Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adv] as [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had taken to her marriage-bed , therefore , a certain natural innocence and all the ignorance considered essential to her station , of which Tristan had relieved her as gently and pleasantly as he had been able , his passion lacking the intensity which might , on those honeymoon nights , have alarmed her ; being , instead , a lighthearted matter , full of the nonchalant reflections of the man himself . |
| 2 | Why do n't you go and sit down again and we 'll come in as soon as we 've finished these . |
| 3 | This does not automatically cut out the speaker when in use ; that must be disconnected at the rear ( but do n't forget to plug the speaker jack back in as soon as you 've finished with the cans ! ) . |
| 4 | So as soon as someone has faced the critical nature of his dilemma without God ( the first level ) and has come to recognize that if God 's revelation is true he does have a meaningful answer to his dilemma ( the second level ) , then , logically , the next urgent question is , But how may I know that God 's revelation is true ? |
| 5 | as so , more or less as soon as he 'd said hello he said erm thirty two and two minutes past the hour , they 're your trains . |
| 6 | If , like me , you tend to sit on mountains of paper , and rely on your memory to root out a reference , then you will need to be strong and discipline yourself to filing items away as soon as you have finished with them , either in folders or binders or in cabinet or box file , depending on the amount of space you have available . |
| 7 | I remember D saying they think they 're all equal to the best as soon as they have a telly and a car . |
| 8 | But North had at least a half-promise of another honour : Adolfo Calero revealed that the contras had plans to put up a statue of him in Managua , just as soon as they had won it back from the Sandinistas . |
| 9 | I also got to hear how she intended to jack in her job at the insurance brokers just as soon as they 'd taught her how to use the word-processor and go and work somewhere interesting like in an ad agency or for a travel agent . |
| 10 | It is being attacked daily by that real group of parasites , the Tory Party , the Tories will no doubt bring in workfare just as soon as they 've softened up the wider public with their slavish friends in the media . |
| 11 | He would grab a completed section of the overall plan from Mark 's private secretary just as soon as she had typed it , and dash off to his own office down the corridor to study it carefully many times over , before taking it along to Muldoon to keep him in the picture . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll tell that vet a thing or two , you bet , ’ he said , ‘ just as soon as she 's cured me . ’ |
| 13 | But she could still recall , quite vividly , how it had been when she and Tom had married , just as soon as he had been able to dispense with his crutches : their brief but ecstatic honeymoon , the way he had so gently and expertly initiated her into the pleasures of sex and how , in spite of all his subsequent straying , she had remained faithful , forgiving and in love with him , in her own way , right to the end . |
| 14 | He had every intention of getting the hell out of Paris just as soon as he had collected all the money owed to him . |
| 15 | I can assure you we will keep our side of the bargain … just as soon as you have completed this assignment . |
| 16 | ‘ Just as soon as I 've finished my tea and had a bath . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I told him to go jump in a lake , ’ Ellen said very calmly , ‘ and then I told him that just as soon as I 've finished with the Crowninshield twins I shall be sailing away — ’ she clinked her glass on mine , ‘ with you . ’ |
| 18 | As I say , I 'll get it back to you just as soon as I 've managed to make a copy of it . ’ |
| 19 | I turned and said : ‘ I will come and find you , sir , just as soon as I have what is required . ’ |
| 20 | I can recall one memorable evening when we met in the Pathfinder Club just as soon as it had opened in the evening ; I was attached to the Air Ministry at the time and it was very soon after the war as we still wore uniform . |
| 21 | ‘ We 'll be leavin' just as soon as Ah 've had a final word with our friend here . |
| 22 | I wan na go out I 'll go out there with Bryn and Eric anyway as soon as we 've finished cos it wants . |
| 23 | It was over as soon as it had happened , and as he turned in panic he could see that in reality she was exactly as before … except that she was looking at him now in a way that was more detached , stepping back as if to observe whatever he was going to do next . |
| 24 | But though Catherine was clearly disappointed by its failure to produce a new code of laws as quickly and easily as she had hoped , and perhaps not very reluctant to end its activities , there is no doubt of the sincerity of her motives in calling it . |
| 25 | ‘ We 'll set off as soon as we 've eaten . |
| 26 | This lasted but a little while , for those on the fringes , both forward and aft , drew off as soon as they had room and control , and sought firmer ground and more elbow-room . |
| 27 | Those of the junior staff who could provide a satisfactory alibi were allowed home as soon as it had been checked ; one by one and with some reluctance at missing the excitements to come they went their way . |
| 28 | Dalgliesh thanked her and told her that she could go home as soon as she had checked with Detective-Sergeant Reynolds in the library that he had all the necessary information about where she had spent the previous evening . |
| 29 | Yeah , yeah we can go up as soon as we 've finished tea . |
| 30 | She sat down at the table for two Roman had selected , and tossed her hair back from her face ; Roman had pulled the pins out as soon as they had left the hotel and placed them in his pocket . |