Example sentences of "[adv] quickly as it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was manifested in a number of ways , particularly in that pupils still in their second year in the mixed ability classes would be talking about playing with their friends and generally their attitudes towards the teenage culture of pop music and magazines and fashions and discotheques did n't seem to develop so quickly as it had in the streamed situation , and I think really this comes from the problem of those pupils in the streamed situation — in the bottom streams in particular — who found that they wanted alternatives to school when they were in an inferior position in the school . |
| 2 | This was manifested in a number of ways , particularly in that pupils still in their second year in the mixed ability classes would be talking about playing with their friends , and generally their attitudes towards the teenage culture of pop music and magazines and fashions and discotheques did n't seem to develop so quickly as it had in the streamed situation . |
| 3 | This was manifested in a number of ways , particularly in that pupils still in their second year in the mixed ability classes would be talking about playing with their friends , and generally their attitudes towards the teenage culture of pop music and magazines and fashions and discotheques did n't seem to develop so quickly as it had in the streamed situation . |
| 4 | And talking of cards , ’ she went on quickly as it registered with Fabia that if adding Cara 's name to hers on any card she sent home was n't lying , then she did n't know what was , ‘ you 'd better take a couple of my business cards . ’ |
| 5 | Had anyone been looking in the direction of Miss Danziger they would have observed a faint smile gathering at the corners of her mouth and fading as quickly as it formed . |
| 6 | The plant died off almost as quickly as it grew . |
| 7 | Moran hardly heard ; all resentment left him as quickly as it had come : McQuaid was here and it was Monaghan Day . |
| 8 | One afternoon a nurserymaid from the castle had appeared with Richard , and her distress had melted as quickly as it had grown . |
| 9 | The light was extinguished as quickly as it had come , and her shoulders curled with disappointment . |
| 10 | As it became clear that the Bolsheviks were prepared to make peace on terms which fully restored Polish territorial integrity , the wave of anti-war feeling subsided as quickly as it had appeared . |
| 11 | This one , however , was to be far more personally taxing for Mrs Whitehouse , for the apparent consensus of opinion that surrounded her campaign against Thorsen evaporated as quickly as it had developed . |
| 12 | the affair blew over as quickly as it had begun , for Bayley removed his sons from the School at the end of the Summer Term . |
| 13 | His career collapsed as quickly as it had begun , and he died from alcoholism in 1957 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again . |
| 16 | It had been forgotten as quickly as it had begun . |
| 17 | The knowledge disappeared as quickly as it had come ; but it had come in time to remind her of why she had waited so anxiously for Johnny to visit her ; to remind her of why she had longed for his return with such a burning impatience . |
| 18 | As quickly as it had arrived , the squall passed . |
| 19 | The laughter fled from her eyes as quickly as it had come . |
| 20 | Now that the rush of anger had abated just as quickly as it had risen she felt cold , icy tremors rippling along her veins . |
| 21 | Mandy , her battle-lust having died down as quickly as it had set in , flopped down on Charity 's bed , and patted the spot beside her . |
| 22 | His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun . |
| 23 | Why did he spend his life making films that would be forgotten almost as quickly as it took to make them ? |
| 24 | Otherwise , what we 've built here could disappear as quickly as it came . ’ |
| 25 | The whistling of the wind was low , disappearing as quickly as it came , ruffling her hair . |
| 26 | She crouched at the firebox , shooting the wood into its mouth as quickly as it came , then cowered back from the sudden heat as the blaze was roused again . |
| 27 | Sheringham crossed low towards the unmarked Clough but the opening disappeared as quickly as it appeared , Schmeichel diving bravely to whip away the ball . |
| 28 | It does not necessarily work as quickly as it did in Sylvia 's case — but it always succeeds , provided the patient does his or her homework regularly and conscientiously . |
| 29 | Then the anger subsides , as quickly as it flared . |