Example sentences of "suddenly [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without looking back into the car he suddenly drawled in good English : |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | His eyes were still as still pools for a moment as he looked and then suddenly became like spikes . |
| 5 | I suddenly agreed with you about prizes and fame and the rest . |
| 6 | And I suddenly realized at this stage that there was going to be something rather unexpected happening . |
| 7 | Lieutenant Stapleton suddenly realized with a shock of fear that he was lucky not to have been shot down by one of these tattered lunatics . |
| 8 | Her voice suddenly swooped into hysterics . |
| 9 | On 12 June , after a feint in the direction of Tours , Richard and Philip suddenly swooped on Le Mans itself . |
| 10 | Foolishly , the roughness from one who had been so kind was the last straw , and tears suddenly welled into her eyes . |
| 11 | A film of tears suddenly welled in his eyes . |
| 12 | There were robes where the pouring light suddenly solidified into rather grisly bones that rattled and gibbered and , on the same racks , were robes made of several different kinds of skin . |
| 13 | At this point the husband , who had not moved once during his wife 's burial — not even during the long wait for the priest — suddenly fainted to the ground and had to have cold water thrown over him . |
| 14 | If a mutant batch of tadpoles with cannibalistic tendencies suddenly arose in a spadefoot population , they would tend to survive much better on those occasions when the pond was quickly drying out . |
| 15 | After he finished , it is said , a wind suddenly arose from the floor of the desert and blew sand across the spectators . |
| 16 | A face suddenly lunged at him , its teeth bared . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't think what suddenly got into him . |
| 18 | Jamie suddenly got to his feet , went to the railing , thrust his hands into the pockets of his white trousers , looked out across the city . |
| 19 | When I first thought of that I suddenly got in an absolute panic — nothing to do with Darwin , but , you know never mind — and I thought what about those erm , preying mantises and things , which who have adopted their front legs for sort of seizing prey like that they 've even got four legs to walk on — what do the poor things do ? |
| 20 | I believe I was collecting my thoughts for a renewed effort when the young gentleman suddenly rose to his feet , and clutching his attaché case to his person , said : ‘ Well , I think I 'll go and take a little fresh air . |
| 21 | Shadshit 's voice suddenly rose to rehearsal pitch and he walked out of the toilet and into the dressing room . |
| 22 | Also involved with the Hoptons was Philip Bothe of Coddenham ( Suff. ) a second generation emigrant from the north west who suddenly rose to local prominence after 1483 — which seems to imply an earlier connection with Richard . |
| 23 | Behind the boy the stiff figure of the man suddenly rose to its feet . |
| 24 | Also involved with the Hoptons was Philip Bothe of Coddenham ( Suff. ) a second generation emigrant from the north west who suddenly rose to local prominence after 1483 — which seems to imply an earlier connection with Richard . |
| 25 | She suddenly rose to her feet , pushing her chair back and reaching for her bag . |
| 26 | Ruthven suddenly rose as if to suppress some excitement inside him . |
| 27 | A limp rope , lying unseen across the track suddenly rose in the air and was pulled tight between two trees . |
| 28 | A series of bad falls , a year and a half on the sidelines , and a promising career suddenly headed for oblivion . |
| 29 | There were rainbow clumps of raw colour which sizzled and suddenly coiled into snakelike forms as she approached and lifted serpentine heads to hiss at her ; there were pouring cascades of things that had appeared to be silk or velvet , but which were molten gold when she got nearer and made her remember Fael-Inis and the cascading River and the salamanders . |
| 30 | Gesner suddenly shouted at her . |