Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The chimney was a traditional one for the Lake District ; a straight , dry-stone cylinder tapering slightly inside as it went up . |
| 32 | Whether it should happen as often as it does is open to doubt . |
| 33 | One afternoon a nurserymaid from the castle had appeared with Richard , and her distress had melted as quickly as it had grown . |
| 34 | His career collapsed as quickly as it had begun , and he died from alcoholism in 1957 . |
| 35 | Once Baldwin 's decision was made , the right-wing plot collapsed as suddenly as it had grown up and , as always after prolonged but successful mental strain , he felt free . |
| 36 | Lacuna 's anger had disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived . |
| 37 | So do n't write off the ‘ old country ’ yet Amanda it is n't doing as badly as it thinks . |
| 38 | Will the outswinger still swing as late as it did last summer ? ’ |
| 39 | And talking of cards , ’ she went on quickly as it registered with Fabia that if adding Cara 's name to hers on any card she sent home was n't lying , then she did n't know what was , ‘ you 'd better take a couple of my business cards . ’ |
| 40 | The dog landed awkwardly on its hindlegs , losing its balance , and he looked away sharply as it tumbled under the wheels . |
| 41 | Had anyone been looking in the direction of Miss Danziger they would have observed a faint smile gathering at the corners of her mouth and fading as quickly as it formed . |
| 42 | This one , however , was to be far more personally taxing for Mrs Whitehouse , for the apparent consensus of opinion that surrounded her campaign against Thorsen evaporated as quickly as it had developed . |
| 43 | It died as suddenly as it had risen . |
| 44 | The burst of enthusiasm died as swiftly as it had kindled . |
| 45 | I really think that 's what has made the business stay , and go as far as it has . |
| 46 | But that time must yet remain a few days ahead , while everywhere lay in the throes of a natural disaster — the nature of which had yet to be determined — and while the snow still fell as thickly as it did . |
| 47 | The knowledge disappeared as quickly as it had come ; but it had come in time to remind her of why she had waited so anxiously for Johnny to visit her ; to remind her of why she had longed for his return with such a burning impatience . |
| 48 | Sheringham crossed low towards the unmarked Clough but the opening disappeared as quickly as it appeared , Schmeichel diving bravely to whip away the ball . |
| 49 | The impulse to cry disappeared as inexplicably as it had come . |
| 50 | It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again . |
| 51 | This was manifested in a number of ways , particularly in that pupils still in their second year in the mixed ability classes would be talking about playing with their friends and generally their attitudes towards the teenage culture of pop music and magazines and fashions and discotheques did n't seem to develop so quickly as it had in the streamed situation , and I think really this comes from the problem of those pupils in the streamed situation — in the bottom streams in particular — who found that they wanted alternatives to school when they were in an inferior position in the school . |
| 52 | This was manifested in a number of ways , particularly in that pupils still in their second year in the mixed ability classes would be talking about playing with their friends , and generally their attitudes towards the teenage culture of pop music and magazines and fashions and discotheques did n't seem to develop so quickly as it had in the streamed situation . |
| 53 | This was manifested in a number of ways , particularly in that pupils still in their second year in the mixed ability classes would be talking about playing with their friends , and generally their attitudes towards the teenage culture of pop music and magazines and fashions and discotheques did n't seem to develop so quickly as it had in the streamed situation . |
| 54 | The pain had left as suddenly as it had come , except for a small reminder in her back . |
| 55 | When light dawned , both sides looked very foolish , and made a treaty that everything should be put back exactly as it had been . ’ |
| 56 | He thought for a moment that it might be some kind of game , that their running would cease as suddenly as it had begun , that they 'd stand like statues on the sand , waiting for him to catch up with them . |
| 57 | After it is painted onto the wood it sets very quickly as it cools and the joint is soon firm . |
| 58 | I explained that the meeting could elect anything it wished so long as it understood that the ‘ original organisers , … would make up their own minds what status , if any , to accord those elected . |
| 59 | Only to cease as abruptly as it had begun . |
| 60 | We hope the trip continued as well as it had begun , and that you got home refreshed . |