Example sentences of "suddenly [vb past] at " in BNC.

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1 And I suddenly realized at this stage that there was going to be something rather unexpected happening .
2 A face suddenly lunged at him , its teeth bared .
3 Gesner suddenly shouted at her .
4 Sir Brian suddenly knelt at Athelstan 's feet and sketched the sign of the cross in the air .
5 ‘ But that 's the trouble , ’ she suddenly flared at him .
6 I suddenly screeched at her , ‘ I do n't want to know ! ’ and threw down the phone and pushed myself out of the door .
7 A monster 's mum was hanging up the washing in the garden when she suddenly yelled at him :
8 He must have sensed that I was looking at him , he suddenly glanced at me out of the corner of his eyes and , still cleaning the mess tin with his finger , he said quietly , ‘ Why are you staring at me like that , Piper ?
9 .. When , at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon we rounded the last promontory which separated us from what was once the magnificent panorama of St Pierre , we suddenly perceived at the opposite extremity of the roadstead the Riviere Blanche with its crest of vapour , rushing madly into the sea .
10 At the door she suddenly grinned at him , and when she had gone the grin seemed to him still to be hanging in the air , like the Cheshire cat 's .
11 He suddenly grinned at her , taking her arm .
12 I crawl , I kiss your arse , do everything — ’ She had worked herself up into a state of almost incoherent fury , like a child in a tantrum , tears streaming down her face and her whole body shaking in a sort of passion as she suddenly flew at him , clawing with her nails .
13 I relished the moment during a rehearsal once when Mel Brooks suddenly boomed at the researcher , ‘ Judith — go to my dressing-room and put on that thing I bought you ! ’
14 Then she suddenly slapped at her apron pocket .
15 I suddenly felt at ease and I 'm just hoping I can stay in the side alongside Alan . ’
16 The two witches suddenly looked at each other in horror .
17 As he left , Glyn suddenly looked at her suspiciously .
18 We report a formerly healthy boy who suddenly died at 11 months after a Reye-like syndrome .
19 On June 5th of that year he suddenly appeared at Racedown — ‘ he did not keep to the high road , but leaped over a gate and bounded down the pathless field ’ .
20 While I was waiting in the car ( I thought the men would only be a few moments ) , Alan suddenly appeared at the window .
21 Jorge suddenly appeared at the door and Maggie did not wait to hear any answer ; she walked out of the room , scooping up her bag and swinging it over her shoulder , quite satisfied that this time Felipe de Santis had come off worst .
22 ‘ It does n't matter to you much , does it ? ’ he suddenly shot at Owen .
23 The strip of mirror suddenly flashed at a struck match .
24 Alain suddenly snapped at her .
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