Example sentences of "as [adv] as they [vb base] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this is not sufficient to explain the behaviour of some felines which will run and hide as soon as they hear a man approaching . |
| 2 | Subjects are given a particular word — let us say the word lead — and then they listen to a pair of sentences and press a button as soon as they hear the target word . |
| 3 | But as soon as they hear The Old Rugged Cross they 're fine again , ’ he said . |
| 4 | As soon as they reach a pound and twelve P , you sell them . |
| 5 | However , as soon as they remove the weather-vane , several things happen very rapidly . |
| 6 | Culture shock and seasickness strike as soon as they board the North Sea Ferry ! |
| 7 | With headaches the pain will almost always disappear ( while I am working on them ) as soon as they release the tension that has caused the pain . |
| 8 | As soon as they sight a predator approaching , they swiftly dart round to the far side of a tree-trunk before performing the rigid ‘ statue ’ response . |
| 9 | As soon as they succeed the next person in the team bursts her balloon and the game continues until everyone has finished . |
| 10 | But , just like adults , children appear to repair such forms as soon as they retrieve the conventional word from memory . |
| 11 | ‘ As soon as they get the ball , their intention is to get it into the box as quickly as possible and to finish with a shot . |
| 12 | Instead , they grow a palisade of protective spines as soon as they scent a predator browsing nearby . |
| 13 | Then as soon as they loose a few games Cantona will bugger off , Sharpe will go back to old habits and Giggs will go to Italy ( : - ) ) . |
| 14 | They 'll be round as soon as they see a light in the window . |
| 15 | This is important when the fish are in the swim and perhaps ready to bite as soon as they see the bait sinking through the water . |
| 16 | Male lesser waxmoths and bush katydids call to their mates using ultrasound , but avoid being overheard by ceasing their courtship sounds as soon as they sense the approach of a bat . |
| 17 | I remember D saying they think they 're all equal to the best as soon as they have a telly and a car . |
| 18 | Young children hear stories either told or read from a very early age and , as soon as they have the skill , they read them themselves . |
| 19 | The paths that viruses pursue when they infect begin to diverge as soon as they encounter the outside of the cells they invade . |
| 20 | Part-time students will pass automatically into Stage II as soon as they meet the requirements , usually at the end of their second year . |
| 21 | The discipline of the elementary school classroom is enforced on people who as soon as they leave the store , are considered full members of society with the right to vote . |
| 22 | The police will sort it out , and if they have arrested the boy , then he will be released as soon as they realise the body is not mine , but that of some poor little Dockland tart . ’ |