Example sentences of "[conj] i be soon " in BNC.

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1 When I walk on it the whole thing starts to move and I am soon covered in the grey dust I am stirring up ; it fills my nostrils and triggers a memory that links the smell with rock climbing .
2 A local man offers to ferry me across the fjord and I am soon on the way to Holt .
3 These violent rituals became a regular event and the police and I were soon on first-name terms , although most of the beatings took place at the week-ends when I was at my Pop 's house .
4 Somebody knew and I was soon outside the front door .
5 As I climbed , so the cloud lifted and I was soon able to shed my waterproofs .
6 Although my efforts would make Mr Walt Disney cringe , they were popular enough with the children of Navan , and I was soon handing out picture after picture — all free , courtesy of Navan shopping centre .
7 In Whitehorse the RCAF personnel maintained close relations with the USAF base there , and I was soon on speaking terms with the Americans , most of whom were engaged in flying or servicing aircraft operating between the States and Fairbanks , Alaska .
8 I discovered that they virtually ran a bird hospital and I was soon bringing them more casualties and learning a lot of useful things about bird-keeping and care .
9 I joined AIB on 1 July 1955 as a Senior Inspector of Accidents ( Operations ) and I was soon put to work , first of all on a little Auster that ditched in the Bristol Channel , then on a BOAC Argonaut in Libya under the supervision of Penny Garnons-Williams , an old hand at the job .
10 She looked familiar , and I was soon looking into the green and expressive eyes of Sally Drayton , who had been a fellow student at Sussex University .
11 But the emergency window on the left opened quite easily and I was soon out with the thought that a safe landing is one you can walk away from .
12 Finding myself in the coal bunker at the back of the bungalow I did nothing till the morning of dawning when maximum light was to be utilised for a rather essential cold water wash under an outside tap , and I was soon back on the solid road remarking that the hedgerows ' newborn leaves utter great things .
13 I suddenly felt very tired and I was soon asleep .
14 But the dogs chased after me and attacked me , and I was soon knocked to the ground .
15 It was hot beside the mouth of the kiln and I was soon sweating ; but the air was bright around me , the narrow prospect of the lake still and cool in the distance .
16 I was young and healthy and I was soon out of danger .
17 There I was welcomed by Molly Braithwaite who demonstrated Medau movement and I was soon joining in with the others present .
18 He settled down again to work ( ‘ lessons and literature ’ ) , with some hours spent at Wimbledon with Arthur Hardy ‘ in the warmth and strange visible light of the late afternoon ’ , and enjoyed the kindness around Which I never felt so much as of late , when it looked as if I was soon to cast it away with such apparent rudeness ’ .
19 It was a cold night and I had no overcoat but I was soon sweating with the effort of carrying the suitcase .
20 I wondered why this should be when Granny was so particular , but I was soon roused from my thoughts by Mum .
21 My initial perceptions of a college of further education might have begun on a lofty plane , but I was soon brought down to earth with a bump .
22 And I had but I was soon off when I got at well just past there to pull up there .
23 Having never seen a swing bridge before I wondered how the boats were going to get under it but I was soon to find out .
24 Happily all four engines had been spared the attention of the Ju88 but I was soon to learn from the flight engineer that the aileron control cable had been severed and he went into the wing root to find the two ends and make some sort of connection .
25 As I was soon to find , he was a man you could like even when you were joined in battle with him .
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