Example sentences of "suddenly as [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , just as suddenly as they had grabbed at his throat , the hands released his windpipe and the weight lifted off him . |
| 2 | And then , as suddenly as they had appeared , they vanished . |
| 3 | Her tears dried as suddenly as they had appeared . |
| 4 | As suddenly as they had begun , the two men disengaged , as though some unspoken signal had passed between them , and resumed their wary circling . |
| 5 | They were gone as suddenly as they had come . |
| 6 | And then , just as suddenly as they 'd started , they stopped . |
| 7 | Then , one morning , just as suddenly as she had taken leave of absence , she was back . |
| 8 | Once Baldwin 's decision was made , the right-wing plot collapsed as suddenly as it had grown up and , as always after prolonged but successful mental strain , he felt free . |
| 9 | But his words had deflated Robbie 's anger as suddenly as it had blown up . |
| 10 | Then , just as suddenly as it had appeared , it dived , sliding back into the earth at an immense speed . |
| 11 | It fell silent as suddenly as it had begun . |
| 12 | But just as suddenly as it had begun all this ended three years later , leaving the halls deserted . |
| 13 | The beating ceased , as suddenly as it had begun . |
| 14 | He thought for a moment that it might be some kind of game , that their running would cease as suddenly as it had begun , that they 'd stand like statues on the sand , waiting for him to catch up with them . |
| 15 | It died as suddenly as it had risen . |
| 16 | The mortaring stopped just as suddenly as it had started , and it was quiet again . |
| 17 | Then it cut off as suddenly as it had started . |
| 18 | When we actually reached the reef , with calm water erupting into foaming waves twenty feet high as they hit the rocks , the Mantela bucked like a frightened horse , sank into a trough , reared up again , and then , as suddenly as it had started , the old tub was through the creamy foam of the passage and had settled into the lazy waters of the lagoon . |
| 19 | I was buried alive , the pummelling stopped as suddenly as it had started , I heaved myself up and the earth and muck fell off me . |
| 20 | The pain had left as suddenly as it had come , except for a small reminder in her back . |
| 21 | Hari 's wash of hurt pride and anger vanished as suddenly as it had come , though she realized that Craig 's words were no more than flattery . |
| 22 | I could sense Lili turning her head to look at me , but the urge to talk , to confess , had left me as suddenly as it had come . |
| 23 | His arm waggled , as if he were groping for something , and then his hand appeared as softly and suddenly as it had vanished : holding the fifth ball . |
| 24 | Lacuna 's anger had disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived . |
| 25 | Then , just as suddenly as he had stopped , the male was off again , perking up his feathers and hopping after his mate with a meaningful glint in his beady eyes . |
| 26 | Karl stopped laughing as suddenly as he had begun , his face grave and concerned and kindly . |
| 27 | Then , just as suddenly as he had appeared , the man turned and ran off . |
| 28 | Her boyfriend , having disappeared during her pregnancy , returned and acted like a concerned father for a few months after the baby was born , even coming to live in Joanne 's house , but then left as suddenly as he had come , and all the family feel very bitter about this . |
| 29 | He released her as suddenly as he had come to her support and she grasped quickly and covertly at the back of another chair , not wanting him to know that her numbed leg was tingling painfully now . |
| 30 | He snapped it in two — gave me a leer — and was gone , as suddenly as he had arrived . |