Example sentences of "[adv] suddenly as they [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And then , just as suddenly as they 'd started , they stopped .
2 And how many times , on re-entering occupied space , did the phenomena depart as suddenly as they came ?
3 Then , just as suddenly as they had grabbed at his throat , the hands released his windpipe and the weight lifted off him .
4 And then , as suddenly as they had appeared , they vanished .
5 Her tears dried as suddenly as they had appeared .
6 They were gone as suddenly as they had come .
7 As suddenly as they had begun , the two men disengaged , as though some unspoken signal had passed between them , and resumed their wary circling .
8 The bombs stopped as suddenly as they started but the hollow screams of anti-aircraft shells continued without pause .
9 The rains may disappear as suddenly as they arrived ; the pond may dry out within a few days , and so the whole cycle of breeding activity must be completed in the shortest possible time .
10 It appeared quite suddenly as they turned a sharp bend , an imposing stone edifice with ivy-clad walls , set among tall poplars , well back from the road .
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