Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As soon as one investigates which people actually marry each other one finds that the lightning shaft of Cupid seems to be guided rather strongly within very definite channels of class , income , education , racial and religious background . |
| 32 | As soon as we receive your Grand Prize Certificate of Eligibility , we 'll enter your numbers in the Draw , and we 'll let you know promptly if you win a prize . |
| 33 | Almost as soon as we reached our cruising level we heard a German voice , ‘ D- , I am IMC , I must descent . ’ |
| 34 | However , as soon as we reached our new vantage I understood the real reason why he had wanted to move . |
| 35 | Although we did not appear to have a direct hit in any vital part ( and the engines were spared ) as soon as we dropped our bombs , and the photo-flash meant we had a picture of where we had left our load , we turned for home . |
| 36 | Erm , obviously , as soon as we get something , it 'll be put before the council , but this is just an interim thing , |
| 37 | A committee member said last night : ‘ As soon as we get it , it will be made public . |
| 38 | Initially our agents had no idea of who he was , but as I 'm sure you know it 's standard procedure to take photographs , and as soon as we compared them and a descrip-tion with our files , we were in no doubt as to who he was . ’ |
| 39 | Ever since you went away we have been unable to get the fire to burn ; even if we borrowed a light from the neighbours it went out as soon as we brought it in . " |
| 40 | As soon as we realized we had such tremendous support and you know er right we 'll give this a go and we 're gon na win . |
| 41 | Yeah , as soon as we know something we can start making decisions ca n't we ? |
| 42 | ‘ We had the mare to break early this year , ’ said rider Barbara Gallimore , ‘ and knew as soon as we saw her that she would win Olympia . |
| 43 | As soon as we mention we 're planning another event , the volunteers are very helpful . |
| 44 | As soon as we met there was a marvellous rapport . |
| 45 | As soon as we ask what faith is and what sort of mistreatment of faith causes doubt , we are led to the first major misconception about doubt — the idea that doubt is the opposite of faith and the same thing as unbelief . |
| 46 | ‘ As soon as we got him to a doctor — which took some time — it was discovered that Major Maxim must have held the ammonia under our man 's nose while pouring some odourless spirit — quite possibly strong vodka — onto the blindfold in order to produce the stinging sensation . ’ |
| 47 | As soon as we turn our attention to the source of police errors we find that they do not , in the main , spring from malpractice , ill will or even slackness , as is sometimes supposed . |
| 48 | Royston was a cold , sombre place which blighted our spirits as soon as we glimpsed it . |
| 49 | Jennifer , of Dewsbury , Yorks , said : ‘ As soon as we divorced we both realised we 'd made a mistake . ’ |
| 50 | As soon as we arrived we were shown a dead chick . |
| 51 | As soon as we think we 're making progress we seem to lose our grip . |
| 52 | And as soon as we finish it 'll go and get dark again . |
| 53 | As soon as we removed ourselves from eyries at Television Centre and Broadcasting House , people began saying to us that the key subject we had to look at was one of portrayal and representation on air . |
| 54 | The boys did n't stop or even call out that they were sorry , but went charging down the lane as soon as they recovered their balance after the collision . |
| 55 | The birds and squirrels in my garden come for food as soon as they hear my whistle , even though the food may not yet have been put out for them . |
| 56 | So valuable is it that some scientists regard it as a scent and as soon as they detect it , they know that they are on the right track . |
| 57 | I want to see you again just as soon as they let me out of this hospital . |
| 58 | Along with Lieutenant Bill Lloyd he had perfected the techniques for getting ashore among rocks ; but now Bill Lloyd was badly wounded , hit in the neck almost as soon as they began their grenade-tossing dash , firing tommy-guns from the hip . |
| 59 | Lenin 's confidence that the soviets would provide the country with a revolutionary form of government that could function without bureaucracy was proved ill-founded almost as soon as they began their work . |
| 60 | Anyway , as soon as they saw me they scampered over and said , ‘ We know you , you 're that Derrick May are n't you ? ' |