Example sentences of "broke out in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fights frequently broke out in the course of which gilt chairs got hurled across the room . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was dark and all was quiet when , suddenly , a commotion broke out in the undergrowth behind us . |
| 13 | The blaze broke out in the house in Ashurst , Skemersdale , Lancashire , shortly after 3pm yesterday . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Firefighters were called to the county library in Grammar School Lane , Northallerton , when a blaze broke out in the lift shaft . |
| 16 | Firefighters were called to the county library in Grammar School Lane , Northallerton , when a blaze broke out in the lift shaft . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Firemen were called to a house in Elwick Road , Hartlepool , yesterday after a blaze broke out in the airing cupboard . |
| 19 | Communal violence broke out in the Gujarat city of Ahmedabad on April 4 after an incident in which a Moslem was stabbed to death . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Shortly after their third visit a fight broke out in the street . |
| 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 | One day at lunch , a fist fight broke out in the dining hall . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The police were called in as fighting broke out in the crowd between the rival sets of supporters . |