Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once we had got our jobs for the morning we set about then eagerly as everything had to be perfect right down to the last detail . |
| 2 | The Colonel was used to acting in loco parentis and would certainly not have responded as warmly as he had done to Miss Danziger 's maturity had he not discerned in it a vulnerability : something he could defend . |
| 3 | Her hands slid up his chest , her fingers uncurling against the hard wall of muscle , tracing every strong lean line until they brushed against the warm skin of his throat , then slid on to draw his head back down while she kissed him just as tenderly , just as achingly as he had kissed her . |
| 4 | Then , just as suddenly as they had grabbed at his throat , the hands released his windpipe and the weight lifted off him . |
| 5 | And then , as suddenly as they had appeared , they vanished . |
| 6 | Her tears dried as suddenly as they had appeared . |
| 7 | They were gone as suddenly as they had come . |
| 8 | As suddenly as they had begun , the two men disengaged , as though some unspoken signal had passed between them , and resumed their wary circling . |
| 9 | Then , one morning , just as suddenly as she had taken leave of absence , she was back . |
| 10 | The mortaring stopped just as suddenly as it had started , and it was quiet again . |
| 11 | Then it cut off as suddenly as it had started . |
| 12 | Then , just as suddenly as it had appeared , it dived , sliding back into the earth at an immense speed . |
| 13 | The pain had left as suddenly as it had come , except for a small reminder in her back . |
| 14 | It died as suddenly as it had risen . |
| 15 | When we actually reached the reef , with calm water erupting into foaming waves twenty feet high as they hit the rocks , the Mantela bucked like a frightened horse , sank into a trough , reared up again , and then , as suddenly as it had started , the old tub was through the creamy foam of the passage and had settled into the lazy waters of the lagoon . |
| 16 | It fell silent as suddenly as it had begun . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But just as suddenly as it had begun all this ended three years later , leaving the halls deserted . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Lacuna 's anger had disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived . |
| 21 | The beating ceased , as suddenly as it had begun . |
| 22 | I could sense Lili turning her head to look at me , but the urge to talk , to confess , had left me as suddenly as it had come . |
| 23 | His arm waggled , as if he were groping for something , and then his hand appeared as softly and suddenly as it had vanished : holding the fifth ball . |
| 24 | He thought for a moment that it might be some kind of game , that their running would cease as suddenly as it had begun , that they 'd stand like statues on the sand , waiting for him to catch up with them . |
| 25 | But his words had deflated Robbie 's anger as suddenly as it had blown up . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Karl stopped laughing as suddenly as he had begun , his face grave and concerned and kindly . |
| 28 | Then , just as suddenly as he had appeared , the man turned and ran off . |
| 29 | He snapped it in two — gave me a leer — and was gone , as suddenly as he had arrived . |
| 30 | Her boyfriend , having disappeared during her pregnancy , returned and acted like a concerned father for a few months after the baby was born , even coming to live in Joanne 's house , but then left as suddenly as he had come , and all the family feel very bitter about this . |