Example sentences of "[verb] as [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as Ketamine lacks the euphoric and social properties that led o the widespread use of MDMA , the drug is likely to disappear as suddenly as it seems to have emerged . |
| 2 | It had been forgotten as quickly as it had begun . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Robbie 's colour fled as rapidly as it had appeared , leaving her face ashen with anger . |
| 5 | His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The evolution of oxygen in this process occurs as rapidly as it does in photosynthesis . |
| 8 | We wo n't get the coach parties if the show ends as late as it does now . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Although I am sure that the Publishers Association is sincere in wishing to manage the book club rules as tightly as it manages the Net Book Agreement , we are all aware of the increasing confidence of the book clubs , who are bound to accelerate their invasion into the territory that booksellers have regarded as theirs . |
| 11 | It takes as long as it does for a dog to douse a tree trunk . |
| 12 | He said that was last Friday , oh I said I was filling my timesheet in and my expense sheet , not that long , I said well it takes as long as it takes do n't it ? |
| 13 | We did n't expect it to last as long as it has , and were hoping for some relief by the end of the year . |
| 14 | Shamlou 's smile vanished as fast as it had come . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Without the work of these dedicated men and women the Church could not progress as rapidly as it does . |
| 17 | But to be told that he could not make it was to be told that this gift could disappear as unpredictably as it had arrived . |
| 18 | Otherwise , what we 've built here could disappear as quickly as it came . ’ |
| 19 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 20 | Whether it should happen as often as it does is open to doubt . |
| 21 | One afternoon a nurserymaid from the castle had appeared with Richard , and her distress had melted as quickly as it had grown . |
| 22 | His career collapsed as quickly as it had begun , and he died from alcoholism in 1957 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Lacuna 's anger had disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived . |
| 25 | So do n't write off the ‘ old country ’ yet Amanda it is n't doing as badly as it thinks . |
| 26 | Will the outswinger still swing as late as it did last summer ? ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It died as suddenly as it had risen . |
| 30 | The burst of enthusiasm died as swiftly as it had kindled . |