Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] as [pron] [verb] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | I missed my dad more than ever as I went into the house , ahead of the others , and climbed the drab stairs to lie on my bed , looking out at the bright blue sky above the street . |
| 2 | As soon as they came into the house a melodeon started to play and two fiddles took up in perfect tune ; then bagpipes played alone . |
| 3 | As soon as they got into her room , the girl started to undress , leaving her clothes where they fell . |
| 4 | Our teachers cycled to school and as soon as they were seen coming up the road , children walked along and behaved like little angels — if not , they would be in trouble as soon as they got into school . |
| 5 | this the , what makes me laugh is that people 's intelligence , they walk along a street shopping and as soon as they walk into a restaurant they sit down and start smoking |
| 6 | Almost as soon as they moved into the Carno premises they had outgrown them . |
| 7 | Does he stand his ground and look as though he is going to punch you as soon as you come into range ? |
| 8 | Protagon is the new racket out of tennis mad Germany which feels like that old friend as soon as you come into contact with it , as soon as you shake it by the hand . |
| 9 | ‘ Charity , I do n't think clearly as soon as you come into the picture . |
| 10 | As soon as you step into the box you see a curtain of obstinate incomprehension clanging down over their minds . |
| 11 | As soon as she got into the house , Molly ran up the stone stairs to the kitchen tap before she switched on the light . |
| 12 | She had called him up from the bus station as soon as she got into the City . |
| 13 | The vulnerability she had long felt was the open heart she had tried to close as soon as she looked into those powerful eyes . |
| 14 | Ana knew it was Maggie as soon as she walked into the room . |
| 15 | She had been eating mechanically until now — the vol-au-vent , some olives , a sliver of cheese — trying unsuccessfully to drown the sensation of Tom 's kiss that she could still taste and feel so strongly on her lips , but , as soon as she bit into the juicy chicken wing with its sizzling red coating of spiced crumbs , her mouth began to burn with a very different feeling . |
| 16 | As soon as she drifted into sleep , she was back in the Close , her gaze locked on the white huddled figure . |
| 17 | As soon as he walked into the Green Room , he knew that something was wrong . |
| 18 | The name meant nothing to me , of course , but I recognized him as soon as he walked into my room this morning . |
| 19 | Each morning as soon as he went into school he was obliged to say , ‘ with a distinct voice ’ , ‘ Deus misereatur ’ and ‘ Kyrie eleison ’ together with other prayers . |
| 20 | But as soon as he launched into the dance music , the local girls clattered in , shaking their skirts , their handsome heads held high , rosy lips and black eyes catching the light , and shielding the guitar player from his audience . |
| 21 | ‘ The way he turns on the television as soon as he walks into the room drives me nuts , ’ she says . |
| 22 | But as soon as I get into bed and shut my eyes , this racket starts up . |
| 23 | We separated , and as soon as I got into a side street , I went down it and there at the bottom was Cuttle 's Bakehouse . |
| 24 | I fell asleep as soon as I got into bed , then woke to full wakefulness at three that afternoon . |
| 25 | As soon as I got into my flat I looked at the Supersight club with great care . |
| 26 | I knew Lloyd Allen was at home as soon as I turned into Jonson Road because nobody else would have a pink ( yes , pink ) 1964 Ford Zephyr — the nearest the British ever got to a car with fins — parked outside . |
| 27 | Walesa , who attended this session , said afterwards that in order to prove that the new constitution had not been tailor-made for him he would resign as soon as it came into force . |
| 28 | The Thatcher government as soon as it came into office met considerable opposition in Parliament , from public opinion , from local authorities and from various pressure groups , to ‘ cuts ’ . |
| 29 | But after August 23 he no longer wanted to continue ; the present was best forgotten as soon as it slipped into the past . |
| 30 | 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 . |