Example sentences of "[pers pn] were soon [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were soon to see dragons , fish , giant insects and even trouser legs suspended in mid-air . |
| 2 | At home we were soon given the answer to a question which had been puzzling us : Who had saved us ? |
| 3 | With glasses replenished we sat in the CHAB studio where we were soon joined by His Worship the Mayor and a number of other leading citizens who had stayed behind in the hotel to hear the broadcast . |
| 4 | We all met in the foyer where we were soon joined by Evelyn Laye , ‘ Boo ’ to her intimate friends , who looked wonderful in a navy blue dress , and went round greeting everyone . |
| 5 | We were soon splashing about in the surf washing off weeks of dirt accumulated in the slit trenches . |
| 6 | At the first village , Amsiwi , we were soon sprawled on cushions under the carved guest-room ceiling in the chief 's house , drinking tea and eating hot , wholemeal pancakes and butter . |
| 7 | We were soon ensconced in our sleeping bags outside the refuge . |
| 8 | Sure enough , we were soon catching bonito , a fish in the tunny family which resembles a huge mackerel . |
| 9 | We were soon building up the idea of productivity … |
| 10 | Well I do n't think we felt any more important , At the beginning , we had great hopes you see , on Nationalization , but they quickly faded you see , and we were soon lulled into a sense of hopelessness . |
| 11 | The solid ground rocked and heaved beneath us , but we were soon gorging ourselves on rich noodles and spicy chilled crabs and lobster — forbidden fruit while amongst our Islamic Bugis . |
| 12 | We were soon running at 300,000 . |
| 13 | They were both Londoners so this cheered me up no end , and we were soon making our way to the Mess for supper and then up to the office for me to meet some of the others . |
| 14 | We were soon making our way back to the road . |
| 15 | We were soon to discover that Masha might be in no condition to set us on any track . |
| 16 | We were soon to discover that he specialises , not only in deft , on-the-spot sketches , but also in brief pungent descriptions with much use of cunning metaphor . |
| 17 | We were soon relishing the walk along the Nfis . |
| 18 | Cars had been laid on in advance by Tom Warner 's telegram , and we were soon settled in our respective suites or rooms in the C.P.R. 's palatial Hotel Saskatchewan . |
| 19 | I got up on a bench in the middle of the market and we were soon surrounded . |
| 20 | To see a familiar , friendly face in a room full of strangers was very pleasant and we were soon exchanging news . |
| 21 | When I knocked and entered , Ira , with a broad smile on his face , reached down and produced two glasses and a bottle of Okanagan wine which we were soon sipping . |
| 22 | A total of 364 economists , almost one for each day of the year , dispatched a formal letter to The Times denouncing the government 's economic approach as ruinous — though they were soon matched by a similarly large number of economists who were prepared to endorse it . |
| 23 | Two of our number , feeling no pain from imbibed refreshment , climbed into the engine tender by mistake , but they were soon herded back to the warmth and light of the Superintendent 's coach , which was the ultimate in railway luxury . |
| 24 | Striking though the tunnels and cuttings and aqueducts of the canal engineers had been , they were soon surpassed in size and grandeur by those of the railways . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , they were soon moved to different duties , but before doing so they were able to train a third person , a Sergeant , who has since carried on the work . |
| 26 | They were soon relegated to the emigrants ' cars , and when even the emigrants complained they were forced to travel on baggage wagons or on the boarding steps . |
| 27 | They were soon joined by the recruits J. S. Grant Wilson and J. Linn . |
| 28 | They were soon joined by Tibetans calling for independence , turning the demonstration into what police said was a ‘ counter-revolutionary activity ’ . |
| 29 | Her hopes for their return to the Lake District were finally realized ‘ home at Grasmere ’ , in the workaday setting of Dove Cottage ( 1799 ) , where they were soon joined by the Coleridges and Robert Southey [ q.v. ] and his wife from Keswick , and later by Thomas De Quincey [ q.v . ] . |
| 30 | They were soon joined by the Party 's chief press officer . |