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  • All of a sudden St. Philip's ten bells start tanging - one o’clock already - and at once the workshops and factories around the yard begin disgorging throngs of workers on their way to lunch
  • Some of the German people were all of a sudden no longer Germans but Czechs or Poles.
  • Then, all of a sudden rising from her chair, she went over to the jug of roses, which she had placed on the writing-table, bent over the flowers with a kind of perceptible hesitation. and as suddenly came back to her seat. Maurice Guest
  • But she said: ‘I had gone to celebrate a friend's birthday and all of a sudden was drawn into some depraved sex show.’
  • Reg is being very nice all of a sudden. What's his game?
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  • All of a sudden there was a terrific bang and a flash of smoke.
  • I was sitting quietly reading when all of a sudden a stone came hurling through the window.
  • They had some words, -- the officer and the sentry, -- he couldn't tell what, but the officer spoke excited like, and all of a sudden jumped away and started as though to run, and Number 6 "hollered" after him, though Reilly didn't clearly understand what was said. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila
  • Shed load All of a sudden it seems the birds have gone. Times, Sunday Times
  • A musty aroma of hunter's stew filled her nostrils, and the sour smell of soggy, rotten straw was almost unbearable all of a sudden.
  • And at that moment, with the explosion, all of a sudden the ennobling, that is, that routine moment now is captured for all time. CNN Transcript - Special Event: Crisis in the Middle East - October 16, 2000
  • All of a sudden the great sheltering limbs of the trees over Jasperwood look like ceiling beams in a quake-shaken house, ready to crash down.
  • All of a sudden the white car pulled out and rammed into the blue car.
  • All of a sudden, though, Hajek pulls out a well-judged drop-shot, which Murray can only flick wristily into the net, and that's the first break of the match. Wimbledon 2010: Andy Murray v Jan Hajek - as it happened
  • Moss, at some point, for some reason, lost her "onside" protection and all of a sudden it's open day on Kate. Media Integrity
  • All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog.
  • IF all of a sudden this morning you find your world plunged into darkness and gloom, do not fear. The Sun
  • He was writing his essay when, all of a sudden, he was seized with giddiness.
  • I saw what I called cooked stories -- plain and simply, military operations that were well planned and well executed and were real success stories but made very dull reading, and so you throw in a few civilian atrocities, you throw in a few short rounds or something like that and all of a sudden it becomes a sexy story that sells. It Doesn't Take a Hero
  • He slowly got up and breathed in the new day, filled with anticipation for this afternoon, but all of a sudden was struck with a sharp pain in his chest.
  • All of a sudden the public want journalists to get the truth out of him, and the public backs them when they push Howard hard.
  • All of a sudden, the fax machine beeped and the document printed out.
  • The share price surged and all of a sudden things are looking up. Times, Sunday Times
  • All of a sudden, with incredible speed, the fog we used to take as something virtually irremovable dispersed.
  • All of a sudden I got sidetracked into being a sexpot.
  • But remove your perception filter and all of a sudden they look more like fish from outer space. Times, Sunday Times
  • All of a sudden the light dawned upon this woman's mind. Christianity Today
  • All of a sudden, there is a barely perceptible change: critical party mass. Times, Sunday Times
  • All of a sudden, IBM PCs exchanged information easier with typical minicomputer systems than they did with mainframe computers.
  • All of a sudden, we noticed that the bouncy guy wasn't bouncing any more.
  • In fact, we understand that he was almost released at an undisclosed location in this community by his choice but then all of a sudden California called up and said, "No, we want him in California for those five charges of misdemeanor possession of child porn," so he's back tonight in the county jail. CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2006
  • And then all of a sudden, the computers kind of backtracked and said no, there was only one earthquake. CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2007
  • All of a sudden, congested and cluttered areas free up and the game becomes far more open. Times, Sunday Times
  • Cue to last fall, when all the apartment owners in the low rise buildings on the North Road side found out that the big concrete beams of the guideway would cut 50% of their view on the 2nd floor and all of it on the 3rd floor…not to mention that the resale value will go down a lot..all of a sudden a tram looked good.. Bond shies away from major TransLink reforms « Stephen Rees's blog
  • One day when my grandsire was a young lad he was playing with some other children on the pastures near the shore, when all of a sudden what should they see among their own cows but a fine young dun-colored heifer without any horns. The Scotch Twins
  • They were going like gangbusters, then all of a sudden everything went wrong.
  • All of a sudden, the door bursts open and Maggie pops in.
  • You're established and then, all of a sudden, some young scrawny kid comes out of the youth team and takes your place in the side.
  • Anxious times all of a sudden. Times, Sunday Times
  • I was earning a lot of money and all of a sudden we had to tighten our belts,' he said. Times, Sunday Times
  • All of a sudden you're the biggest badass in tech journalism and can write wherever you want.
  • All of a sudden my heart hardened against her.
  • All of a sudden a blinding amber glow shone at him from all sides, it's orange tint warming him as he descended.
  • All of a sudden, a clap of thunder roared in their ears, jolting them back into the world of the living.
  • Another of my friends had brought a record deck, another his BBC Micro computer, and all of a sudden things didn't look too bad at all.
  • `I just say I think it's mighty darned strange, him keeling over all of a sudden, just like that spy. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
  • Something happens out in the ritzy suburbs, all of a sudden it's a big deal. A RODENT OF DOUBT
  • All of a sudden, a loud bang erupted from behind him followed by a shriek of pain.
  • I was earning a lot of money and all of a sudden we had to tighten our belts,' he said. Times, Sunday Times
  • All of a sudden I know two things: why they were on the same brain cell, and how psychiatry works.
  • Avatar ran as fast as he could to the portal, but all of a sudden, Eirina came in front of him with an unsheathed sword.
  • All of a sudden, the sky cleared, became blue and a perfect rainbow arched over me with one end in the sand.
  • All of a sudden, I became responsible for the upkeep of my car and lots of other things.
  • All of a sudden, you have semi-pro club sides with meaningful competition week in, week out, providing a pool for the provinces.
  • All of a sudden, I heard someone coming into the room just as I was plunking down my drink on my shelf.
  • All of a sudden, I sensed the uneasy feeling of the aircraft going into stall buffet.
  • The worst is walking in a field with a headlamp only shining a few feet in front of you and all of a sudden a skunk pops into view. What is your greatest fear while in the woods?
  • All of a sudden, the gloomy atmosphere of the time stop disappeared.
  • All of a sudden, it was OK to blaze chronic all day while being unemployed.
  • And all of a sudden it's person-to-person contact.
  • These fleet animals no sooner heard the enlivening sound, than, eager for the chase, they sprang away all of a sudden, and strained every nerve to partake of the sport, flew across the fields with incredible speed, overleaped hedges and ditches, and everything in their way, without the least regard to their unfortunate riders. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
  • Bung me on Brunswick Street in a Christmas shopping rush and all of a sudden I'm leading the fashion stakes among teens.
  • All of a sudden it was gushing in. Times, Sunday Times
  • All of a sudden a woman muscled her way to the front of the queue. The Sun
  • All of a sudden, what I thought was a relatively healthy and honest relationship turns out to be a run-of-the-mill deceitful one, in which I am the cuckold.
  • What if you had Neil Diamond on and all of a sudden he couldn't sing a note? TOUCH
  • Whilst I were a squatting, tying up my bundle, I heered all of a suddent -- somebody runnin ', brip -- brap --! and up kern a man from round the corner of the stationhouse, a runnin' full tilt; and he would a run over me, but I grabbed my bundle and riz up. At the Mercy of Tiberius
  • Overall have you ever had one of those days when things are neutral and then all of a sudden inside you everything goes downhill?
  • All of a sudden she felt a sharp jolt come from the ship and her hot chocolate slopped right over the edge.
  • All of a sudden it was gushing in. Times, Sunday Times
  • All of a sudden, out of the very depths of the monument a little wiry man jumped out waving his hands about a lot.
  • My workouts were going more smoothly, and there was never an instance when I was in the middle of a run and all of a sudden felt the bonking effect.
  • Here he was, dressed in corduroy trousers and a light-blue shirt; concentrating, eyes half closed or fully shut; defined gestures; confident breath; fingers flat on the open holes of his clarinet; the muscles of his mouth tight, yet not puffing out his cheeks around the mouthpiece; his upper lip surprisingly mobile, at times seeming to inhale and swallow the top of the reed and at times curling back as if to convey its decision to keep its distance, disavow that nasty instrument, and, all of a sudden, with sovereign authority, literally cut off its breath … In the Footsteps of Tocqueville (Part V)
  • And I told you, that after a very cold, yet not a directly affrontive behaviour to him, they all of a sudden* became more violent, and proceeded to personal insults; which brought on at last the unhappy rencounter between my brother and him. Clarissa Harlowe
  • It's also being quite hypocritical recently in it's "all of a sudden" interest in the support of caribbean newspapers (in regards to PATI) considering that the Gazette has always purposely avoided even the idea of bermuda being considered a part of the Caribbean. Bermuda's Royal Gazette is Not the 'Paper of the People'
  • Most of all I feel really needed all of a sudden; I feel I can bring a slight ray of hope and variety to this ever more depressing world.
  • All of a sudden, she spoke clearly and he could overhear snatches of the conversation.
  • Now all of a sudden she is right on the surge and Iran ... the screwiest damned thing ... McCain Says Palin Is Doing "Numerous" Interviews In Next Couple Of Days
  • All of a sudden, congested and cluttered areas free up and the game becomes far more open. Times, Sunday Times
  • Her palms were feeling extremely sweaty all of a sudden, but her throat was very dry.
  • All of a sudden we heard an almighty crash from the kitchen.
  • But in the last fortnight, all of a sudden with absolutely no publicity whatsoever, the station's opening hours have been returned to normal.
  • But all of a sudden you realized, the jog became a sprint, and he wasn't slowing down.
  • All of a sudden an army of goblins and dwarfs started marching towards them.
  • All of a sudden something he says or does becomes newsworthy. Times, Sunday Times
  • This week's news is like watching someone with a termina disease who's been managing to cover it up, compensate, bring the belt in a little tighter or something, and all of a sudden it's progressed too far to keep it hidden, and you look at the wan face and thinning waist and wispier voice and suddenly realize the end is really coming. Print Media
  • Then all of a sudden there was a sound like smashing crockery, and the planes come diving out of the clouds.
  • I was leading the group, hacking through the undergrowth with my trusty knife when all of a sudden we heard a sound, barely perceptible, like a whiffling in the undergrowth.
  • All of a sudden someone grabbed me around the neck.
  • There was a time when you'd go out on a Saturday morning shortly before Easter to do a bit of shopping in town and discover that, all of a sudden, the grockles had arrived and the new holiday season with them.
  • You're rafted up with other boats at your favorite swimming hole, and all of a sudden some knucklehead comes by throwing a supersized wake.
  • It was no longer possible merely to turn up at the door on a whim, because you felt like a giggle all of a sudden.
  • It's a limited-growth market - you're not going to all of a sudden discover a vast new audience of car buffs or gun nuts.
  • All of a sudden it struck Darry that possibly someone was in trouble and was taking this means of summoning assistance; though the chances were very slight that any bayman would be anywhere near with that gray blanket covering things -- they knew enough to stick to the shore at such Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast
  • In our sleepy little town where things moved with the soporific gait of undersea vegetation, high fashion made its startling appearance all of a sudden!
  • If you've got a claim over some land where a mining company wants to go, all of a sudden the mining company's going to be knocking on your door.
  • You know, we've seen instances of people, you know, handing out food or handing out bottles of water, and all of a sudden, it can very quickly kind of devolve into something else. CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2010
  • We had these two youngsters, between sixteen and seventeen years of age, who had only been with us for two weeks when, all of a sudden, we had to do this attack.
  • It's amazing - I went from a being a baseball guy who scouted in every Podunk town in America, then all of a sudden scouting doesn't matter anymore?
  • The lamps are lighted up all of a sudden. Vanity Fair
  • All of a sudden we heard an almighty crash from the kitchen.
  • All of a sudden, I was back in my old clothes with some of my old things, hanging out with friends in the way I used to do.
  • Young people typically do very well until all of a sudden they decompensate. CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2008
  • She stood up, too hastily, all of a sudden interested in neatening the bed she had left unmade for days.
  • He has said that he not his subordinates will be the one calling the shots so why all of a sudden is it that he is being buffaloed by the Village? The Re-Up | ATTACKERMAN
  • All of a sudden there was a popping, it sounded like champagne popping.
  • Everything's looking rosy, and then all of a sudden you wake up on your own on the floor with your bedclothes unruffled.
  • She screamed all of a sudden, and a gob of spit hits me in the face.
  • All of a sudden a woman muscled her way to the front of the queue. The Sun
  • All of a sudden, a cow appeared in my headlights and while I tried to avoid it I hit it side-on and was trapped for a couple of hours.
  • They succeeded in getting her about a foot away from the water's edge before all of a sudden they looked up in panic.
  • All of a sudden an eruption of movement rocks the ground!
  • The smells made her ravenous all of a sudden and so she quickly giggled and began to look over the menu, glancing up at Alexandre with a goofy grin as if she were a kid in a candy store.
  • After walking around the shop with me, pointing at a bottle here and there all of a sudden, with eyes wide open, he grabbed a certain bottling from a winery I had never heard of before and a varietal it had never ocurred to me to try until that afternoon. Wine Blogging Wednesday
  • I have a blog which is new Its Page Rank is 0 ans ALexa is 0 but all of a sudden Alexa is rising now my alexa 9,878,829 one day ago. ClickZ News
  • All of a sudden it was gushing in. Times, Sunday Times
  • I yelled, all of a sudden feeling frantic as I heard the train approaching the platform above me.
  • Shed load All of a sudden it seems the birds have gone. Times, Sunday Times
  • You've changed your tune all of a sudden! Only yesterday you were saying you thought Christmas presents were a waste of money.
  • All of a sudden, Dayne has become this slow, plodding running back who wasn't fast enough and couldn't catch a ball if you threw it underhand.
  • She shifted, uncomfortable all of a sudden and unsure of his meaning.
  • All of a sudden, the tyre burst.
  • I don't know that Neal is going to all of a sudden become a serial monogamist and they're going to be doing laundry together, but they're definitely going to enjoy each other and see where it goes from there," he says. What's Next on White Collar: Neal's Big Decision, His Future with Sara, the Origin of Mozzie
  • All of a sudden, another cruiser (an SD), jumped in from hyperspace.
  • Sadly, the movie's ending fakes us out and along comes the faux-epilogue where, all of a sudden, we get an update on where everyone is one year later.
  • It was a dark night turned, and the trees made it yet darker, and he let the beast take its ain road through the wood; when all of a sudden, from tired and wearied that it was before, the nag began to spring and flee, and stend, that my gudesire could hardly keep the saddle. Redgauntlet
  • But, all of a sudden, somebody shut off the steam below, and the hole was left empty in an instant: and then down rushed the water into the hole, in such a whirlpool that the bogy spun round and round as fast as a teetotum. The Water Babies
  • He said our role is not to jump-start your campaign and all of a sudden make you competitive.
  • But her name awoke in me memories of Alba, and all of a sudden I was alert and serious. The Book of Chameleons
  • All of a sudden you are attacking with four and it may leave you exposed in midfield and that may be why we are putting more pressure on the defence.
  • All of a sudden there was a terrific bang and a flash of smoke.
  • In one great examples of such scenes, Julie is in the swimming pool and as she climbs off the edge of the pool, we, all of a sudden, witness her being hit by the music and a moment of inspiration.
  • All of a sudden there was this seraph, this six-winged angel on a cross, floating right in front of me... The Hill of Crosses
  • All of a sudden he catches sight of some leavings from the boys 'supper, and begins immediately to grumble because they have had chicken. The Girl from the Marsh Croft
  • All of a sudden my "favourite foods" of steak, coffee, chocolate cheesecake, fettuccini alfredo and Nutella were erased from the spectrum of things that were "safe", only to be replaced by tofu, beans, rice and herbal tea. Archive 2009-08-01
  • All of a sudden, on a murky night, a light would hop up, right under our bows, almost, and an agonized voice, with the backwoods 'whang' to it, would wail out -- Life on the Mississippi
  • All of a sudden there was a knock at the front door.
  • All of a sudden the huntress stood, gently placing her already sleeping falcon on a low tree branch.
  • All of a sudden, the sky cleared, became blue and a perfect rainbow arched over me with one end in the sand.
  • I felt a chill in the air all of a sudden.
  • Then, all of a sudden, bang, they're going as well.
  • Laura sighed and all of a sudden, a rush of feelings came over her.
  • He was eerily calm all of a sudden, but had a sinister cast to his features as he smirked.
  • Turn it around so that he’s the little guy, and all of a sudden credentialism is the mark of an over-educated pencil-neck. Matthew Yglesias » Wonks and Teachers
  • All of a sudden there was a lady who shouted out to her husband ‘Well if you're not going to pay attention to me these guys back here will.’
  • And all of a sudden in the twentieth century came the discovery of its fragility and friability.
  • All of a sudden the place was engulfed in massive red and yellow flames.
  • He was writing his essay when, all of a sudden, he was seized with giddiness.
  • All of a sudden I let out a massive fart that smelled of filet mignon.
  • All of a sudden, the bell sounds, rather alarmingly.
  • Some people perceive you as this overnight sensation who's all of a sudden in these great movies, yet you've been acting for a number of years.
  • The prospect of the CPA injecting $18 billion into the still weak Iraqi economy all of a sudden could spark an inflationary spiral.
  • All of a sudden, the wall behind Sean was blown apart, sending him flying away.
  • All of a sudden a woman muscled her way to the front of the queue. The Sun
  • All of a sudden, the car veered off the road.
  • All of a sudden - when the working classes benefit - we get a massed chorus warning of money's strangulating effect.
  • Nothing had been heard like it, then all of a sudden Hollywood was alive and awake to widescreen pictures.
  • If women hear a guy is well endowed all of a sudden they are really curious.
  • Then all of a sudden my enthusiasm had been replaced with deep anxiety and apprehension for what actually lay ahead of me.
  • Since Iraq War czardom has been Hadley's realm up till now, how come all of a sudden he's too busy? Calling All Czars
  • All of a sudden the light dawned upon this woman's mind. Christianity Today
  • We roused up from sleep when the train stopped all of a sudden.
  • All of a sudden bright flashes of lights started appearing and reappearing all around the room.
  • All of a sudden I'd be traveling down a country road, and everything clean and quiet, no dust, no dirt; just streams ripplin 'down sweet meadows, and lambs playing, breezes blowing the breath of flowers, and soft sunshine over everything; and lovely cows lazying knee-deep in quiet pools, and young girls bathing in a curve of stream all white and slim and natural – and I'd know I was in Arcady. The Night-Born
  • Why are you all of a sudden so righteous about taking one little smoke?
  • All of a sudden there was a clonk and the housing vibrated - that was the moment I realised I was deep.
  • All of a sudden, Yianna was doing handsprings, Frank was performing no-handed cartwheels and Toni was doing somersaults in mid-air.
  • So all these things together, you're all of a sudden seeing a working business model.
  • One of the guys was about to cut it free with the machete and all of a sudden it ripped and the boom clattered down.
  • All of a sudden, Australia are being forced to face up to a crisis situation.
  • Why, to be sure," breaks in Mr. Robert, perkin 'up all of a sudden and starin' at me. The House of Torchy
  • All of a sudden, Alli tripped and tumbled down the steps.
  • All of a sudden, it was a contest, and because the underdog is almost always a crowd favorite, the fans got behind the underdog. USATODAY.com - Where's the madness? Not at this NCAA site
  • We have not been battling in fourth or fifth and all of a sudden come good. The Sun
  • All of a sudden we heard an unearthly cry.
  • All of a sudden there was a terrific bang and a flash of smoke.
  • Then all of a sudden, you feel as if you're repeating yourself or it's just not fun anymore.
  • All of a sudden, I was overcome by a violent eruption of giggling.
  • The wine snuck up on me - I was sober, then all of a sudden, I was tipsy.
  • But to all of a sudden for them to "bicker", Wright does his thing on other networks, while Obama is able to distance himself from him during conferences. Obama On Wright: "I Might Not Know Him As Well As I Thought"
  • All of a sudden someone grabbed me around the neck.
  • The road was uncrowded on a Sunday evening returning to the city, a relative joy that allowed me to admire the light from the setting sun on the trees that bordered the parkway—until all of a sudden I found myself in the middle of a 20-car traffic jam. Menaces of the Left Lane
  • All of a sudden I heard an almighty crash from the kitchen.
  • All of a sudden a noise startled the horse.
  • All of a sudden he let out a piercing shriek.
  • We have here Belshazzar the king very gay, but all of a sudden very gloomy, and in straits in the fulness of his sufficiency. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
  • Frankly I don't know why, it's not like his career has taken off in a different direction or anything, sure it's gone another way, but he's not become known as a thespian all of a sudden! ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blogs
  • All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.
  • All of a sudden we looked up and there was a big circle of Americans around us while we were jiving and they kept asking us to dance.
  • All of a sudden a cry went up, in the ancient tradition of alerting the local citizenry and raising the alarm.
  • All of a sudden, a fleet of limousines and drivers arrived in the yard. Times, Sunday Times
  • My lutherie hobby seems less cool all of a sudden. Waldo Jaquith - 8mm Mauser: Just plain fun.
  • It would be weird if she acted so tense and edgy all of a sudden.
  • All of a sudden there's a flurry of activity here because the decorators are in.
  • In our society we isolate judges… All of a sudden a lawyer at 40 goes from fraternising with friends to becoming a judge.
  • All of a sudden there was a loud snap behind Heather in the forest.
  • All of a sudden his face paled, as though some part of his being suddenly evaporated.
  • Beige PCs look like they have a long and healthy life ahead of them, just as long as Intel and the others don't start developing cuboid cases all of a sudden.
  • Everything ached all of a sudden, muscle fatigue setting in at last from dragging Rob halfway around the city.
  • It seemed to be taking hours, long sluicy kisses that she disappeared into, distant, empty, feeling his hand brusque on her tit, but also practical all of a sudden, yes, pushing him off and going into the closet down the hall and getting the spare mattress for the child’s bed, a Jewish heirloom of the generations. Underworld

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