Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] suddenly [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I took 2 days off work before my baby was born , and on the third day my life suddenly changed and it seemed that all of my well laid plans would go to waste .
2 However , their positions are threatened and the impermanence and insecurity of their lives suddenly revealed when the ‘ hinds ’ and farmers begin to demand reform of the bondager system .
3 Her performance brought the house down and as they stood to go back and see her Maggie suddenly realised that Mitch was no longer there .
4 ‘ I have got ambition , ’ Hari said quickly , her cheeks suddenly flushed and Emily could see that her words had stung .
5 At the mention of her mother , her tone suddenly faltered and a pain like a lance went driving through her .
6 Annie laughed once more as Billy put a hand up to his lips in mock horror and then her face suddenly flushed as she realised he was appraising her .
7 But his mouth suddenly tightened and he turned back to the sterilizer in dignified silence .
8 The hairs on the back of his neck suddenly prickled and stood on end .
9 His eyes suddenly narrowed as he looked at her , and there was a silence charged with meaning between the two of them .
10 ‘ A few minutes after I had told him I was n't going on , a gang of his thugs suddenly appeared and pointed machine-guns at us and ordered us to get up on stage .
11 He was in the restaurant kitchen late one night before closing up , knocking back the remains of four glasses of liqueur from a dirty table , when his head suddenly cleared and he heard some lines from the past in a devastating playback in his head : ‘ You 're better off without me ’ — Bella 's voice , coolly justifying herself to him on the telephone .
12 If she had thought she was showing him a stop-light , however , he must have seen it as a green one , for his arm suddenly tightened and there was a definite amorous gleam in his eye as he edged closer to her and breathed seductively , ‘ I like you so much , Fabia . ’
13 Then his face suddenly contorted until it was a livid mask .
14 ‘ Has your head suddenly swollen or something ? ’
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