Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] as it have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been forgotten as quickly as it had begun . |
| 2 | The expression of good-humoured contempt had vanished as quickly as it had appeared , and suddenly Rostov realised that he had missed an opportunity to relax the tension which existed between them . |
| 3 | Robbie 's colour fled as rapidly as it had appeared , leaving her face ashen with anger . |
| 4 | His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun . |
| 5 | I was buried alive , the pummelling stopped as suddenly as it had started , I heaved myself up and the earth and muck fell off me . |
| 6 | We did n't expect it to last as long as it has , and were hoping for some relief by the end of the year . |
| 7 | Shamlou 's smile vanished as fast as it had come . |
| 8 | Hari 's wash of hurt pride and anger vanished as suddenly as it had come , though she realized that Craig 's words were no more than flattery . |
| 9 | But to be told that he could not make it was to be told that this gift could disappear as unpredictably as it had arrived . |
| 10 | One afternoon a nurserymaid from the castle had appeared with Richard , and her distress had melted as quickly as it had grown . |
| 11 | His career collapsed as quickly as it had begun , and he died from alcoholism in 1957 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Lacuna 's anger had disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It died as suddenly as it had risen . |
| 16 | The burst of enthusiasm died as swiftly as it had kindled . |
| 17 | I really think that 's what has made the business stay , and go as far as it has . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The impulse to cry disappeared as inexplicably as it had come . |
| 20 | It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The pain had left as suddenly as it had come , except for a small reminder in her back . |
| 25 | When light dawned , both sides looked very foolish , and made a treaty that everything should be put back exactly as it had been . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Only to cease as abruptly as it had begun . |
| 28 | We hope the trip continued as well as it had begun , and that you got home refreshed . |
| 29 | As it became clear that the Bolsheviks were prepared to make peace on terms which fully restored Polish territorial integrity , the wave of anti-war feeling subsided as quickly as it had appeared . |
| 30 | The light was extinguished as quickly as it had come , and her shoulders curled with disappointment . |