Example sentences of "[adv] suddenly as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , just as suddenly as they had grabbed at his throat , the hands released his windpipe and the weight lifted off him . |
| 2 | And then , just as suddenly as they 'd started , they stopped . |
| 3 | The bombs stopped as suddenly as they started but the hollow screams of anti-aircraft shells continued without pause . |
| 4 | The rains may disappear as suddenly as they arrived ; the pond may dry out within a few days , and so the whole cycle of breeding activity must be completed in the shortest possible time . |
| 5 | And how many times , on re-entering occupied space , did the phenomena depart as suddenly as they came ? |
| 6 | And then , as suddenly as they had appeared , they vanished . |
| 7 | Her tears dried as suddenly as they had appeared . |
| 8 | They were gone as suddenly as they had come . |
| 9 | As suddenly as they had begun , the two men disengaged , as though some unspoken signal had passed between them , and resumed their wary circling . |
| 10 | Then , one morning , just as suddenly as she had taken leave of absence , she was back . |
| 11 | Karl stopped laughing as suddenly as he had begun , his face grave and concerned and kindly . |
| 12 | Then , just as suddenly as he had appeared , the man turned and ran off . |
| 13 | He snapped it in two — gave me a leer — and was gone , as suddenly as he had arrived . |
| 14 | Her boyfriend , having disappeared during her pregnancy , returned and acted like a concerned father for a few months after the baby was born , even coming to live in Joanne 's house , but then left as suddenly as he had come , and all the family feel very bitter about this . |
| 15 | He released her as suddenly as he had come to her support and she grasped quickly and covertly at the back of another chair , not wanting him to know that her numbed leg was tingling painfully now . |
| 16 | Then , just as suddenly as he had stopped , the male was off again , perking up his feathers and hopping after his mate with a meaningful glint in his beady eyes . |
| 17 | The mortaring stopped just as suddenly as it had started , and it was quiet again . |
| 18 | Nor is there anything remotely convincing about its performance ; there is a feeling of some urgency from 4000rpm but the power stops as suddenly as it starts so that the 6500rpm red line is a merely a figment of someone 's imagination . |
| 19 | As suddenly as it began , the rain ceased . |
| 20 | Then it cut off as suddenly as it had started . |
| 21 | Then , just as suddenly as it had appeared , it dived , sliding back into the earth at an immense speed . |
| 22 | The pain had left as suddenly as it had come , except for a small reminder in her back . |
| 23 | It died as suddenly as it had risen . |
| 24 | However , as Ketamine lacks the euphoric and social properties that led o the widespread use of MDMA , the drug is likely to disappear as suddenly as it seems to have emerged . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It fell silent as suddenly as it had begun . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | But just as suddenly as it had begun all this ended three years later , leaving the halls deserted . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Lacuna 's anger had disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived . |