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

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1 Robbie 's colour fled as rapidly as it had appeared , leaving her face ashen with anger .
2 His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun .
3 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 .
4 Shamlou 's smile vanished as fast as it had come .
5 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 .
6 His career collapsed as quickly as it had begun , and he died from alcoholism in 1957 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 It died as suddenly as it had risen .
10 The burst of enthusiasm died as swiftly as it had kindled .
11 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 .
12 The impulse to cry disappeared as inexplicably as it had come .
13 It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again .
14 We hope the trip continued as well as it had begun , and that you got home refreshed .
15 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 .
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