Example sentences of "to explode into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forty years later , in his biography The Sweeping Wind ( 1962 ) , he described his first impressions : ‘ a young red-headed man , very tall and slightly stooped , nervous , his face spotty red as if about to explode into a dermatosis … |
| 2 | The difference being that when Michael was like this he was liable to explode into a raging temper at any moment . |
| 3 | Suddenly the entire dealing room used to explode into a harsh crescendo of directed shouting . |
| 4 | But as the examination time approaches , they have to explode into a frenzy of " swotting " activity . |
| 5 | In the following sentence , the effect introduced by the use of the to infinitive is even more striking : ( 190 ) … what he saw there made him falter and repeat himself and then suddenly to explode into a cry . |