Example sentences of "soon [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | My party of five soon felt at home and relaxed here . |
| 32 | They were a very friendly lot and I soon felt at home . |
| 33 | In the following month , Edward broke his feudal links with the French crown , and the two countries soon drifted into war . |
| 34 | A patch of red soon appeared in retaliation at the other end of the ground but both were quickly silenced by the twin evils of an unimportant match and a cold , dull afternoon . |
| 35 | They soon progressed from Christmas to holidays … travel … world events … and then to food , as they laughingly divided the two plump triangles of cake and argued as to which was the nicer . |
| 36 | There was a scientific hiatus and it took the Butt Report and the prodding of the C-in-C to trigger off an effort in this direction , GEE was an excellent start , but soon negated by jamming . |
| 37 | The real researchers found themselves as restricted as the employed technicians , and soon left in frustration . |
| 38 | Without Virani , Belhaven soon ran into trouble . |
| 39 | Mr Koch soon had to back-track . |
| 40 | But Sally and Peter are nothing if not resourceful , and with the aid of some good friends in the building and design world they soon set to work to transform this town house into a haven of beauty and calm . |
| 41 | He soon set to work making drawings of the tiny fellow , and of the cradle . |
| 42 | Preston 's preference for two wingers allowed Bay to clamp the midfield , and they soon set in motion a stream of direct attacks of surprising accuracy . |