Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The agency will get me placed again as soon as I 'm ready . ’ |
| 2 | MH : I get over as soon as I can in the morning and work here all day . |
| 3 | So that 'll be quite useful I reckon really as well as getting a bit of money . |
| 4 | The end came rather suddenly , so I could n't have got back in time to see her , but I flew over as soon as I was free , to see what had to be done . |
| 5 | Dad followed her and I slipped out as well and heard him talking softly to her . |
| 6 | ‘ I can not recall the dates but it must have been in the very late twenties if I was still at school , because I left just as soon as I could when I made up fourteen . |
| 7 | She got out as soon as she could , and found work in the weaving sheds — " she was a good weaver ; six looms under her by the time she was sixteen " — marry , produce nine children , eight of whom emigrated to the cotton mills of Massachusetts before the First World War , managed , " never went before the Guardians " .1 It was much , much later that I learned from One Hand Tied Behind Us that four was the usual number of looms for a Lancashire weaver ; Burnley weavers were not well organised , and my great-grandmother had six not because she was a good weaver but because she was exploited . " |
| 8 | A frisson wriggled down her spine but the room held no other occupant and though she turned round as soon as she decently could , Berndt Tjerssen contrived to look like a sweet , chubby old man . |
| 9 | It confused her , that contact , and she broke away as soon as she felt the solid deck beneath her feet . |
| 10 | ‘ You brew up as well as you cook , ’ he said as Robbie poured the fragrant liquid into the large mug he held out . |
| 11 | ‘ You go on as soon as you 're ready , do n't wait for me . ’ |
| 12 | My thoughts were interrupted by Jock saying very quietly , ‘ If you are thinking of getting back to H.Q , Piper , I advise you to piss off as soon as you can . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You start just as soon as you like , my dears , ’ said Miss Miggs . |
| 14 | ‘ You did n't have to stand up for me just then , ’ she said steadily as soon as he had pulled out of the driveway . |
| 15 | She relaxed visibly as soon as I did so . |
| 16 | James Halden returned just as she was finishing the last frill , and she jumped up as soon as she heard his steps on the stair . |
| 17 | We trained hard as well but the snow stopped us from doing too much off-road riding . |
| 18 | I mean er we did alright as well but |
| 19 | It reflects the society and the times we live in as well as having roots which go deep down into history . |
| 20 | Tucked in battle-dress pocket , gas-mask holder or factory overall , they created a link between the civilian and military worlds , and in the years of rationed poetry and imaginative confinement , it is no surprise that they sold out as soon as they appeared on the bookstalls . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Patsy , will you run down to Dr Johnson 's like a good girl and ask him to come over as soon as he can . |
| 22 | They were dressed in discreet though well-cut black and , in deference to the customs of the country , long veils , which they put aside as soon as they sat down . |
| 23 | Today some say they print up as well if not better than photographs taken with modern technology . |
| 24 | Future risks — ‘ there should be a cultural shift in the audit so that it looks forward as well as backward ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll be going to see a specialist to get it sorted out as soon as I can . ’ |
| 26 | he , he rushed off as soon as that were done |
| 27 | Every time that he had been inside the Citadel he went home as soon as his day 's work was finished and scrubbed his body from toe to scalp . |
| 28 | Ever since you went away we have been unable to get the fire to burn ; even if we borrowed a light from the neighbours it went out as soon as we brought it in . " |
| 29 | He shooted past as well as shot past . |