Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [subord] soon as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Princesse came to greet them as soon as they were over the threshold . |
| 2 | Winston was picking a team of folk from all walks of life to see them as soon as they could . |
| 3 | Commander Adam Dalgliesh is coming to see me as soon as they 've finished with whatever it is they 're doing at the church . |
| 4 | Australia 's marsupial mammals give birth to their young when they are still in fetal form , and — unlike most placental mammals — are able to abort them as soon as conditions turn harsh . |
| 5 | Juliet smelled them as soon as she was inside the house . |
| 6 | It is advisable to float them as soon as they arrive in a bucket of water until you are ready to plant them . |
| 7 | You can start vibrating them as soon as your have laid a few metres . |
| 8 | Does he stand his ground and look as though he is going to punch you as soon as you come into range ? |
| 9 | Recalling my dream , I thought it strange that , having gone to sleep wretched and fretting about Toby , I 'd completely forgotten him as soon as I lost consciousness . |
| 10 | If it were Oliver he would have called out to her , come to meet her as soon as he heard the key in the lock . |
| 11 | She had telephoned him as soon as she got home , and he 'd come straight to the villa , arriving in a whirlwind , his personality magnetic as always . |
| 12 | Did you know I feel that if I thought ( and if you ever did , I should know it as soon as the thought had crossed your brain ) you doubted my perfect love , truth , sincerity and striving for goodness , I must indeed give up all the good I have gained , and gain daily , by your love and mine . |
| 13 | Anyway , I think I shall take this she should know it as soon as Yeah I think there 's nothing you , you have to take a you know , nothing under three thousand , even that is cheap for days , is n't it ? |
| 14 | I have two rules with pruning ornamental shrubs : if the shrub is like jasmine or forsythia and flowers before midsummer , prune it as soon as the flowers have faded . |
| 15 | It took them what she reported it as soon as the office opened and they 'd done it at about ten twelve time . |
| 16 | two defenders coming up , they 're probably going to get to me so I 'm going to pass it as soon as I get it . |
| 17 | She 's Miss Brady , ’ he told them as soon as they rose from their knees . |
| 18 | of course if she told me as soon as she 'd done it |
| 19 | When my husband takes his shirts off I have to wash them straight away — like he wears two shirts on Sunday and I wash them as soon as he takes them off . |
| 20 | And give them , done them as soon as you like , get done as soon as you like . |
| 21 | " They 'll rape you as soon as look at you , " she had said . |
| 22 | I 'll show you as soon as the others arrive . ’ |
| 23 | I told him as soon as he arrived . " |
| 24 | ‘ Barney 's as thrilled as I am , ’ Cara replied , revealing that she had phoned him as soon as she 'd read her mail . |
| 25 | I am giving them the most careful and thorough consideration , and I shall reach a decision and announce it as soon as I can . |
| 26 | He put out an arm and dropped it as soon as it touched her , as if its contact stung him . |
| 27 | He must have written it as soon as Barbara had telephoned the news and had sent it round by one of his nurses who , in a hurry to get home after night duty , had n't even stopped to hand it in but had slipped it through the letter box . |
| 28 | Maisie had gone round to the passenger door of the Volkswagen and was standing , one hand poised to open it as soon as Henry should unlock it . |
| 29 | The Tories cut it as soon as they got back in power . |
| 30 | I 'll do it as soon as I 've finished the hen . ’ |