Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [subord] [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 | When he had been in work he had eaten at 6 o'clock when he got home , but now they ate much later than they had ever done . |
| 8 | A woman laughed , a carefree tinkling laugh and Emily paused in wonder , it seemed so long since she had felt like laughing . |
| 9 | Surprisingly , sleep came more easily than she had anticipated , and soon her eyelids felt heavy and her eyes began to close . |
| 10 | She hopped down to the floor , but it seemed further away than she had expected and now suddenly it was rising up crazily to meet her . |
| 11 | AS the January flood waters receded as fast as they had risen , many questions were left unanswered . |
| 12 | Her tears dried as suddenly as they had appeared . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Macca played as well as I 've seen in the first twenty minutes . |
| 15 | The Commonwealth came closer together than it has been for a long time . |
| 16 | Actually the day Passed more quickly than I had expected . |
| 17 | The girls hurriedly departed , and the bouncer withdrew as quickly as he had appeared . |
| 18 | As the man withdrew as silently as he had arrived , Joan was surprised to find herself alone with the young king . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Everything happened very quickly after he had got Maisie back to the house . |
| 21 | Even so , Robbie breathed more easily once she had put the length of the narrow boat between them . |
| 22 | Shamlou 's smile vanished as fast as it had come . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ He flew away just as I 'd nearly got him . ’ |
| 26 | In a way , he was glad when the doorbell rang commandingly just as he had got the eggs in the pan . |
| 27 | yeah yes I wondered if David would be on bus , I saw Wendy having a he worked later today because he 's got so much done on front of the er that weather he could n't er , do any decorating outside still we never got nobbled down street providing the er canvassers |
| 28 | ‘ I putted as well as I have all year . ’ |
| 29 | His career collapsed as quickly as it had begun , and he died from alcoholism in 1957 . |
| 30 | 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 . |