Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adv] as [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the patient has a positive supporting reaction , the physiotherapist places his foot carefully towards the floor , grading the pressure it receives in order to reduce the automatic reaction of pushing down as soon as it makes contact . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not so easy to buy land or factories , so as soon as someone makes money they spend it on a top-of-the-range Mercedes or on expensive furniture for their flat . ’ |
| 4 | So as soon as he gets told he 'll be |
| 5 | so as soon as he comes , soon as |
| 6 | If you are acting for a builder-seller selling a new dwelling and the builder is on the National House-Building Council 's register ( Chapter 13 ) , you may not , unless the property is completed some time before completion of the sale , have received the standard notice of insurance cover to hand over , in which case you will give an undertaking to do so as soon as it comes to hand . |
| 7 | You 'll clam up or walk away as soon as it gets to be too personal . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll tell that vet a thing or two , you bet , ’ he said , ‘ just as soon as she 's cured me . ’ |
| 9 | The female eider duck is abandoned by her drake just as soon as she starts incubating the eggs . |
| 10 | Soon as soon as he starts talking about cars yap yap yap yap yap yap he does n't stop . |
| 11 | He is against the proposed plan to introduce a 10-team league playing each other home and away as he feels it would be asking too much of the players . |
| 12 | These damned black marketeers are everywhere ; they siphon the stuff off as soon as it comes into the country , at the various stores and again at the local distribution points . |
| 13 | It must have telescopic eyesight and be extremely sensitive to vibration because it is off as soon as it knows you are coming . |
| 14 | However , it is a well known fact that all Spanish men are born with a football in their mouth and so I am sure his dormant skills will blossom forth as soon as he walks out on to the park . |
| 15 | Check that you have the positioning right and encourage your baby to feed for as often and long as he wants to stimulate the flow . |
| 16 | They sit him in the rocking-chair in front of the hearth , to rock himself back and forth as he muses out loud about the enslavement of man by natural technology . |
| 17 | It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring . |
| 18 | Now as soon as anybody puts that in as you 'll notice they 've nearly all got them in , that 's another advantage of course that they will retain this . |
| 19 | Now as soon as she arrives dear I give you |
| 20 | These movements are similar to the normal rotations of the pelvis when you stand up , so the patient is practising them in order not to jerk upwards awkwardly or sideways as he stands , as this would inevitably knock him off balance . |
| 21 | Rousettus clicks its tongue loudly and rhythmically as it flies , and navigates by measuring the time interval between each click and its echo . |
| 22 | Working out what floats and what does n't as well as what makes the biggest splash is all part of a pre-schooler 's early education . |
| 23 | Yes … the company appointed to sell Robert Maxwell 's shares in the second division club have announced they intend to adjourn the Oxford United AGM at the Manor Ground tomorrow night almost as soon as it starts . |
| 24 | In the early evening , almost as soon as she finishes her meal , it is time to have her make-up taken off and her nightdress put on — before the nurse leaves . |
| 25 | Mm I 'm going to bed then as soon as it hits twelve . |
| 26 | He always sniffs round as soon as he enters . |
| 27 | She 'll ring again as soon as she tumbles to what she 's done . ’ |
| 28 | Oh it will change again as soon as it goes round to the , to the three four one again er y you do n't see it changing it but |
| 29 | Yes , yeah , but again as soon as it happens let us know . |