Example sentences of "soon as [pron] 'd [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also got to hear how she intended to jack in her job at the insurance brokers just as soon as they 'd taught her how to use the word-processor and go and work somewhere interesting like in an ad agency or for a travel agent . |
| 2 | Miss Evans did n't eat with them but stood by the table like a waitress in a restaurant , taking the plates to the sink as soon as they 'd cleared them and sweeping up crumbs round their chairs before they had finished drinking their milk . |
| 3 | As soon as she 'd said it , Shiona wished she had n't . |
| 4 | They broke apart almost as soon as she 'd seen them . |
| 5 | As soon as she 'd seen him , Grace had known he was an actor . |
| 6 | Why had n't she simply walked out of the theatre as soon as she 'd discovered he was in the cast ? |
| 7 | He had forced his way into her life , arranged things so that she 'd had no choice but to do his bidding — and as soon as she 'd done something to make it clear that she was still her own person and not his , he 'd humiliated her . |
| 8 | of course if she told me as soon as she 'd done it |
| 9 | Perhaps if the age-gap of eight years between them had been less … perhaps if she herself had stayed at home for a few years instead of finding separate lodgings as soon as she 'd finished her A levels and joined Grantham and Marsh as a junior copywriter … |
| 10 | Lorton had known who they were as soon as he 'd seen them ; he had been expecting the police , though not quite as soon as this , and in any case salesmen rarely travelled in pairs . |
| 11 | He 'd known Lucy 's room as soon as he 'd seen it . |
| 12 | He knew as soon as he 'd said it that he was in trouble . |
| 13 | As soon as he 'd said it , he thought how unbearably old-fashioned it sounded . |
| 14 | As soon as he 'd gone she seized the crutch he 'd brought up , and , hobbling into the bathroom , closed the door with a bang . |
| 15 | Keep two cartridges in your hand all the time , and then as soon as you 'd handed your gun , and you were taking the other one , and he was the empty one . |
| 16 | And as soon as I 'd said it I realised how odd it was , Kelly without a cigarette , without fiddling with the packet and dropping matches on the floor . |
| 17 | I was quite impressed by this and since he was going back to England that evening I decided to go back as soon as I 'd seen him off . |