Example sentences of "broke [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When we got to Parma the car ( which worked on methane gas ] broke down in the middle of piazza Garibaldi , which had been completely cleared of civilians because the convoy was going to pass through it . |
| 2 | If the generator broke down in the middle of the night Penry had seen to it that she 'd still be able to lighten her darkness . |
| 3 | Atrocities were reported on both sides ; random killings appeared to increase in mid- to late July as basic supplies in the capital ran low , and discipline broke down in the ranks of Army and rebel forces alike . |
| 4 | A MURDER trial was adjourned last night after one of the accused broke down in the witness box as she said her fellow defendant had suggested using shovels to bury a woman alive . |
| 5 | And of course er when an article became , when you needed an article or something broke down in the car and you needed to m=make something up on the lathe o it was made on the premises . |
| 6 | Many teachers , I have found , can remember from their own schooldays the shock and guilt they felt when a teacher finally broke down in the face of what , to the class , had seemed to be ‘ just having a bit of fun ’ . |
| 7 | When he broke off in the middle of the sentence , she glanced up at him curiously and was completely taken by surprise when he pulled her into his arms and kissed her . |
| 8 | Simmons suddenly recollected his duties as host , and broke off in the middle of a discussion about whether Botham 's personality was right for the England team . |
| 9 | If the aeroplane broke up in the air or the engine fell apart then the designers could be at fault ; if navigation aids were not working properly a radio engineer could be responsible , or even the Director of Civil Aviation who failed to provide enough money for the maintenance of the aids . |
| 10 | Fights frequently broke out in the course of which gilt chairs got hurled across the room . |
| 11 | Clashes between police and radical students broke out in the South Korean city of Kwangju . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The start of trading on the New York and American Stock Exchanges was held up for an hour yesterday after a fire , caused by an electrical fault , broke out in the building housing the exchanges ' computer systems , writes Mary Brasier in New York . |
| 16 | The authorities claimed that the Feb. 21 fighting , which broke out in the south of N'Djamena , the capital , had started when " armed men in military uniform " attacked a police station . |
| 17 | One was centred in Nghe-An , Nguyen 's birth-place , while in Cochin China ( known to the Vietnamese as Nam Bo ) several revolts broke out in the Mekong delta . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Gary Kelly continues to impress too , though he missed probably the best chance of the night — he broke out in the middle of the pitch , was charging down with only Rik to beat when he nudged the ball just too far at the moment he should have shot past him . |
| 20 | This time cheering broke out in the ranks . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The defendant was held liable , for the fire which did the damage was not that which broke out in the carburettor but that which spread to the car and this second or continuing fire did not ‘ accidentally ’ begin . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | By Easter heavy frosts had ended hopes of a good harvest that year , and in the summer and autumn food riots broke out in the country at large as the price of a quartern loaf — where one could be had at all — rose from 3d. to over 1s . |
| 26 | It was dark and all was quiet when , suddenly , a commotion broke out in the undergrowth behind us . |
| 27 | The blaze broke out in the house in Ashurst , Skemersdale , Lancashire , shortly after 3pm yesterday . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Firefighters were called to the county library in Grammar School Lane , Northallerton , when a blaze broke out in the lift shaft . |
| 30 | Firefighters were called to the county library in Grammar School Lane , Northallerton , when a blaze broke out in the lift shaft . |