Example sentences of "[coord] soon [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Great Transcontinental Mystery Race Train began to slow down and soon came to a smooth stop . |
| 2 | He began to establish a reputation in the late 40s through radio performances , and soon came to the attention of Sam Phillips , with releases on the Chess and Sun labels , playing as a one-man band . |
| 3 | Karen and Kee drove out of the small village , down the road , and soon came to the houses of the new town . |
| 4 | After the establishment by the Viet Minh of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam ( DRV ) in the north in 1945 , he was dispatched to the South during the war against the French in the early 1950s , but soon returned to Hanoi and to a place in the Communist Party politburo , Vietnam having meanwhile , in 1954 , been partitioned into two military zones , with DRV forces in the north and French forces in the south . |
| 5 | Halcyon barley came in at 24% moisture initially , but soon dropped to 19% . |
| 6 | They started to work out the answers mentally , but soon resorted to calculators . |
| 7 | The father looked stern for a while , but soon went to him and , whispering something into his ear in gypsy , gave him a kiss . |
| 8 | Yonge first stood for Parliament at Newport , Cornwall , in 1678 , but soon turned to the family seat of Honiton , where he was the leading proprietor . |
| 9 | Interestingly enough , Britten did so initially , but soon turned to quite other directions . |
| 10 | Franca , of course bidden to join them , sometimes did so , but soon withdrew to various ‘ tasks ’ . |
| 11 | She joined in the training sessions , but soon found to her chagrin that in the personal fitness stakes he left her standing . |