Example sentences of "soon as [pron] 've [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We 'll set off as soon as we 've eaten . |
2 | Right , as soon as we 've done this then we 'll have to go and have a , you can have a bath and mummy can have a shower because I 've got a lady coming to see me about a job . |
3 | However , almost as soon as we 've come to terms with its limitations , the penis decides to create a whole new set of trails and tribulations for its owner . |
4 | We 're going to retire here as soon as we 've sold our house . ’ |
5 | I hollered , I shall leave him as soon as we 've got this business sorted out . |
6 | I mean as soon as we 've got enough tapes in that we ca n't between us transcribe them in a week I buy another record er another transcription machine |
7 | As soon as we 've got the layouts he 'd like to meet us and go out to site . |
8 | And as soon as we 've read a story we 'll get washed and dressed . |
9 | When he 'd replaced the phone he said , ‘ I 'll get breakfast as soon as we 've showered . ’ |
10 | I wan na go out I 'll go out there with Bryn and Eric anyway as soon as we 've finished cos it wants . |
11 | Yeah , yeah we can go up as soon as we 've finished tea . |
12 | Why do n't you go and sit down again and we 'll come in as soon as we 've finished these . |
13 | so I 'll give you a ring back as soon as we 've finished . |
14 | ‘ As soon as we 've had some valium , we 'll be awight too . ’ |
15 | ‘ It 's eight o'clock , and as soon as we 've had breakfast we 'll be on our way . ’ |
16 | Anyway , yeah , and so , right I go to Bunnie and I , can you take me home yes , cos I 'm supposed to be going to a pizza to have pizza round my friend 's house , he goes , mm , they 're going , oh we 're starving , you have to go round to somebody 's house , I said he goes well I 'll take you stra , I 'll take you as soon as we 've had something to eat . |
17 | ‘ As soon as they 've patched up my plane . |
18 | Elephants , on the other hand , kick out the fellas as soon as they 've done the necessaries , kick out the boy children as soon as they 've started to shave , and live in a contented matriarchal world afraid of no man but the ivory poacher . |
19 | you see , I mean what they do is soon as they 've kicked them out in the mental homes they 're having to put them in to erm , I mean erm , there are people who are not able to be on their own , I mean the ones they 've kicked out are people that have been depressed and say well you 've got to find , get your family to help , I mean , when you 've got somebody depressed in your family you try and help them |
20 | ‘ But I do have to see that the servants do everything , and since they all seem to leave as soon as they 've saved up enough money , half my time is spent finding replacements and training them . |
21 | Commander Adam Dalgliesh is coming to see me as soon as they 've finished with whatever it is they 're doing at the church . |
22 | I want to get his arm off this spike to save having to cut it as soon as they 've finished the rest . |
23 | And as soon as they 've finished the conversation , do n't leap to the phone , alright ? |
24 | Elephants , on the other hand , kick out the fellas as soon as they 've done the necessaries , kick out the boy children as soon as they 've started to shave , and live in a contented matriarchal world afraid of no man but the ivory poacher . |
25 | Desert Island Discs has permeated the national psyche to such an extent , people start compiling their own list almost as soon as they 've bought their first LP … |
26 | It is being attacked daily by that real group of parasites , the Tory Party , the Tories will no doubt bring in workfare just as soon as they 've softened up the wider public with their slavish friends in the media . |
27 | It 's a real effort to click back to that frame of mind , which is bad because fanaticism is the true experience of pop , not discrimination and broad-mindedness — I think of the splendid devotion of all those boys and girls , who as soon as they 've got hold of the new Cure or New Order or Bunnymen record , immediately set to learning the lyrics by heart , then spend days exhaustively interpreting the Tablets From on High , struggling to establish some fit between their experience and what is actually some drunken doggerel cobbled together in a studio off-moment . |
28 | no , but as soon as they 've got their thingy in the they should be off . |
29 | Then get him into Bishop Challener as soon as they 've got a place . |
30 | They become very passive but as soon as they 've had the baby they 're back to their old selves again and you think , God , is it the same girl ? |