Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] as [pron] 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 | AS the January flood waters receded as fast as they had risen , many questions were left unanswered . |
| 8 | Her tears dried as suddenly as they had appeared . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Macca played as well as I 've seen in the first twenty minutes . |
| 11 | The girls hurriedly departed , and the bouncer withdrew as quickly as he had appeared . |
| 12 | As the man withdrew as silently as he had arrived , Joan was surprised to find herself alone with the young king . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Shamlou 's smile vanished as fast as it had come . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ He flew away just as I 'd nearly got him . ’ |
| 18 | In a way , he was glad when the doorbell rang commandingly just as he had got the eggs in the pan . |
| 19 | ‘ I putted as well as I have all year . ’ |
| 20 | His career collapsed as quickly as it had begun , and he died from alcoholism in 1957 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It died as suddenly as it had risen . |
| 24 | The burst of enthusiasm died as swiftly as it had kindled . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The impulse to cry disappeared as inexplicably as it had come . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again . |
| 29 | We hope the trip continued as well as it had begun , and that you got home refreshed . |
| 30 | Nobody intervened , although there were many people walking in the street , and when the two men had finished what they had obviously planned to do , they left as unhurriedly as they had come . |