Example sentences of "as abruptly [subord] he [verb] " in BNC.

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1 He stopped as abruptly as he had begun .
2 He broke off , repeated a passage , and then stopped as abruptly as he had begun .
3 Wycliffe left as abruptly as he had arrived .
4 Then El-Jorr wrenched open the door and , ignoring everybody , left as abruptly as he had arrived , muttering to himself .
5 No one imagined that Mr Bush would intervene as abruptly as he did , or that Mr Kaifu would go off to Palm Springs without so much as a by-your-leave to the party barons .
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