Example sentences of "as [adv] as it [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Virtually all of this information was routinely destroyed as soon as it ceased to be useful ( for example , once a set of negotiations had been terminated or a product discontinued ) . |
| 2 | The catch was usually gutted as soon as it came on board , and the gulls would go in a flock from boat to boat , cleaning up the discards . |
| 3 | Walesa , who attended this session , said afterwards that in order to prove that the new constitution had not been tailor-made for him he would resign as soon as it came into force . |
| 4 | The Thatcher government as soon as it came into office met considerable opposition in Parliament , from public opinion , from local authorities and from various pressure groups , to ‘ cuts ’ . |
| 5 | Even though it was the only route for Polish-German transit between the towns of Graudenz and Dirschau — a distance of 120 kilometres — the Poles closed the bridge as soon as it came under their control . |
| 6 | But after August 23 he no longer wanted to continue ; the present was best forgotten as soon as it slipped into the past . |
| 7 | Unsurprisingly , as soon as it opened in April , the Tribeca Bar and Grill became the hottest meal ticket in town , and it 's currently packed out nightly , with a selection of celebs , wannabes , Wall Street suits and star gazers , who can get a perfect view by sitting at the restaurant 's centrepiece , a $15,000 mahogany bar . |