Example sentences of "he break into a " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	When everyone expected him to break into a nimble tune , he played a slow air that sounded Irish in the long luxuriant unfolding of each phrase .
2	He breaks into a trot .
3	He breaks into a wide smile , and a dried bogie snowflakes from his nose down to the ground .
4	Act guiltily and they 'll judge you guilty As they started to follow him down the street he got more and more worried He broke into a run .
5	Jock decided to play as the congregation assembled and before the proper organist arrived , but his hesitant , hymnal efforts had a spare , Protestant ring about them and when , in despair , he broke into a decidedly rag-time syncopation with ‘ Wait Till the Sun Shines , Nelly ’ the proper organist , who was a very proper spinster-woman , rose and hurriedly pushed him off the stool before he had got through the chorus .
6	He listened gravely , then gradually his expression relaxed and he broke into a wide grin , then a laugh , then with a loud yell , he threw the telephone into the air .
7	‘ Christ , the tide , ’ he gasped , as he broke into a staggering run .
8	She did not object , so he broke into a piece by Debussy and she listened attentively .
9	She watched as he broke into a run along the perimeter track ; the same track his bomber would lumber round tonight if standby became reality .
10	He broke into a trot and the three surprised young men did likewise , aware that something must have gone wrong .
11	Without changing his tone of voice he broke into a tale of an elephant who entered the garden the night before and ate the cabbages .
12	Overcome by his own joke he broke into a fit of choking laughter until tears sprang from his eyes .
13	He broke into a run .
14	He broke into a trot as he headed up the path to the staff-cabins .
15	Here in the open grass he broke into a headlong run , lurching and recovering as the tussocks turned under him .

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