Example sentences of "[noun sg] suddenly [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An amazing difference occurred ; the guitar suddenly became cleaner , clearer when played acoustically and through an amp , plus I still had full use of the tremolo unit . |
| 2 | Gazzer suddenly realized the depths of her resentment . |
| 3 | The huge kitchen suddenly seemed too crowded . |
| 4 | Lloyd had persuaded Coleridge to take him as a pupil at £80 a year ; but when his wealthy father , a member of the banking family , insisted that the arrangement could last only for a year , Coleridge 's expectation of a regular income suddenly vanished , and Lloyd eventually settled with him as an occasional lodger , not a pupil . |
| 5 | Ruthven suddenly rose as if to suppress some excitement inside him . |
| 6 | Jimmy had dropped to his knees and was hugging his head , when the noise suddenly snapped out of existence . |
| 7 | The room was a pressurised cabin suddenly ruptured . |
| 8 | This tiny scrap suddenly took on a personality . |
| 9 | Dotty 's slender stock of patience suddenly ran out at her heels like gunpowder . |
| 10 | Her heart suddenly felt heavy . |
| 11 | Her heart suddenly thudded hard . |
| 12 | She saw his glance flick to her mouth , then back to her eyes , and as her heart suddenly started to thunder , so she felt a desperate need to say something — anything . |
| 13 | She gasped in surprise , her heart suddenly started to race and , while her mind went blank , Fabia could n't think of a thing to say . |
| 14 | Sister suddenly spotted the pair and exploded . |
| 15 | But Ven , she discovered , was not prepared to let her off the hook , and , ‘ Why … ’ he began to challenge , ‘ … when you 're honest , I know it , yet have begun on a path of deception to one particular end — why , when it 's so important to your sister whom — you love … ’ an alert look suddenly came to his eyes , and he broke off for a brief moment before continuing , his serious dark eyes holding hers ‘ … a sister whom you 'd do anything for , as you proved when you left England and came here — why are you ready to leave now , without another thought ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't do it ! ’ she had to tell her , and , when her sister 's look suddenly became hostile , ‘ I 'm sure if you wrote to Mr Gajdusek , or phoned him — or I could do it for you , ’ she volunteered hastily , not wanting to be bad friends with her , now of all times . |
| 17 | Seb suddenly realised the full import of her words , ‘ You mean … you 're going ahead and marrying Nahum ? ’ |
| 18 | Then an owl suddenly hooted nearby , making her jump , and she hastily decided she had done enough for one evening . |
| 19 | The broad , sinewy shoulders and the powerfully muscled chest suddenly seemed to fill her vision . |
| 20 | The dt route suddenly appeared to be promising , though there is still a long way to go as it takes 20 to 40 times this to make a muon in a particle accelerator . |
| 21 | She had been fastening the buttons at the shoulder of Thomas 's elephant-patterned pyjamas , but all sense of co-ordination suddenly seemed to vanish and her fingers fumbled in vain . |
| 22 | Then Julius 's mouth closed over hers again , his hands began a series of loving , teasing caresses , and Jessamy forgot everything except that this was her brilliant , stubborn , bullish husband whom she loved very much , and a bright future suddenly shone in front of them . |
| 23 | Just at the point where we were walking , the car suddenly mounted the pavement to avoid a vehicle coming in the opposite direction . |
| 24 | Then the first man stalked forward , blasting several more shots into the car ; the radiator disappeared in a cloud of steam , the bonnet was blown off , and the car suddenly lurched downwards and circled as half the wheel nearest Howard was blown away . |
| 25 | When the car suddenly collided with something solid she knew her prayers had n't been answered . |
| 26 | Laidlaw trailed off when a car suddenly came into view at the other end of the dimly lit street . |
| 27 | She says the car suddenly came up with it 's headlights blaring and it was doing eighty five miles an hour . |
| 28 | She says the car suddenly came up with it 's headlights blaring and it was doing eighty five miles an hour . |
| 29 | His breathing had become rather quick and heavy , and the car suddenly swerved a few feet , as if he was no longer paying any attention to the road ahead . |
| 30 | These works , including the Queen Mary and Isabella Psalters , have led Dr Binski to conclude that ‘ a big French illustrated Old Testament suddenly became known and influential from c . |