Example sentences of "as [adv] [conj] [pron] entered the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as we entered the house we heard a low moaning and , on opening the living-room door , saw our landlady rocking herself backwards and forwards in her chair . |
| 2 | As soon as we entered the restaurant the proprietor came out to us from the kitchen , rubbing his hands oilier on a tea towel . |
| 3 | As soon as she entered the room she knew that Clare had already been telling tales ; or at least complaining to her colleagues . |
| 4 | She spotted Adam almost as soon as she entered the club , but though he was sitting only a short distance away with a stocky sandy-haired man she did n't recognise , it took her some time to reach his table , since she was obliged to stop at every few strides to talk to customers . |
| 5 | He began speaking as soon as he entered the lecture-room , which he generally did five minutes after me hour . |
| 6 | Today he heard screams coming from Mary Duncan 's room on the first floor as soon as he entered the house . |
| 7 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 8 | As soon as he entered the hall , it was immediately apparent that there was a change . |
| 9 | David Swan , who had arrived that afternoon to join his wife Carole at the conference , spotted Amaranth Wilikins almost as soon as he entered the Grand Hotel . |
| 10 | I knew as soon as he entered the company . |
| 11 | As soon as I entered the room I could hear little pockets of chatter coming from various parts of the audience . |
| 12 | I had already decided to do that as soon as I entered the darkened chamber where the royal beast sat slouched on a chair . |
| 13 | I spotted Billy 's mum as soon as I entered the court . |
| 14 | As soon as it entered the fallow he began an excited scream of view halloa , halloa ! and flapped his arms . |