Example sentences of "were soon [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britons were soon enjoying new and exciting things to eat — Roman snails cooked in wine sauce , and even stuffed dormice prepared in many different ways . |
| 2 | The Jacobite front ranks had earlier been faced by a wind hurling sleet and rain in their faces , but , according to one royalist eye-witness , ‘ about one o'clock … the weather grew fair ’ and the royal guns , firing at will , were soon causing great destruction in the enemy lines , first with round shot , then with anti-personnel grape and case . |
| 3 | Sukey had done everyone proud , and the Lombard boys , who were labradors when it came to food , were soon wolfing smoked salmon quiche , marinated breast of chicken , mozzarella in brown rolls , ratatouille and potato salad made with real mayonnaise . |
| 4 | Emil and his crew , including me , immediately began setting the tables round the passengers for dinner , and were soon serving warm goat 's cheese and radicchio salads followed by circles of rare Chateaubriand with snow peas and matchstick carrots and finally rich orange sorbets smothered in fluffy whipped cream and nuts . |
| 5 | On the continent men were soon killing each other . |
| 6 | They were soon incorporating new songs into the set like ‘ Shatner ’ and ‘ Living And Learning ’ . |