Example sentences of "soon as [art] [noun sg] began " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 ‘ Some of the demonstrators withdrew into narrow side-streets , but the square promptly filled again with people as soon as the gas began to disperse .
2 She should have turned and walked away as soon as the conversation began to get so very personal .
3 As soon as the clothing began to smoulder and glow , igniting the wood beneath , he pinched out the charred , burnt part and began again on another place .
4 As soon as the hydra began withdrawing , you changed your mind . ’
5 She would get away from here as soon as the snow began to melt .
6 Another was the ā gri , sitting beside a petal-shaped oil lamp which he replenished as soon as the flame began to dwindle from a bowl on the hearth .
  Next page