Example sentences of "but we soon [verb] " in BNC.

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1	There were some astonishing shouting matches over trifles , but we soon realized that this was his way of life .
2	Sir Henry and I were both good runners and very healthy men , but we soon realized that we had no chance of catching Selden .
3	The magic takes control of our guests , rapturous applause is received at the end — but we soon take the smile off our IFAs ’ faces .
4	But we soon got used to the place .
5	‘ Even then you get the gawp brigade - but we soon get rid of them . ’
6	As we negotiated the slippery rungs of that staircase , there were always a few interested bystanders with nothing better to do than shout encouraging remarks from time to time , but we soon learnt to ignore them .
7	Most of us know that it is in our best interests to play it — we 've never been taught the lines , but we soon catch on to what we 're supposed to say .
8	My brother and I shared a room for a while but we soon had a partition put in allowing us to each have our separate rooms .
9	they were enchanted by Finchingfield , but we soon had to move on to Thaxted , home of Dick Turpin .
10	These pieces move about as the faces turn , but we soon notice that the corner pieces move only to corner places , and so on .
11	We worried at first that the children might be sceptical and uninterested ; but we soon found that nine year olds have already heard of atoms in garbled ways from comics and really want to know about them .
12	Dr Leslie Weatherhead talked much about individual cases , but we soon learned there were patterns of human behaviour .
13	But we soon learned that the police have eyes and ears everywhere — every village , every forest , every mountain . ’
14	‘ The field has been open to females only during the past year but we soon expect at least 10 per cent of dog-training course applicants will be female . ’
15	But we soon emerged again , for curiosity overcame caution .

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