Example sentences of "soon as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ And as soon as they realised it was an emergency , the offending drain was fitted with a plug . ’ |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | I want to see you again just as soon as they let me out of this hospital . |
| 34 | Others cash in by selling aircraft as soon as they get them to consortiums of banks and investors — and then lease them back . |
| 35 | as soon as they get it |
| 36 | So you were — but as soon as they put you in my arms I could see you were no use to me ! ’ |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | Further details will reach you just as soon as they reach us … we 're STILL waiting for a finished version of Hook , ‘ coz we refuse to write full reviews from pre-production , half-finished disks ! |
| 40 | So we had to as soon as they come we had to open a trench and heel them in do you see . |
| 41 | As soon as they knew I was in prison they were trying to get involved and everything . |
| 42 | There had been a few times , with my accent , I 'd been called names , but as soon as they knew I was Jewish I had a hundred mothers and brothers and fathers to take care of me . |
| 43 | Anyway , as soon as they saw me they scampered over and said , ‘ We know you , you 're that Derrick May are n't you ? ' |
| 44 | At Bolter 's Lock , a crowd singing , as soon as they saw us , songs from my show … |
| 45 | And erm but the trouble was as soon as they saw us come , they were right behind us going like this with their horns , you know ! |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | It meant that she started off at an advantage , for as soon as they imagined they had caused her misery they found that they were only confirming her grim and ribald idea of the way things would always be . |
| 48 | Maggie put her hands up to push him away but as soon as they touched his skin her palms seemed to take on a life of their own , moving over the strong muscles , her fingers wanting to curl in the crisp black hair that lightly covered his chest . |
| 49 | Cos as soon as they go it 's all gone a bit |
| 50 | As soon as they spoke he said : ‘ They were n't bombs . ’ |
| 51 | As soon as they find I 'm gone , what will your life be worth ? ’ |
| 52 | Tipped for the top by A&R folk as soon as they showed their faces in the capital , their label Phffft ! was snapped up in a deal with Phonogram , and their second single , a four track EP led by ‘ Yesterday Today ’ is out this week . |
| 53 | They will be ready to follow the ladder party as soon as they see its last man go through the window . |
| 54 | As soon as they see their names on the leaderboard they worry themselves to death until their name 's gone off the board . |
| 55 | As soon as they see they got the microphone they go |
| 56 | ‘ They pull 'em down as soon as they see you coming . |
| 57 | As soon as they arrived she saw , about half a mile away , a tall figure in a cloak , with a wide-brimmed black hat . |
| 58 | ‘ As soon as they reported it , Ipuky was informed and I was sent for . ’ |
| 59 | As soon as they approached her bed , Joanna greeted them with a mixture of tears and rueful self-reproach . |
| 60 | ‘ Absolutely no one — they 'll react as soon as they guess I 've left the country . |