Example sentences of "as [adv] [conj] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as I chose the name Cliff Richard I came home , told the family , and they said , ‘ All right , Cliff . ’ |
| 2 | I will write again as soon as I know the opinion of the Parish Council . |
| 3 | ‘ Give me your number , and as soon as I know the score I 'll ring you back . |
| 4 | I had , as you know , trouble with my horse as soon as I left the beach ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Carolyn , I 'll go and look at him as soon as I shut the door on you . |
| 6 | As soon as I rounded the line of fitted units screening off the kitchen I saw her slumped on the floor in the corner , huddled up as though against the cold . |
| 7 | As soon as I had the diet ready for issue at the classes , Pat was first on my mental list of people who I hoped would particularly benefit . |
| 8 | But as soon as I had the door shut I began to ransack the flat for the sheet music I keep for special occasions such as Christmas , bar mitzvahs , weddings and so on . |
| 9 | As soon as I had the door closed and my jacket off I found a road atlas and turned to the Cambridge area . |
| 10 | ‘ Of course , just as soon as I get the results from this test . |
| 11 | At first the belts slip round the flat pulleys — they 're meant to — but as soon as I squirt the gum they grab and the shafts pick up speed real fast , and the spokes on the pulleys blur and disappear . |
| 12 | In the old days , as soon as I heard the dirge start up , I 'd reach for the OFF button . |
| 13 | As soon as I heard the word Deptford my ears pricked up . |
| 14 | About the third time we went to the beach ( I took them to the one known since 1945 as ‘ Staging Post B ’ ) , as soon as I rejoined the group I realised she 'd told them . |
| 15 | A letter to Rohde contains , half-way through , the sign " N.B. " and , at the end , the following : " At the point marked N.B. , a message came calling me into town as soon as I reached the foot of the page ; now returned , I am trembling all over and can not free myself of it even by pouring out my heart to you . |
| 16 | ‘ I know what was happening as soon as I felt the familiar ache in my lower back and a rush of blood , ’ she says . |
| 17 | As soon as I saw the file , I knew it was the one I had stolen from Joe , and I knew that this man knew my convict . |
| 18 | I sent for him to his private address as soon as I got the news but he has to get up from Winchester . ’ |
| 19 | by then I may have sold the house and , I mean , as soon as I sell the house |
| 20 | It was being swept off my feet as soon as I opened the door and having my clothes removed before I had time to make coffee . |
| 21 | As soon as I entered the room I could hear little pockets of chatter coming from various parts of the audience . |
| 22 | I had already decided to do that as soon as I entered the darkened chamber where the royal beast sat slouched on a chair . |
| 23 | I spotted Billy 's mum as soon as I entered the court . |
| 24 | And as soon as I cradled the mass in my arms the conviction flooded through me that this was going to be the same as all the others . |
| 25 | And then of course as soon as I started the chemotherapy I became one of them and I started not to notice . |
| 26 | As soon as I joined the Parsons , I sensed something odd about Dennis . |
| 27 | No direct rays could enter , and I knew that , as soon as I closed the hatch , I 'd be travelling blind . |
| 28 | Despair overtakes me as soon as I see the dreaded trolleys jammed together ; I always manage to pick one with a crab-like action ; my heart sinks and culinary amnesia sets in somewhere between the tinned fruit and dried pasta . |
| 29 | It did n't matter — as soon as I read the word alchemy , alarm bells began ringing in the fire station of my mind . |
| 30 | And as soon as I read the name I see her standing there in the witness box , self-contained , precise , unknowable . |