Writing one line stories

I was doing an observation of a pupil in a Y10 class today when I became distracted by the English lesson content. It was about writing a story in one line. The example given was:

He was alone in the dark. When he put out his hand , a box of matches were put into it.

I tried to think of another example.

'Hurtling down into the darkness, she saw a pair of yellow eyes pass before blackness descended.'

or,

'Hell ,' said the duchess as she fell over backwards off the tower. When they looked over she had gone. '

Any more ideas ?  Suzi