round her waist and at the way her body longed to sink unresisting against it . |
| 18 | Inside , she was suddenly filled with helpless frustration . |
| 19 | Len 's eyes suddenly filled with tears . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , Fabia , ’ Ven murmured swiftly , and his look suddenly filled with understanding . |
| 21 | Sadat is suddenly redefined as her only friend . |
| 22 | Different thoughts , but one thought : Secord would suddenly explode to the interpreter , ‘ He 's still not talking about the god-damned hostage thing ! ’ ; or , in North 's exasperated words , ‘ if we 're really sincere about this whole friggin' thing … they ought to be exercising every possible amount of leverage they 've got to get those people out . ’ |
| 23 | Now , you , for instance , " she said , her vague look suddenly sharpening into pinpointed attention , " you , I should think , do . |
| 24 | Looking back on that moment now , she felt it tremble before her , round and perfect as an overfull drip , and she caught her breath at the thought of its transitoriness , its shimmering beauty , and suddenly whispered to herself , ‘ I am happy , ’ as if she feared it might not last forever . |
| 25 | Now it is ‘ threatened ’ with privatisation it has suddenly blossomed into a loved institution bordering on heritage ’ — The Duchess of Devonshire . |
| 26 | I am suddenly consumed with a ridiculous curiosity . |
| 27 | Black smoke gushed out of open doors and through windows and roofs only to be suddenly consumed by tongues of fire that licked heavenwards , raising up their flaming fangs like the arms of satanic dancers placating some obscene god . |
| 28 | The chill of fear and loneliness that had penetrated her very bones was suddenly consumed by the fury that engulfed her like a wave . |
| 29 | Rather , as the polls came to trouble the Tories , the ‘ troubles ’ suddenly became of interest — purely because it appeared the Conservative Revolution might just be sustained with the assistance of that unlikely revolutionary , James Molyneaux , leader of the Ulster Unionists . |
| 30 | His eyes were still as still pools for a moment as he looked and then suddenly became like spikes . |