Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] as [pers pn] have " in BNC.

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1 Robbie 's colour fled as rapidly as it had appeared , leaving her face ashen with anger .
2 He stopped as abruptly as he had begun .
3 He broke off , repeated a passage , and then stopped as abruptly as he had begun .
4 He stopped as abruptly as she had done .
5 His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun .
6 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 .
7 And then , for the first time ever in my life , I what I normally do is I have sort of maybe some questions that I definitely pre-plan and if I 'm lucky one or two of them , and this paper all three of my prepared questions actually came up exactly as I 'd worded them , or near enough .
8 AS the January flood waters receded as fast as they had risen , many questions were left unanswered .
9 Her tears dried as suddenly as they had appeared .
10 We played as well as we 've played all season last weekend and a match like this is the best way to end our league season , ’ said coach Tommy Dowens .
11 Macca played as well as I 've seen in the first twenty minutes .
12 The girls hurriedly departed , and the bouncer withdrew as quickly as he had appeared .
13 As the man withdrew as silently as he had arrived , Joan was surprised to find herself alone with the young king .
14 With Mark Hughes stepping into the centre-back role , Tranmere defended as well as they have all season , restricting Leicester to a smattering of half chances .
15 Shamlou 's smile vanished as fast as it had come .
16 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 .
17 Bottom-placed Barrow came from 14-0 down after 10 minutes to level 24-24 at Bradford but finished as badly as they had started , leaking a further 12 points in the final 14 minutes .
18 ‘ He flew away just as I 'd nearly got him . ’
19 In a way , he was glad when the doorbell rang commandingly just as he had got the eggs in the pan .
20 ‘ I putted as well as I have all year . ’
21 His career collapsed as quickly as it had begun , and he died from alcoholism in 1957 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 It died as suddenly as it had risen .
25 The burst of enthusiasm died as swiftly as it had kindled .
26 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 .
27 The impulse to cry disappeared as inexplicably as it had come .
28 That , she thought , was as good an idea as any , and on silent feet she went as swiftly as she had come back to her kitchen .
29 It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again .
30 We hope the trip continued as well as it had begun , and that you got home refreshed .
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