Example sentences of "as [adv] [conj] they [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do believe that women experience another , relentless denial of their powers , which begins as soon as they can speak , if not before , and makes the act of writing for them primarily an act of rebellion . |
| 2 | In the dramatic arts , which children are taught as soon as they can walk , each participant has a chance to become personally possessed by the soul of the character he is playing . |
| 3 | does that mean every one learns to drive as soon as they can ? |
| 4 | In my view they need good steady husbands as soon as they can be found , and Harry Burrows needs a commission in the army and to be sent somewhere really uncomfortable . |
| 5 | As soon as he is out of the side , and the team continues to play well … they rub their hands and sell him as soon as they can . |
| 6 | Back on the banks of the Thames , the parent birds become distressed at the point where they lose sight of their young — which the volunteers rush into the dinghy as soon as they can so the familiy is reunited . |
| 7 | During a recent interview on BBC Radio Cleveland 's Alan Wright programme , Maire Brennan said their best audiences are found in the North-East and the group will be returning here as soon as they can . |
| 8 | they 're not actually printing , as soon as they can form the words , they join them |
| 9 | I do n't think it 's right , my niece Sue does n't think it 's right , they 're doing it in school , it 's part of the national curriculum , as soon as they can form the letters now , they join them , I said I go to King university and I do n't join up my letters |
| 10 | As soon as they can get their head and shoulders through , they 're in ! double glazing conservatories is one of the best deterrents . |
| 11 | Because very often on courses we find that people have been sort of nominated to go on courses , and quite honestly they do n't actually want to be there and they 're looking at their watch and as soon as they can get away that , that 's better . |
| 12 | Soon all three of them were reeling out and reeling in , pouncing on the fish as soon as they could reach them and pulling the hooks from their mouths . |
| 13 | Winston was picking a team of folk from all walks of life to see them as soon as they could . |
| 14 | With rare exceptions , refugee children were expected to leave home as soon as they could fend for themselves . |
| 15 | People found that their savings became completely worthless and that salaries , once received , declined in value so rapidly that workers became desperate to convert currency into goods as soon as they could . |
| 16 | Many deserted before the battle even started , and a number of nobles surrendered as soon as they could decently do so . |
| 17 | The Dodger and Charley Bates had left the crowd which was chasing Oliver as soon as they could . |
| 18 | If the city 's culture lies in its heritage , its great literary tradition — Wilde , Shaw , Joyce , Beckett , O'Casey and all that — then surely the celebrations must involve a recognition that they found the city less than congenial and got out as soon as they could ? |
| 19 | He added that Sergia 's people had been grateful , though they 'd ushered Chertro and his prisoner off-planet as soon as they could . |
| 20 | A special vestry was called and resolved " to hire a shop as soon as they could " . |
| 21 | A little while ago children were expected to be down in the mines and underneath textile machinery , so they were n't actually treated as children , they were erm wager earners at a very low age , as soon as they could be walking they were doing a job , so I feel that we 're all children in fact , there is no great division between being a child and being an adult , and we in fact ca n't always cope with what 's happening and the shocks infect . |
| 22 | Such men push the boundaries as far as they can to try to get their women to love them , dirt and all . |
| 23 | Well they 've all played as well so they might remember . |
| 24 | Perhaps they bugged a dozen other people as well but they 'd only hear you and me talking about naming names on her bug . |
| 25 | and then that was it and then a bit later on , that was all they said about me haircut and then during the break somebody else said , there 's something else gone as well and they could n't make out what it what done mine in , my musical director he come , he says you know what will look nice now with that haircut do n't you ? |
| 26 | They went to him and he had sold it as well and they could n't |
| 27 | Daemonorops verticillaris and D. macrophylla ( Palmae ) are rattans characteristically associated with resident ants in Malesia : their nests are made of plant hairs and sometimes spines as well and they can absorb 185% water by weight . |
| 28 | It 's just that I think that they do n't publicize a lot of the services as well as they might do . |
| 29 | At that time they were faced with legal fees of £3,000 if they sued the surveyor , and the risk of losing this as well if they could not prove the surveyor 's negligence in law . |
| 30 | I said to Fish the film has a message for the trade unions as well if they could find it and he said he 'd keep looking . |