Example sentences of "soon as he [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She refused even to look at Ace , although her body clamoured with a painful intensity as soon as he came to stand next to her . |
| 2 | Dinner time , night time , you know , as soon as he finished work he was down there ! |
| 3 | Harry had largely forgotten the woman as soon as he had concluded that her complaint about Morpurgo smiling on the day of Clare Mallender 's death was of no significance . |
| 4 | He had reached for the Ruger as soon as he had seen the taxi pull up , and he had had the Ruger in his grip when the front door opposite had opened , and he had loosened the grip when he had seen that the target carried no cases , only had his daughters ’ hands in his . |
| 5 | As soon as he had gone a furious argument broke out . |
| 6 | Declining to lie , she let the priest take her home , planning to swear the maid to secrecy and slip out of the back door again as soon as he had gone . |
| 7 | As soon as he had gone , Emmie raced down the garden to the boathouse . |
| 8 | As soon as he had gained control , Sandys brought about another change in the Virginia Company 's way of running things ; he told the Company 's governor in the colony to have an assembly elected from among the colonists to give him advice and to act as the legislative body to pass any local laws needed inside the colony . |
| 9 | He knew how banal the question was as soon as he had asked it , but it did not affect Surere 's mood . |
| 10 | As soon as he had received news of the death of Professor Khan he had requested a meeting with the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council , at the Chairman 's earliest convenience . |
| 11 | At this Maria Candida , who had been listening on the stairs , let out a wail of joy at the thought that she would be seeing Portugal again ; Leonora went to embrace her daughter and whisper her blessings , while Gerald , who knew when he was beaten and was never any good in emotional situations , announced that he had important business in the castle yard , and would return as soon as he had attended to it . |
| 12 | He had every intention of getting the hell out of Paris just as soon as he had collected all the money owed to him . |
| 13 | He had stripped off his shirt as soon as he had joined in . |
| 14 | As soon as he had apprehended any kidnappers , the state prosecutor moved in on the hostages and he never saw them again . |
| 15 | As soon as he had completed a few successful assignments , word was passed around and more business came his way . |
| 16 | He had realised as soon as he had employed Michael that he had found himself a kindred spirit . |
| 17 | Fighting erupted in Beirut yesterday shortly after President Elias Hrawi was quoted as saying that Syrian troops would leave parts of Lebanon as soon as he had overcome the resistance of troops of General Michel Aoun in the Christian enclave . |
| 18 | At dinner he was utterly silent and tried to leave as soon as he had eaten sufficient but before the table was cleared . |
| 19 | Ruth had lost all sense of direction as soon as he had gripped her hand so fiercely ; she just teetered after him in her high-heeled sandals . |
| 20 | As soon as he had sat down beside her , the smell of him had enveloped her — man smells of sawdust , and soap , mingled with sweat . |
| 21 | Kinane , aged 30 , rode the Irish filly The Caretaker to win Europe 's most valuable prize for two-year-olds , the Cartier Million , in Dublin on Saturday , but almost as soon as he had passed the post to complete his lucrative double on Carroll House , who is trained by Michael Jarvis at Newmarket , the klaxon sounded ominously to indicate a stewards ' inquiry . |
| 22 | But as soon as he had reminded himself of his motive , it rang as hollow to him as he felt sure it must to others . |
| 23 | From the very first , as soon as he had held her , he had had eyes only for her . |
| 24 | As soon as he had left the Commissioner 's office and was back in his own room Commander Adam Dalgliesh rang Chief Inspector John Massingham . |
| 25 | The record price for a suit was one hundred pounds , and that was brand new , passed on by a lunatic who changed his mind as soon as he had taken it home . |
| 26 | For one thing , it had begun to rain as soon as he had climbed on to the car . |
| 27 | The possibility of a long poem clearly inspired him and , almost as soon as he had settled himself with the Mirrlees , he began to work upon the next poem in the sequence . |
| 28 | As soon as he had driven Liz Spalding to her small apartment , where she made some basic changes to her appearance , and grabbed a bite to eat , Bodie took her to Linda 's school . |
| 29 | When Hugo returned home dinner was served as soon as he had had time to change . |
| 30 | Josh Gifford , for whom he had been first jockey before his illness and who had assured him that his position as stable jockey would be waiting for him as soon as he had recovered . |