Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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1 | She looked so fresh and happy that I started grinning as soon as I waved to her , standing below me in the cockpit of the boat , where a servant from Faalifu was carrying some packages while Captain Baker looked down from the bridge . |
2 | And er they listened very carefully to us , in fact council of Kivanagh actually brought up a sample of the dinner they issued to old people and I , I did notice as soon as they put this sample on the table the opposition the c Conservatives and they still are , their heads bowed . |
3 | The social standing of deaf people may also have in no small way been aided by the Princess of Wales ( later Queen Alexandra ) who was stone deaf and who used fingerspelling as well as lipreading to communicate . |
4 | It was these brilliant architectural triumphs which so much impressed foreign visitors , many of whom had a professional interest and who came to learn as well as admire . |
5 | In the end Maggie dragooned four Australian chaps , and a Cockney girl who 'd volunteered as soon as she 'd heard help was needed . |
6 | She was small , and looked so frail it was a wonder she could bold the child , who began bawling as soon as the cold found it . |
7 | She hit her and at the same time as she hit her she virtually came to a er , a stop because of the fact she wa she started to brake as soon as she saw the the children appear er , but ne never the less contact was made but thankfully for her and for the child the the contact was a a at no significant speed , the child was just knocked off her feet and she got up and waved to Mrs and said I 'm alright and she ran off and she was away before Mrs had time , even to undo her safety belt to get out of the car . |
8 | Was this what she had felt as soon as she had seen him — a man who would interfere with her life ? |
9 | But she had known as soon as she had seen the glazed eye that this was death . |
10 | She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name . |
11 | ‘ After she had Sophie two years ago she continued to work as well as be a great mother . |
12 | ‘ She said to ring as soon as you got back . |
13 | She wanted to leave as soon as she arrived , run to her grandparents in Stockholm , away from the faint echo of whole classes reciting their multiplication tables . |
14 | He had been serving in France when he met her , they had married as soon as the Hun had been finished off , and after the honeymoon it had been back to the colours for him and straight over to Ireland . |
15 | This pattern persisted for nearly six months before both parents began to realise that James ' behaviour during the day was not improving and that he stopped playing as soon as he saw his father . |
16 | He began speaking as soon as he entered the lecture-room , which he generally did five minutes after me hour . |
17 | She preferred to talk about films and books and records , and though she seemed interested in him , asking him about his life , he felt cheated as well as flattered . |
18 | He had realised as soon as he had employed Michael that he had found himself a kindred spirit . |
19 | He had left as soon as he could , leaving Joe to consume half a bottle of whisky whole he raced through the backstreets , slowing to a walk only when he spotted someone approaching . |
20 | It also shaped his own priorities : in 1958 , he returned not just with the aim of saving France 's honour , but with a clear vision of a new regime that he intended to found as well as a hard-won wisdom about how best to realize his vision . |
21 | All the clothes on the line were frozen solid , as the water in them had iced as soon as we had put them out . |