Example sentences of "soon as i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | They 've been driving me mad ever since I moved in , but as soon as I come out with a gun they all disappear . |
2 | Anyway Maggie says oh bugger it she says here you are I 'll pay for it so I give it her back as soon as I come home . |
3 | However , as soon as I drive off the temperature gauge falls to cold and the fuel gauge reads about half what is in the tank . |
4 | ‘ As soon as I track down Carol , I 'm free . |
5 | I 'd be alright as long as I could go on a route where all I had to do was turn left but as soon as I turn right |
6 | As soon as I turn off you gon na start swearing , ai n't you ? |
7 | I 'll say them as soon as I go upstairs . ’ |
8 | Because as soon as I go upstairs I 'm wide awake . |
9 | erm because erm completely irrelevant and as soon as I go away from it er erm you know there 's times when it 's quite confusing really . |
10 | th than first thing in the morning erm whereas I , I think probably I am probably better as soon as I get up than last thing at night . |
11 | And as soon as I get up I say you coming ? |
12 | As soon as I get indoors I 'll just have to ask again — ask Mum once more . |
13 | I 'll arrange for the carriers to come down as soon as I get back . |
14 | I 've got to go on an errand this mornin' , but as soon as I get back , I 'll … well , I 'll do the rounds and I 'll come along an' tell you . |
15 | ‘ As soon as I get back we 'll go and eat . |
16 | We 're getting engaged as soon as I get back to England . ’ |
17 | But if we have everything ready to leave as soon as I get back from chess and I 'll make sure I leave promptly if we can come straight away then , with a bit of luck we 'll be on to the M twenty five b by half past four so we might |
18 | ‘ I will be , soon as I get out of this place . |
19 | As soon as I get out of the Army . |
20 | As soon as I get home I shall give it him back . ’ |
21 | ‘ I 'll telephone him as soon as I get home , ’ Rachel said under her breath , and slid into the car . |
22 | However , this sensation evaporated as soon as I looked out of the window , when I realized how imprisoned I was by my ignorance , which Aisha seized upon , exploiting the fact that I did n't know how to flush the toilet , work the shower , turn on the oven or boil the electric kettle to make tea , and that I could n't understand what her older child or her next-door neighbour said . |
23 | As soon as I dropped about 70 feet down towards the restaurant , via the tourist runway with its ridiculous little suburban garden fences bordering the steps , the wind ceased and I stepped out of the snow . |
24 | ‘ You may start your apologising as soon as I switch off the machine . |
25 | As soon as I cut out brown bread my stomach cramps went , and all my unpleasant bowel-related symptoms went also , as well as my headaches , sore tongue and dandruff . |
26 | ‘ I felt that as soon as I took over Gary had it in his mind that he was n't looking to play for England beyond the two years which took him up to the European Championships , ’ he said . |
27 | As soon as I walked outside , the policeman jumped on my back , twisted my arm behind me and arrested me . |
28 | In fact as soon as I walked in I was n't allowed to go to my desk until I promised her I would get the computer out |
29 | ‘ I suppose I came down on impulse , but as soon as I got here I wished I 'd stayed in the house . |
30 | However , as soon as I got here I realised that we were on a treadmill of legislation . |