Example sentences of "soon [vb past] that [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It just grew and grew , ’ Alan grinned as he talked about the development of the book , ‘ I soon realised that a circular including anecdotes to keep former members in touch was not possible , we had given rise to a book ! ’
2 The plea for information about alma had hundreds of people scurrying for their dictionaries , where they soon realised that the game in question did in fact go under the name of halma .
3 He soon realised that the Bible was full of journeys !
4 Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more .
5 Later , as the aircraft swooped down over many of the fields that were so familiar to me in my detecting rambles around the countryside , I soon realised that the weather had taken its toll on the cropmarks .
6 ‘ It crossed my mind that I could push open the door and drop the dinghy myself , but I soon realised that the workload would be far too heavy , flying as low as intended for the drop .
7 But she soon realised that the fire was spreading faster than she was putting it out .
8 Going ashore ourselves , we soon realized that the girls ' magic was of a very straightforward kind .
9 When Duncan and Myeloski had come through the small terminal , they soon found that no car had been sent to greet them .
10 I soon noticed that the car was being driven very dangerously .
11 I soon discovered that a lot of the local children stuck together and that outsiders were n't made very welcome — even if you come from another part of Cornwall it takes a long time to be accepted .
12 I soon discovered that the customers in that particular part of North London were very different to any of the other dozen or so Sainsbury 's shops I had worked in .
13 Foreign organizers soon discovered that the system seemed to be modelled on Trotsky 's military commissars .
14 Forced back on a policy of self help , the RCM soon discovered that the public responded best when appeals were made of behalf of specific projects — £40 to support one boy in a course of agricultural training , say , or £60 for a year 's schooling .
15 He soon discovered that the Czechs were no better organised .
16 She soon decided that the house was the most beautiful place she had ever seen , and though she had little experience of antique furniture or fine art works she immediately recognised that all the things she saw were of the highest quality .
17 But we soon learned that the police have eyes and ears everywhere — every village , every forest , every mountain . ’
18 I soon learned that the theme of angels was one of the most popular in the paintings produced by indigenous artists for the complex iconographic programmes of the churches and missions established by the Spanish after the conquest .
19 But it soon emerged that a proportion of the women who came forward had been abused as children , ‘ and this was their first chance to talk about it ’ .
20 And it soon emerged that the government had systematically arranged breaches of the Drinking Water Directive that would stretch into the next century .
21 However , it soon emerged that the DES had different ideas on the management of public sector higher education and by the spring of 1981 it had become generally known that it favoured the virtual cutting of the link between the local authorities and the polytechnics and the colleges and institutes of higher education substantially involved in offering advanced further education .
22 Whatever the tactics used , it soon appeared that the men were having some success in winning women over to their side in other firms as well .
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