Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as soon [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do n't know how it was , but it came about that this confiscation business was dropped just as soon as we Labour got into power . |
| 2 | However , it is a well known fact that all Spanish men are born with a football in their mouth and so I am sure his dormant skills will blossom forth as soon as he walks out on to the park . |
| 3 | She had even been going to write today as soon as Shirley had gone . |
| 4 | During a recent interview on BBC Radio Cleveland 's Alan Wright programme , Maire Brennan said their best audiences are found in the North-East and the group will be returning here as soon as they can . |
| 5 | In the face of this combined attack , Jeremy fled , but even as he ran determined to come again as soon as things at Dotty 's had returned once more to their usual chaotic normality . |
| 6 | While this condition will exist anyway as soon as the clutch has disengaged , there are good reasons for allowing the rotor to rotate freely . |
| 7 | Although I can not give a date , we intend to proceed just as soon as we can resolve the question of the contract . |
| 8 | I keep getting this feeling it 's already there , like in quantum physics , where matter is mostly space , and space , even the vacuum , seethes with creation and annihilation all the time , and nothing is absolute , and two particles at opposite ends of the universe react together as soon as one 's interfered with ; all that stuff . |
| 9 | Despite this stance and the pressure from the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd to respond positively to de Klerk 's announcement , however , EC Foreign Ministers decided in Brussels on Feb. 4 not to ease sanctions until " legislative action was taken " in South Africa , apparently meaning that they would do so as soon as the legislation was tabled . |
| 10 | For a discussion of the relevant case law see Chapter 9 , 6(d). ( h ) The decision The court is not obliged to reach a decision at the final hearing but it must do so as soon as is practicable ( FPCR , r21(4) ; FPR , r4.21(3) ) . |
| 11 | If it is prevented from penetrating , the glue will adhere only to the damaged edges of the tubes which will break away as soon as a load comes on . |
| 12 | They were dressed in discreet though well-cut black and , in deference to the customs of the country , long veils , which they put aside as soon as they sat down . |
| 13 | The vendors intention to sell will be made public as soon as the circular is sent out , yet no consideration will be payable . |
| 14 | I shall feel again as soon as I dare , but now I must not . |
| 15 | My great aim is to give you a periodical which you will not throw aside as soon as read , but which you will value and look over years hence as an old familiar friend , when you may be battling with the realities of life under the suns of India , in the backwoods of Canada or the United States , or the grassy downs of Australia , over the wide Ocean among the isles of the Pacific , or on the distant shores of Columbia . |
| 16 | She did n't look up when I said I was sorry I had been unkind , just went on opening drawers and dropping things and muttering ; I had begun to wonder if she had heard me , when she said , ‘ All right , all right , I 'm going just as soon as I can get my things together , I 'm not one to stay where I 'm not wanted . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I wish Guido all the best in the trials , of course , ’ she added , ‘ but there 's only one thing that really matters to me now — and that 's going home as soon as I can . ’ |
| 18 | I promised I 'd ring home as soon as I arrived yesterday , but somehow … with all the mix-up … |
| 19 | Surface-dwelling rodents like guinea pigs and agoutis , in contrast to their burrowing relatives , can run almost as soon as they are born , and the calves of wildebeest , born while the herd is on migration , can stand up and trot after their mother within five minutes of dropping to the ground . |
| 20 | She 'll ring again as soon as she tumbles to what she 's done . ’ |
| 21 | They would often be put in the stocks until they sobered up , but they would invariably lapse again as soon as they were freed . |
| 22 | After the birth , intercourse can begin again as soon as you feel ready and so long as you do n't feel any discomfort . |
| 23 | It is possible that such authoritarian actions will occur again as soon as another crucial appointment to the hierarchy comes up . |
| 24 | ‘ Charity , I do n't think clearly as soon as you come into the picture . |
| 25 | If you are acting for a builder-seller selling a new dwelling and the builder is on the National House-Building Council 's register ( Chapter 13 ) , you may not , unless the property is completed some time before completion of the sale , have received the standard notice of insurance cover to hand over , in which case you will give an undertaking to do so as soon as it comes to hand . |
| 26 | They 've promised to do so as soon as a new constitution has been written , but western diplomats say that could take up to two years . |
| 27 | ‘ The B81 power pack is in the back of the stores truck , Corporal Bromby , ’ AQMS Williams explains , ‘ I 've put the casualty 's location and registration number on the Taskrep card ; get away as soon as you can . |
| 28 | Where Without Walls might be more fittingly titled Without Arts , the BBC2 equivalent , Arena , has a thing about promoting unknown artists who disappear forever as soon as their hour on screen is done . |
| 29 | With rare exceptions , refugee children were expected to leave home as soon as they could fend for themselves . |
| 30 | He would return here as soon as the delegation was gone . |