Example sentences of "they soon [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They soon assumed the role of Sunni champions against Shiite Persia , some of the time taking and retaking territory from one another . |
| 2 | They found the cutting and scrambled down the slopes of the cutting enjoying the freedom , the old hut looked interesting and they soon explored the area , that had reverted back to nature . |
| 3 | For a few years chimpanzees raised in human households learn as well as human infants of the same age , but they soon reach the limit of their ability and are rapidly overtaken by human youngsters . |
| 4 | The Romans were great organisers , and as they needed to feed their legions to survive , they soon improved the way in which farming was done . |
| 5 | They soon left the estate , crossed the highway , and entered the park around Maran Hill . |
| 6 | They still ( like Citrine himself ) lacked the threshold level of knowledge necessary to make serious contributions to the more technical decisions , but they soon acquired the expertise to translate known needs into appropriate Whitehall language , according to the changing fashions dictated by public opinion or cabinet preoccupations . |
| 7 | To conclude this section , it is clear that the approaches to aesthetic control in post-war urban Britain began well , though they soon attracted the hostility first of architects and then of the lay public . |
| 8 | Edgar knew his destination and they soon got a taxi . |
| 9 | If children fear that their parents will stop loving them when they are naughty , they soon absorb the idea of what they must do . |
| 10 | Many teenage farm workers ' sons are soon earning as much as , if not more than , their fathers , and not surprisingly they soon demand the independence from parental authority which their economic independence confers . |