Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] as i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew there was something wrong as soon as I saw |
| 2 | In Ireland I was recognized as English as soon as I appeared on anybody 's horizon , and no one in the Midlands asked me how ‘ we ’ were doing at Gaelic football , golf , bicycle racing or hurling . |
| 3 | I 'll be fine as soon as I 've had some breakfast . ’ |
| 4 | I 'll quickly rattle through the next one effectively nothing more has happened at Napier , they went off for their Christmas holidays about the fourth of November and came back about the nineteenth of January er , not quite as bad as that but nearly as I mean they 've even longer holidays than we 've got and we get a fortnight at Christmas and New Year |
| 5 | My father was a Gemini , and I knew your mother was a Sagittarian as soon as I found he 'd given her half the clip . |
| 6 | That weekend is also memorable for something Dana said to me in the train on the way back to Salamanca : ‘ I knew you were gay as soon as I saw you that morning in the galleria . ’ |
| 7 | He said I ca n't I 'm here on my own , he said get a cab and I 'll give you the money back , so anyway I rung Pauline 's husband up Steve and he said I 'll take you , I said to Steve I 've got ta get there for one o'clock cos I said I really do feel that if I do n't see him before he goes I ai n't gon na bloody see him , he was ever so good , he were here at twenty to one , got straight in the car put his foot down , went to the General and just as I got in the door Steve do n't worry about me parking , go , I 'll find you , just get in there , I ran through the bloody doors , ran up the stairs cos I knew |
| 8 | The rain was falling harder than ever as I cycled home down the Banbury Road , through the science ghetto on Parks Road and into a time-warp . |
| 9 | ‘ I was n't worried as soon as I knew we had a home draw . |
| 10 | We 're getting engaged as soon as I get back to England . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I told him she was trouser-happy as soon as I saw her but he would n't listen . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , ’ he is saying , ‘ I stopped worrying as soon as I saw John Mortimer 's face . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll write as usual as soon as I arrive . ’ |
| 14 | I fell asleep as soon as I got into bed , then woke to full wakefulness at three that afternoon . |
| 15 | The house is fairly modest as stately homes go but I knew the gardens were outstanding as soon as I glimpsed them . |
| 16 | I had already decided to do that as soon as I entered the darkened chamber where the royal beast sat slouched on a chair . |