Example sentences of "soon [conj] [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | Unfortunately this turned out to be a wasted effort , as the closure of Arkwright Colliery was announced soon after the first train had used the spur . |
2 | Rather curiously , soon after the first tower-house was built , a second , of L-shaped plan , was built next to it . |
3 | Harriet Shakespeare and the policemen had begun to creep closer , ready to run as soon as the first shot was fired . |
4 | Secret As soon as the first four figures — 1978 are written down , you obtain the final result by subtracting one from the right hand figure and adding it to the front . |
5 | As soon as the first person speaks , your confederate leaves the room and says ‘ I have received the inspiration ’ . |
6 | I did , from the moment we met , almost as soon as the first throb of the Mantela 's engines announced that we were on our way . |
7 | As soon as the first insipid light filtered through the entrance , I was glad to make tepid tea and chewy porridge garnished with mouse droppings , while enjoying a limited success in coaxing Roger from his marginally more substantial pit . |
8 | Sell on a strike they say , so no doubt the time to sell 3DO Co Inc 's shares are as soon as the first marketable interactive multimedia home entertainment centres to the company 's standard are announced : the shares , floated at $15 , rose to $20.125 on the first day of trading going to $24 on the second day . |
9 | Almost as soon as the first fascicle had appeared , the OED was recognized as a unique enterprise , a pioneering work of scholarship , an unparalleled treasury of the English language , and the indispensable key to the interpretation of the literature of past ages . |
10 | Untidy foliage at the water 's edge provides a sanctuary for waterlily beetles and other aquatic pests , so should be removed as soon as the first autumn frosts turn it brown . |
11 | As soon as the first ring sounded he knew she was not there , that the sound of the telephone was reverberating through empty rooms , as lost and desolate as wind crying across a salt marsh , as hopeless as he felt his own heart to be . |
12 | The auditory word detectors are activated by input from a spoken word , and an essential aspect of the model is that this activation begins as soon as the first sounds in the word are heard . |
13 | According to the cohort model , however , as soon as the first part of the word has been heard , all the detectors for words beginning with this initial sound are activated . |
14 | But of course as soon as the first one started the whole lot went , over my cow shed . |