Example sentences of "[verb] as [adv] [conj] it have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been forgotten as quickly as it had begun . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Robbie 's colour fled as rapidly as it had appeared , leaving her face ashen with anger . |
| 4 | His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Shamlou 's smile vanished as fast as it had come . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One afternoon a nurserymaid from the castle had appeared with Richard , and her distress had melted as quickly as it had grown . |
| 11 | His career collapsed as quickly as it had begun , and he died from alcoholism in 1957 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Lacuna 's anger had disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It died as suddenly as it had risen . |
| 16 | The burst of enthusiasm died as swiftly as it had kindled . |
| 17 | I really think that 's what has made the business stay , and go as far as it has . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The impulse to cry disappeared as inexplicably as it had come . |
| 20 | It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again . |
| 21 | The pain had left as suddenly as it had come , except for a small reminder in her back . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Only to cease as abruptly as it had begun . |
| 24 | We hope the trip continued as well as it had begun , and that you got home refreshed . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The light was extinguished as quickly as it had come , and her shoulders curled with disappointment . |
| 27 | Yet the question has to be asked : how much is this really an artificial crisis which will subside as quickly as it has arisen ? |