Example sentences of "soon as [art] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They believed that as soon as a person died their spirit attached itself to the family left behind . |
| 2 | If a first baiter knew his job , as soon as a man had ploughed a stetch he 'd drop his stick across the furrows . |
| 3 | The proposals were reported to have offered the MNR a privileged status , allowing it to start political activities within Mozambique as soon as a ceasefire had been concluded , but requiring it to recognize the Mozambican Constitution . |
| 4 | Petards were unreliable and apt to detonate as soon as a match came anywhere near the fuse , resulting in the hapless sapper being blown up or ‘ hoist by his own petard ’ . |
| 5 | One had to evaluate the fire risk for her and her neighbour , in helping her to come to terms with giving up her independence and moving into residential care as soon as a place became available . |
| 6 | She said that existing vicars would keep their right to stay in their parish until they were 65 but as soon as a parish became vacant the priest-in-charge system would be introduced . |
| 7 | She so endeared herself to the library staff that , as soon as a post became free , they organized it so it could be part-time to fit Susan 's family commitments . |
| 8 | The Night Goblins in front were easily driven away , but just as soon as a gap appeared and the Dwarfs caught sight of the gate more Night Goblins charged in to hold them . |
| 9 | The Chancery Court held that as soon as the Court made the s 24 order , it was treated as a disposition by Mr Flint , and since he was bankrupt , the disposition of his interest was void unless ratified . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They 'd been itching to do something to help for all this time , and as soon as the campaign started they rushed into action . |
| 12 | The Woman had let go of Tug 's shoulders as soon as the door opened . |
| 13 | As soon as the door closed again , Sergeant led the hedgehogs to the bowl . |
| 14 | As soon as the door closed behind Adam , she whispered , ‘ What have they done to you , my girl ? ’ |
| 15 | As soon as the door closed behind him the WAAF tiptoed over to me . |
| 16 | As soon as the door closed behind him , Joanna burst out , ‘ That 's just what we need — a bit of social life . |
| 17 | Charlotte booked into a hotel in the centre of Boston and hunted down the telephone directory in her room as soon as the porter had left . |
| 18 | As soon as the hook went in it charged across the river into a weedbed on the other bank , where it decided to sulk and play at immovable objects . |
| 19 | ‘ IF YOU were going to have trouble you could tell as soon as the meat arrived . |
| 20 | He 'd known he would n't be putting on the act as soon as the boy had handed him the carrier . |
| 21 | As soon as the boy left I 'd pull him into the alley and take it from him . |
| 22 | She would play happily on the sand for hours as long as the tide was out but would run from the beach as soon as the sea came to within several yards of where she was sitting . |
| 23 | But as soon as the combine came in I had to be very careful with them . |
| 24 | Therese had been studying them as soon as the Direktor had telephoned her with the news of the productions and her roles . |
| 25 | You 'd go through to the back place and as soon as the licensee saw you , there 's two pints . |
| 26 | No , I was , I was , came over all , I did n't feel right when I got up in the morning , I 'll try and park outside Westgate , I did n't feel right when I got up in the morning , Kelly get round , yes I can go and oh find Robert erm , yeah I did n't feel right in the morning , but as soon as the day went on as soon as I had this salmon salad , sandwich , and Rob said to me well you sure it was n't that , cos he said sometimes that salmon could make people feel a bit , nothing wrong with that , it 's just a tin of salmon , you know . |
| 27 | As soon as the passport came through , Coleman should wait for the first convenient lull in the fighting in Beirut and then leave immediately . |
| 28 | More than 5,000 striking civil servants demonstrated in Cotonou on May 12 in support of demands for higher wages and the regularization of their working conditions , and in protest against government control of the media and restrictions on the right to strike ; the government responded by assuring the strikers that their wage demands would be met as soon as the budget had been voted on . |
| 29 | But as soon as the presentation had been made to the laboratory manager , he offered the bottle to the Guinness Fundraisers as a raffle prize for one of their future fund raising events . |
| 30 | In his usual way , as soon as the film started , George begin to give me a run down on the technical assets I might otherwise be missing . |