Example sentences of "soon [conj] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1967 he wrote : ‘ Human beings will become so used to being crushed together that when they are on their own , they will suffer withdrawal symptoms : ‘ Doctor — I 've got to get on to a crowded train soon or I 'll go mad ’ . ’ |
| 2 | Drops of condensed water fell on to her head from the ceiling and she thought , I must leave soon or I shall melt into the atmosphere . |
| 3 | I want to be in that room soon and I shall need the table . ’ |
| 4 | Deputed to get his own disguise , he went off fuming to a wig shop : ‘ And the lady started to go through all kinds of salesmanship to sell me the wig and if I wanted to swim , I did n't want to swim , and I 'm sitting there knowing that this meeting is going to start very soon and I can not — lady , let's get on with it , I do n't give a damn , just give me a wig . ’ |
| 5 | Yeah he says oh that 's great , yeah that 's fine , so I 'll have to get it in soon because I wo n't be able to get him in till about |
| 6 | As I 've made mine , ’ said Nicol sturdily , ‘ all these miles , to bring word as soon as I might . ’ |
| 7 | Miss Priss on a silk cushion , yowling my bahoolas off as soon as I could run away . ’ |
| 8 | As soon as I could I went to see Aunt Louise in her new home . |
| 9 | ‘ I got her up here as soon as I could . |
| 10 | It attracted me like a magnet when I was a youth , and soon as I could leave school I was up at the course for a caddying job . |
| 11 | ‘ I can not recall the dates but it must have been in the very late twenties if I was still at school , because I left just as soon as I could when I made up fourteen . |
| 12 | ‘ But this first guitar was just a $20 acoustic , and as soon as I could I bought an Ibanez SG , then that was stolen and I went to a Les Paul . |
| 13 | Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could ! |
| 14 | I never got near enough to her to tell her about the boxing and eventually left home as soon as I could . ’ |
| 15 | Instead I memorized the answers , made quick notes as soon as I could , and later wrote the whole interview in my field diary . |
| 16 | My Houy master was very interested in me , and as soon as I could speak the language , he asked me to explain where I had come from . |
| 17 | As soon as I could walk straight , I got out . |
| 18 | As soon as I could I got Méli on his own . |
| 19 | Frank went on , ‘ I cleared off to Canada as soon as I could . |
| 20 | " You asked me to report preliminary findings as soon as I could , so I 'm giving you a ring , " he said . |
| 21 | She then attempted a drowsy recap on the Royal Family but I shouldered my way out of there as soon as I could . |
| 22 | I decided then that , as soon as I could afford it , I 'd build myself a house here by the sea . |
| 23 | So as soon as I could get away I went to your hotel , only to be told that you had left shortly after your colleagues . ’ |
| 24 | Apparently as soon as I could read I always had my nose stuck in a book . |
| 25 | I rushed her over to see him as soon as I could but he was still drugged up after the operation . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Mink are unnecessary killers and have a habit of decimating fish stocks if left to breed at the side of fisheries , so I will help the local clubs to get rid of them as soon as I can , ’ he added . |
| 27 | ‘ No , I 'll send a couple of my blokes , as soon as I can . |
| 28 | I 'll be along as soon as I can … what , five minutes ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You wait here and I 'll come as soon as I can . |
| 30 | I 'll be back as soon as I can . ’ |