Example sentences of "soon [vb past] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rynd and the spindle soon came to be made from iron to be more durable , and the handle was developed to become a lever for turning the runner stone by animal power . |
| 2 | The Special Air Service Regiment — or S.A.S. , as it soon came to be called — was at this time an established part of the Army Air Corps , though it was little known to the public at large . |
| 3 | The argument over housing in Derry soon came to be focused on am important issue of corporation policy — the question of extending the city boundary so as to include more land for housing and industrial development . |
| 4 | But wordings which did not take the shape of a request also soon came to be accepted . |
| 5 | But it soon came to be realized that any breakaway plasma would disperse into the void rather than condense into solid bodies . |
| 6 | In calling on Congress for this aid the President outlined the broad policy , which soon came to be known as the Truman Doctrine . |
| 7 | The image soon came to be reproduced in Teutonic style . |
| 8 | This was a predominantly Protestant force which soon came to be regarded as repressive and bigoted by the Catholic minority . |
| 9 | Further calculations supported this view , and it soon came to be adopted generally . |
| 10 | No one attempted to rebuild it , and the house soon reverted to being a farmhouse , as which it appeared in the film of Thomas Hardy 's Far from the Madding Crowd . |
| 11 | Fears soon began to be expressed that wines from the Midi too would again find their way back into Champagne cellars . |
| 12 | Paula was not very clever with her needle but she soon learned to be careful so as not to incur the wrath of the seamstress . |
| 13 | I believe we are already lost ’ , an analysis which the Empress kept to herself , but which soon proved to be all too correct , for in the early days of August the French armies suffered three defeats at the battles of Spicheren , Wissembourg and Froeschwiller . |
| 14 | They soon proved to be far too small to contain his collection . |
| 15 | In 1762 he even secured a royal edict which compelled the clergy to contribute a fifth of their income to charitable purposes , though this soon had to be withdrawn . |