1.   His abusive father routine earned him a spontaneous burst of applause, his voice booming to the rafters.

2.   Before it he had been a loud, jovial man, given to spontaneous bursts of affection.

3.   Famous as a Zen-soaked solitary, Graves was also famous as a merry prankster, given to spontaneous bursts of absurdist theatrics.

4.   Major league baseball has always abhorred spontaneous bursts of creative intelligence.

5.   And the chant went up for Stan Collymore to come off the bench and his appearance on the touchline prompted a spontaneous burst of applause from the home fans.

6.   There was a spontaneous burst of astonished applause as the models began literally gliding down the runway.