Example sentences of "soon as [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too much exclaiming and protesting would have aroused a degree of doubt as to his sincerity , but Herluin clearly felt that here was nothing worse than some confused stupidity among too many helpers in too much panic and haste , and what was lost would be found as soon as everyone calmed down and halted the hunt for a while to take thought . |
| 2 | Almost as soon as we reached our cruising level we heard a German voice , ‘ D- , I am IMC , I must descent . ’ |
| 3 | However , as soon as we reached the interview for the home/school post a debate on the school and the community began again as shown from the notes I took where the main participants in the discussion were Phil Barlow ( the Deputy Head for Curriculum ) , Chris Cousins ( the Deputy Head for Community ) , Ann Thomas ( the Community Adviser for the LEA ) and Father Curtis ( the Chairman of the Governors ) . |
| 4 | However , as soon as we reached our new vantage I understood the real reason why he had wanted to move . |
| 5 | Stiff Little Fingers was my life when I was younger and I jumped at the idea of being able to do a few gigs without spending months away from home and having to worry about recording a new album as soon as we finished . |
| 6 | As soon as we passed , loud shouts went up . |
| 7 | ‘ We had the mare to break early this year , ’ said rider Barbara Gallimore , ‘ and knew as soon as we saw her that she would win Olympia . |
| 8 | She had trapped a fellow-student at Cambridge — ‘ Brian had the longest hair in college , ’ she chirped admiringly , ‘ and as soon as we 'd graduated , we got married — for fun . ’ |
| 9 | We would all come back to reboard the train after the Jockey Club Race Train Stakes on Wednesday , and cocktails and dinner would be served as soon as we 'd rolled out of the station . |
| 10 | I mean , if I were to sell my house now supposing somebody came galloping in along before Christmas ooh ooh I want the house on the first of Feb and they 'd come and they 'd see the house and they say yes I want it , want it , want it and it was plain that they were going to want it and we started to talk money , as soon as we 'd got the solid block of money I want one O two you er estate agent tells me I can get ninety seven between ninety five and ninety seven say they offer me ninety six |
| 11 | As soon as we 'd packed all the stuff in the ba van we 'd have the rest of the sandwiches the rest of the coffee or another cup of coffee and then we 'd get on the road and even if we 'd got back for four , by the time we 'd got home and , and had something to eat or if we did n't want nothing to eat , watched the telly for half an hour and get to bed , you 've got from eleven till sort of three or four the next day which is just nice because you 're in your own home |
| 12 | As soon as we received the tree preservation order we rushed down to pi-n i-t on the tree . |
| 13 | And at this church we got there early and the soon as we walked in there the , the church warden says toilets are there . |
| 14 | Yeah it would as well , he 'll probably bar me as soon as we walked in , he do n't like me , does he ? |
| 15 | 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 . " |
| 16 | We saw that the storm had changed a lot of things as soon as we came to the river that marks the end of the island ; it had swollen hugely , carving immense channels out of the sand , great surging brown trenches of water streaming by and tearing lumps from the banks continually and sweeping them away . |
| 17 | As soon as we realized we had such tremendous support and you know er right we 'll give this a go and we 're gon na win . |
| 18 | as soon as we realized oh hang on a minute you know , they 're not all bad these women , erm no really we could n't do without them . |
| 19 | Initially our agents had no idea of who he was , but as I 'm sure you know it 's standard procedure to take photographs , and as soon as we compared them and a descrip-tion with our files , we were in no doubt as to who he was . ’ |
| 20 | I was going to let you have the rent as soon as we met again . ’ |
| 21 | As soon as we met there was a marvellous rapport . |
| 22 | We naturally renewed our invitation as soon as we learnt of the new arrangements proposed by the English Club , and he wrote to me on 25 November 1935 on Criterion writing paper : |
| 23 | As soon as we heard the engine his grip tightened . |
| 24 | ‘ So of course , ’ said Bartlemas , ‘ as soon as we heard the ghastly news about Marius , we just had to rush round here … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We are taking this matter most seriously and as soon as we heard of the involvement of a British national we protested to the head of the Iraqi interests section of the Jordanian embassy in London demanding their release . ’ |
| 26 | We now made a practice , as soon as we camped , of building a perimeter round the camp with loads and camel saddles , and , if there were sufficient bushes available , added a thorn fence or zariba . |
| 27 | ‘ Right , ’ said Otley as soon as we got off the train , ‘ let's go and find this bloke . ’ |
| 28 | As soon as we got there , I started yelling for I was really scared , thought I should drown , but the grown-ups just laughed and off we slid , down the steep slope to hit the water with a mighty splash , then gently floated to the other side of the pool to disembark . |
| 29 | So , as soon as we got in the studio , I was on the trail . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But as soon as we got to the line I realised he was going to keel over with me and I just hopped off in time . |