Example sentences of "[noun sg] broke out in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against a background of rising tension between Aoun 's forces and those under the command of Gen. Lahud , as well as Samir Geaga 's Lebanese Forces ( LF ) militia , military confrontation broke out in the Christian enclave of East Beirut in late January 1990 [ see pp. 37264-65 ] . |
| 2 | Communal violence broke out in the Gujarat city of Ahmedabad on April 4 after an incident in which a Moslem was stabbed to death . |
| 3 | Then , just before the club 's debut v. Cromley Royal Artillery ( 1931 ) Ltd , fighting broke out in the dressing room and the Mitchley contingent in the crowd were surprised to discover the team was five players short and called Whaddon Athletic . |
| 4 | It seemed in keeping with their mood when bitter fighting broke out in the Ardennes , and hopes of peace were dashed again . |
| 5 | The police were called in as fighting broke out in the crowd between the rival sets of supporters . |
| 6 | Violent fighting between members of the Arab Sabaha tribe and the African Shiluk broke out in the countryside around Kosti , some 250 km south of Khartoum ( the capital ) , at the end of December . |
| 7 | In the meantime , some suspects were interrogated , but the Croatian side never got hold of the whole file before the war broke out in the summer of 1991 . |
| 8 | If war broke out in the Far East ‘ our present forces in Korea would be a military liability and could not be maintained there without substantial reinforcement prior to the initiation of hostilities ’ . |
| 9 | In September 1939 , when war broke out in the West , almost everyone in our part of the world believed that Mussolini would join in as an ally of Hitler ; in 1936 the German alliance with Italy , the Berlin-Rome Axis , had been established . |
| 10 | He concerned himself with alleviating the slave-like conditions of negroes in the West Indies , and when war broke out in the United States in 1861 he worked at getting financial and material support for emancipated negroes . |
| 11 | The people of Cerska are among tens of thousands of Muslims encircled by Serbs in eastern Bosnia since civil war broke out in the former Yugoslav republic last March . |
| 12 | In October 1973 war broke out in the Middle East . |
| 13 | But meanwhile democracy would have been taken much further than the Mensheviks envisaged — and there was even the possibility that , if revolution broke out in the West , the ‘ dictatorship ’ might be sustained by aid from socialist regimes abroad . |
| 14 | One day at lunch , a fist fight broke out in the dining hall . |
| 15 | Shortly after their third visit a fight broke out in the street . |
| 16 | An argument broke out in the crowded pub after some drink was knocked over and Mr Brown tried to defuse the situation . |
| 17 | The row broke out in the Commons after Tory MP Robin Squire claimed Labour party propaganda had been found beside a Commons photocopier . |
| 18 | This time cheering broke out in the ranks . |
| 19 | It was dark and all was quiet when , suddenly , a commotion broke out in the undergrowth behind us . |
| 20 | As fresh Tuareg rebel activity broke out in the west of the country , the first regular session of the National Pact follow-up commission was held on July 10-12 . |
| 21 | Immediately the rumours of Henry 's illness began , rebellion broke out in the Rhineland and as soon as they were confirmed there was plundering of the imperial estates . |
| 22 | On the night of 22nd June 1957 , the fishing vessel Venus star from Portsoy , Banffshire , Scotland , was off Loch Ewe when a fire broke out in the engine-room . |
| 23 | Airport director Carlos Saruca Salgado said the jet broke in two , spilling passengers on to the ground and a fire broke out in the rear of the fuselage . |
| 24 | The vessel was on passage from Essex to Northern Ireland carrying 120 tons of ammunition for the Army there when fire broke out in the accommodation and spread quickly to the engine room . |
| 25 | During her night 's stay a fire broke out in the hotel and the guest , in a panic , attempted to leave her second floor room through her window by means of a ‘ rope ’ made from bed linen . |
| 26 | Fire broke out in the Ghyll Foot tearooms , Gunnerside , Swaledale , yesterday lunchtime when heat from a flue set alight a wooden frame in a false wall . |
| 27 | Off-duty police constable David Crowe was visiting his parents in the town 's Coalhall Avenue in October last year when fire broke out in the house next door . |
| 28 | The blaze broke out in the house in Ashurst , Skemersdale , Lancashire , shortly after 3pm yesterday . |
| 29 | Firefighters were called to the county library in Grammar School Lane , Northallerton , when a blaze broke out in the lift shaft . |
| 30 | Firemen were called to a house in Elwick Road , Hartlepool , yesterday after a blaze broke out in the airing cupboard . |