Example sentences of "soon as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you quickly learned was not to sit on the end of the row , because the usherettes would pass the trays down the row and as soon as everybody was served they 'd give the nod to the projectionist , the lights would go down again , and on the film would go . |
| 2 | soon as everybody down found out , they go like that , ‘ Oh , come on then ’ , you know , started saying it every time they see me , you know . |
| 3 | They buy only records on import from Outer Mongolia and stop playing them as soon as everyone else does ; they refuse to watch films without foreign subtitles , never read hardbacks , and will not enter a club if the general public can also get in . |
| 4 | Zak 's long scene began with impressive fireworks as soon as everyone in the dining car had been served with a drink . |
| 5 | Too much exclaiming and protesting would have aroused a degree of doubt as to his sincerity , but Herluin clearly felt that here was nothing worse than some confused stupidity among too many helpers in too much panic and haste , and what was lost would be found as soon as everyone calmed down and halted the hunt for a while to take thought . |
| 6 | It 's true we were acquainted , with the result that I discovered the imposture as soon as her doppelgänger arrived . |
| 7 | Alone , the two girls were playful as they went about their tasks , mischievous at times , even carefully boisterous ; but as soon as their father came in they would sink into a beseeching drabness , cower as close to being invisible as they could . |
| 8 | For a German observer who had been interned in Britain 1914-18 , ‘ the great secret of masculine psychology is that all men of all ages act and behave like schoolboys as soon as their individualities are merged in a crowd . ’ |
| 9 | Spray apples and pears , as soon as their buds break , with a combined insecticide and fungicide to control scab . |
| 10 | Where Without Walls might be more fittingly titled Without Arts , the BBC2 equivalent , Arena , has a thing about promoting unknown artists who disappear forever as soon as their hour on screen is done . |
| 11 | Young couples took their children to it as soon as their legs were long enough ; old people accepted it as the first of their last climbs and many beery pledges were made to the mountain in the Deeside pubs . |
| 12 | Stirling had also made arrangements for Paddy Mayne to take his squadron to the Lebanon for ski training , as soon as their operational commitments were ended . |
| 13 | Psychoanalysis has made unfamiliar with the intimate connection between the father-complex and belief in God ; it has shown us that a personal God is psychologically nothing other than an exalted father , and it brings us evidence every day of how young people lose their religious beliefs as soon as their father 's authority breaks down . |
| 14 | Those that hated the familiarity rarely went out and left the States as soon as their initial contract was completed . |
| 15 | As soon as their eyes met he inclined his head in acknowledgement . |
| 16 | However , Lyngby are ready to part with the Danish international as soon as their interest in the European Cup is over — and following Rangers 2-0 win that is likely to be in 10 days time . |
| 17 | Some individuals have no worries ; they have planned the event for years , made maximum pension contributions , carefully invested their savings , covered themselves and family in insurance policies , budgeted ahead and can even gleefully tell you about the exotic round-the-world trip they intend to take just as soon as their new life begins . |
| 18 | Instead , the females may help their young by placing their eggs where the minute hatchlings will find food just as soon as their heads emerge from the egg capsule . |
| 19 | They are extremely active little animals and after a couple of weeks , as soon as their fur is grown and their eyes are open , they start to supplement their mother 's milk with insects and other invertebrates that they find for themselves . |
| 20 | But as soon as their friendship was struck the memory faded and the bad time seemed no worse than some null interlude between two boon companions . |
| 21 | Such organisations are flexible and constantly changing : they adapt to the environment in order to create or maintain the conditions necessary for success in the task , and do not become a mere part of the machinery as , for example , project teams are disbanded as soon as their task has been completed . |
| 22 | And it says a lot for our low expectations that most people automatically go for the salt as soon as their plate arrives at the table . |
| 23 | But this time it was different , they were all going off for Christmas as soon as their kid arrived . |
| 24 | ‘ Rosa , ’ Cati whispered , as soon as their mother had left the room , ‘ Do n't go and see him , please do n't go . ’ |
| 25 | In Belfast , sure , you can go up to someone 's door mid-evening , knock politely , and then blast the hell out of them as soon as their shadow darkens the frosted glass . |
| 26 | Thus completed theses on Scottish geology are borrowed by BGS through BLDSC as soon as their existence is made known through published sources and informal contacts . |
| 27 | Always contact witnesses as soon as their identity is known . |
| 28 | Many Conservatives enter into schemes , as soon as their children are born , to provide for the cost of future private schooling . |
| 29 | Singapore 's trouble is that as soon as its economy starts to grow by more than 6–7% , the labour market tends to get tight . |
| 30 | Fundamental to the thinking of this comparatively small group of people was the ease and skill with which Israel had been able to exert its will , control dissent , and remove local leadership as soon as its challenge to the authorities necessitated this . |