Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as it had [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 So long as it had appeared to be an alternative force to the Labour party , he kept clear .
2 The knowledge that the larger margin was there for the taking , if you were bold enough to seize it , exercised him as much now as it had done back in 1973 .
3 When human life could be expected to last two or three times as long as it had done in the Middle Ages , great changes were bound to occur in the way men thought about themselves .
4 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 .
5 It fell silent as suddenly as it had begun .
6 But just as suddenly as it had begun all this ended three years later , leaving the halls deserted .
7 The beating ceased , as suddenly as it had begun .
8 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 .
9 It died as suddenly as it had risen .
10 But his words had deflated Robbie 's anger as suddenly as it had blown up .
11 Then , just as suddenly as it had appeared , it dived , sliding back into the earth at an immense speed .
12 The pain had left as suddenly as it had come , except for a small reminder in her back .
13 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 .
14 I could sense Lili turning her head to look at me , but the urge to talk , to confess , had left me as suddenly as it had come .
15 The mortaring stopped just as suddenly as it had started , and it was quiet again .
16 Then it cut off as suddenly as it had started .
17 When we actually reached the reef , with calm water erupting into foaming waves twenty feet high as they hit the rocks , the Mantela bucked like a frightened horse , sank into a trough , reared up again , and then , as suddenly as it had started , the old tub was through the creamy foam of the passage and had settled into the lazy waters of the lagoon .
18 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 .
19 Lacuna 's anger had disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived .
20 The burst of enthusiasm died as swiftly as it had kindled .
21 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 .
22 One afternoon a nurserymaid from the castle had appeared with Richard , and her distress had melted as quickly as it had grown .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 the affair blew over as quickly as it had begun , for Bayley removed his sons from the School at the end of the Summer Term .
26 His career collapsed as quickly as it had begun , and he died from alcoholism in 1957 .
27 It had been forgotten as quickly as it had begun .
28 His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun .
29 Now that the rush of anger had abated just as quickly as it had risen she felt cold , icy tremors rippling along her veins .
30 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 .
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