Example sentences of "[pron] soon [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I soon noticed the influence of military training .
2 My great fishing love , until then , had been Lady Tweed , but I soon discovered the South Tyne was every bit as good , if not better , than the Queen of Scottish rivers ; and the stretch below our house was far enough upstream and far enough downstream from the main population centres to make it almost completely private .
3 I soon had the bike back in working order and if the distances were n't too great , I would ride while the others rode in the van .
4 I soon put the run on that fellow , ’ Kitty continued without comment .
5 … Crossing a wooden foot bridge to the right of the village street , passing the village church and climbing a rather steep hill , on the crest of which the road curves to the right , I soon see the cart-track which leads to the hall .
6 Crowe offered a pathetic excuse about investigating woodworm infestation for his nature column , but I soon beetled the truth out of him .
7 She followed him back into the little harness store and sat down on a bench while he lit the paraffin stove which soon filled the room with its smell and heat .
8 The war brought , however , a number of naval victories and 1740 saw the first performance of Rule Britannia , which soon acquired the status of a second national anthem .
9 Paxton was a young gardener at Chatsworth when , encouraged by the 6th Duke , he built a giant conservatory 300 feet long , 145 feet wide by 60 feet high which soon attracted the world 's attention and led to Paxton being commissioned to build the Crystal Palace for the Exhibition of 1851 .
10 We are all so lonely in our minds that when the slightest opening appears for expression , we pour out much more than need be presented — which soon clogs the opening .
11 She soon left the table and went into the fields , feeling the pain in the story .
12 Driving once more as fast as she dared , she soon reached the pet shop and saw that Mr Miller was occupied with a customer .
13 Because she looked like a sparrow , for which the French slang is ‘ Piaf ’ , she soon adopted the name and from then on was known by nothing else .
14 In the bathroom she soon removed the mud .
15 She soon found the path and began the climb .
16 As I said , play is frustrating at first , but you soon get the hang of blocking and doing smashes — and knowing what skills your team-mate 's best at .
17 Before returning from England I had been able to recruit a very competent English journalist , F.W. Benton , who soon improved the quality of our English daily .
18 Before CD ‘ thought of Mr Pickwick ’ and wrote the first number , he had already gained for himself more freedom in the conduct of his story than Seymour and his publishers had originally intended , but the sudden death of Seymour when he had completed only 3 of the 4 illustrations for No. ii , and his replacement by the young artist Hablot K. Browne ( who soon adopted the signature ‘ Phiz ’ to parallel CD 's ‘ Boz ’ ) , contributed to the dominance of text over illustrations : from No. iii on the plates were reduced to 2 per number and the pages of text increased from 26 to 32 .
19 This satisfied few but left the way open for the Bolsheviks who soon controlled the army and all communications and transport in Petrograd .
20 We soon discovered the reason why — the floorboards had been laid directly on to earth . ’
21 The weather improved and , although the roads were clogged with icy mud , we soon reached the Channel port where Benjamin used his warrants and his status to secure our passage home on a man-o'-war .
22 We soon reached the house , and came to a gate in the wall .
23 ‘ It 's only five minutes ’ walk , ’ he said , and sure enough , we soon reached the pool at the foot of the waterfall .
24 We soon got the hang of this ; though it felt like we were performing a weird new dance .
25 The magic takes control of our guests , rapturous applause is received at the end — but we soon take the smile off our IFAs ’ faces .
26 Let us start with Rome and speed northward ; we soon find the kaleidoscope turn and dissolve into myriad brilliant and varied colours .
27 They soon assumed the role of Sunni champions against Shiite Persia , some of the time taking and retaking territory from one another .
28 They found the cutting and scrambled down the slopes of the cutting enjoying the freedom , the old hut looked interesting and they soon explored the area , that had reverted back to nature .
29 For a few years chimpanzees raised in human households learn as well as human infants of the same age , but they soon reach the limit of their ability and are rapidly overtaken by human youngsters .
30 The Romans were great organisers , and as they needed to feed their legions to survive , they soon improved the way in which farming was done .
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