Example sentences of "as [adv] as [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's the same with interest rates ; as long as they stay within a relatively narrow band , we can plan ahead . |
2 | As we noted in the introduction , however , problems arise as soon as one enquires about the relationship between ‘ science ’ and ‘ religion ’ in the past . |
3 | The reasons for this most unusual state of affairs become clear , as soon as one looks at the history of the proceedings against Mr. Osman , who , if an indictment against him is preferred , will become a co-defendant of the applicant . |
4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
5 | 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 : |
6 | ‘ You 'll have hot water for them as soon as we get to the house . ’ |
7 | He called , through the open door , ‘ We can drop Flora as soon as we get to Marrakesh . |
8 | ‘ As soon as we get to the UN , ’ Kolchinsky answered , then snapped his seatbelt into place . |
9 | I 'm raring to go as soon as we get to bed . ’ |
10 | Joel and I have a suggestion about that which we 're going to put to you as soon as we get to London . |
11 | as an honest man You know some time we 've got to decide what we 're gon na do when , as soon as we get to Thailand and where we wan na go first . |
12 | Yes my Lord er as soon as we went to the main bedroom which was the back bedroom at the same time as as that bedroom door opened , so the second team consisting of er P C P C would have gone into the second smaller bedroom and at the same time as we went in er P C and P C job er was to cover our backs in case of anybody in er the kitchen or the living area , the living room area . |
13 | ‘ 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 . |
14 | As soon as we got to the station he sent one of Delgado 's boys out to John Russell 's place to get him . |
15 | ‘ Right , ’ said Otley as soon as we got off the train , ‘ let's go and find this bloke . ’ |
16 | So , as soon as we got in the studio , I was on the trail . ’ |
17 | Bruce Yocum 's book , Prophecy , contains this conclusion : ‘ As soon as we speak of prophets , people are immediately worried about false prophets . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | As soon as we talk of ‘ regulation ’ rather than repression , we admit the necessity of discretionary enforcement and open the way to controversy . |
20 | But as soon as we hit with something that was n't what we were about , we always tried to get the band back to what we thought it should be — three guitars and drums played loud by four New York bums . |
21 | As soon as we settled in la Sologne , I started to study Le Grand Meaulnes . |
22 | It was a pity that he was not left with his aircraft , as he was put on standby as soon as we arrived at Takali , and killed on his first operation in Malta … ’ |
23 | We came up against official incompetence as soon as we arrived in Spain . |
24 | As soon as we arrived in the red room , I became quiet again , and the two servants both started scolding me . |
25 | As soon as we arrived after our long pull from the valley , she would arrange to have the horse taken out of the shafts . |
26 | But as soon as we decide on a ‘ rule ’ there seems to be an outstanding exception to contradict it . |
27 | If I 'm to drive you home afterwards we 'll have to leave as soon as we arrive at this rate . ’ |
28 | 4 As soon as s/he sits in the hot seat , this person must become the chosen character . |
29 | But , outclassed and outnumbered , most will be destroyed as soon as they take to the air ; and if they do not take to the air they do not matter . |
30 | Almost as soon as they took to the air , other invertebrates — the spiders — started setting traps for them . |