Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv] quickly [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expression of good-humoured contempt had vanished as quickly as it had appeared , and suddenly Rostov realised that he had missed an opportunity to relax the tension which existed between them . |
| 2 | It had been advised by my doctor that a year 's holiday in another land would build me up , as I had grown too quickly and had , as the phrase goes , " overgrown my strength " . |
| 3 | A good deal of credulity and nonsense was indulged in the name of psychology but there was no nonsense about the concept of ‘ psychological obsolescence ’ , the new technique for making people dissatisfied with what they had bought more quickly than ever before . |
| 4 | One afternoon a nurserymaid from the castle had appeared with Richard , and her distress had melted as quickly as it had grown . |
| 5 | Had it been deliberate Edouard hesitated , unsure ; it had happened so quickly that it was difficult to know . |
| 6 | Erm told me that they had a lot of or a lot a number of people ringing purporting to be someone asking for information , and they like to keep a log of these bogus phone calls , I then rang the patients mother and and told her what had happened as quickly as I could . |
| 7 | She would just have to give young William the task of cutting out the leather soles , he had learned very quickly and his hands , though small , were strong and deft . |
| 8 | The time had passed so quickly that she had n't realised how late it was , or that the daylight had faded to dusk . |