Example sentences of "[pron] soon [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I soon became a man and learned how to do it properly … |
| 2 | I soon became a fan of these boots which remained comfortable and performed well . |
| 3 | I soon became a connoisseur of wood smoke . |
| 4 | I soon noticed the influence of military training . |
| 5 | My great fishing love , until then , had been Lady Tweed , but I soon discovered the South Tyne was every bit as good , if not better , than the Queen of Scottish rivers ; and the stretch below our house was far enough upstream and far enough downstream from the main population centres to make it almost completely private . |
| 6 | I soon had the bike back in working order and if the distances were n't too great , I would ride while the others rode in the van . |
| 7 | I soon had an armful , then clambered up off the shingle to the better walking of the salt-washed turf where the burn , dividing into deep peaty runnels , cut its way to the shore . |
| 8 | After that I was blacked by the quality schools , but I soon landed a job for the rest of the year with a cowboy outfit in Italy who needed a replacement teacher in a hurry . |
| 9 | Crowe offered a pathetic excuse about investigating woodworm infestation for his nature column , but I soon beetled the truth out of him . |
| 10 | She followed him back into the little harness store and sat down on a bench while he lit the paraffin stove which soon filled the room with its smell and heat . |
| 11 | The war brought , however , a number of naval victories and 1740 saw the first performance of Rule Britannia , which soon acquired the status of a second national anthem . |
| 12 | Paxton was a young gardener at Chatsworth when , encouraged by the 6th Duke , he built a giant conservatory 300 feet long , 145 feet wide by 60 feet high which soon attracted the world 's attention and led to Paxton being commissioned to build the Crystal Palace for the Exhibition of 1851 . |
| 13 | Fire broke out in an old , litter-strewn stand which soon became a death trap in which fifty-six people perished . |
| 14 | The Targa Florio started in 1906 but in 1923 the French introduced the Le Mans 24-Hour race which soon gained a reputation for being the world 's premier long-distance event . |
| 15 | She soon left the table and went into the fields , feeling the pain in the story . |
| 16 | Accordingly , she went on to play primarily on the Yiddish stage , where , with her impish manner and tiny build — her toes , she said , never reached the end of her stockings — she soon became a star . |
| 17 | The Irish National League asked her to witness evictions taking place in Donegal and she soon acquired a reputation as a charismatic force . |
| 18 | Driving once more as fast as she dared , she soon reached the pet shop and saw that Mr Miller was occupied with a customer . |
| 19 | Because she looked like a sparrow , for which the French slang is ‘ Piaf ’ , she soon adopted the name and from then on was known by nothing else . |
| 20 | In the bathroom she soon removed the mud . |
| 21 | She soon found the path and began the climb . |
| 22 | Despite these responsibilities , she soon established a reputation as an artist craftsman in her own right , through private tuition and membership of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society . |
| 23 | Before returning from England I had been able to recruit a very competent English journalist , F.W. Benton , who soon improved the quality of our English daily . |
| 24 | Before CD ‘ thought of Mr Pickwick ’ and wrote the first number , he had already gained for himself more freedom in the conduct of his story than Seymour and his publishers had originally intended , but the sudden death of Seymour when he had completed only 3 of the 4 illustrations for No. ii , and his replacement by the young artist Hablot K. Browne ( who soon adopted the signature ‘ Phiz ’ to parallel CD 's ‘ Boz ’ ) , contributed to the dominance of text over illustrations : from No. iii on the plates were reduced to 2 per number and the pages of text increased from 26 to 32 . |
| 25 | This satisfied few but left the way open for the Bolsheviks who soon controlled the army and all communications and transport in Petrograd . |
| 26 | We soon discovered the reason why — the floorboards had been laid directly on to earth . ’ |
| 27 | We soon reached an Inn at a place called Hardraw , and descending from our vehicles , after warming ourselves by the cottage fire we walked up the brook side to take a view of a third waterfall … |
| 28 | The weather improved and , although the roads were clogged with icy mud , we soon reached the Channel port where Benjamin used his warrants and his status to secure our passage home on a man-o'-war . |
| 29 | We soon reached the house , and came to a gate in the wall . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's only five minutes ’ walk , ’ he said , and sure enough , we soon reached the pool at the foot of the waterfall . |