Example sentences of "suddenly [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With her thoughts going dreamily round and round , it was about seven-thirty that , as she was again thinking of how he had that morning cradled her so gently when he 'd seen her hurt , Leith suddenly became horror-struck . |
| 2 | Politically its another matter of course … pretty much the same as if Wales suddenly became independant — politically it would nt be UK , but I do nt think they would suddenly lose that British sense of humour . |
| 3 | Some would read significance into an incident in which the best educated director of one licensed dealer suddenly became history . |
| 4 | .. all of a sudden I felt a terrible wind blowing , the earth began to tremble , and the sky suddenly became dark . |
| 5 | But when he clubbed May straight to David Boon at mid-wicket — the only fielder in the vicinity — England 's control at 157 for one suddenly became crisis . |
| 6 | There had been one or two Earth stories of how warriors going into battle had gone shoulder to shoulder , which had always seemed a rather odd expression , but which suddenly made sense . |
| 7 | Despite Gregory 's constant emphasis on the involvement of Childebert 's men in Gundovald 's cause , it seems from the chronological coincidence of Chilperic 's murder and the elevation of the " pretender " to the kingship , that it was the support of this third group , that is of Desiderius and Waddo , which suddenly made rebellion viable . |
| 8 | He suddenly stopped teasing . |
| 9 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 10 | Looking back at the crowd at the foot of the great stone double staircase , she suddenly caught sight of the familiar blonde head of her daughter and called the nursemaid , who was holding her up to get a better view of all the excitement , to bring her over . |
| 11 | As they came up to the warren bank he suddenly caught sight of Fiver . |
| 12 | But he suddenly caught sight of her , and the effect on him was electric . |
| 13 | Ronni looked back at him and was aware of a flicker inside her as she suddenly caught sight of those wonderful eyelashes . |
| 14 | Jackson — forced to pull out of last year 's World Championship final when he suddenly suffered shoulder spasms minutes before the race — declared : ‘ I wo n't make the same mistakes again . |
| 15 | It is reported that , while out riding in Wychwood Forest , he suddenly came face to face with the shade of Amy Robsart . |
| 16 | Crichton had been Rovers ’ hero , but he suddenly turned villain when he pulled down Hignett as he streaked clear five minutes from time . |
| 17 | ‘ She was doing quite nicely when she suddenly developed gas gangrene . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The blonde Beverly Hills 90210 beauty was racing on a powerful jet-ski at Malibu Beach when she suddenly lost control of the machine . |
| 20 | One minute he was just standing there — and the next instant he suddenly grabbed hold of Laura , quickly scooping her tall , slender body up into his arms before carrying the struggling figure of the girl towards his large limousine . |
| 21 | Walking out of the Ladies , I suddenly saw Mum 's face in front of me like I saw it in the dream — sinking , drowning in bubbling mud — trying to spit the oozing slime out of her lipsticked mouth but the more she spat it out the more slithered in … |
| 22 | Well on that join I suddenly saw water rushing down the wall ! |
| 23 | Sara suddenly felt pity for her stepfather , bereft of his only , well-beloved daughter . |
| 24 | Creggan suddenly felt strength and great certainty . |
| 25 | And sure enough they do panic and run amok , and ‘ the almost mystical terror which suddenly took hold of our authorities ’ completes the ruinous and negative side of the Gadarene story . |
| 26 | ROCKER Danny Bowles was convinced his career was over when he suddenly went stone deaf … hours before playing the biggest gig of his career . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The plain-covered wordy tomes of earlier years , largely indistinguishable in appearance ( except for the use of photographs ) from their Lyellian and Geikien predecessors of the century before , suddenly gave way to glossy volumes with brightly coloured covers , two-colour diagrams , larger page sizes and a higher picture-to text ratio . |
| 29 | To Ted 's consternation , the soil of the slope suddenly gave way and the halter shank ran through his fingers as the terrified horse slipped down towards the water . |
| 30 | The tall hedge to her left suddenly gave way to a low brick wall , and she found herself driving past the Red House . |