Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] as they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's probably best not to feed your fish for the first day or so as they settle in ( though some fish will feed within a few minutes of being stocked ) . |
| 2 | That OR play a team like Aston Villa home or away as they try and win whatever … so you always get open games . |
| 3 | Here children like her and others are studying for ‘ O ’ and ‘ A ’ levels knowing that soon as they leave school they go right on the dole . |
| 4 | She is as honest and upright as they come , but has landed like a ton of bricks on younger members of staff whose behaviour she does n't approve of . |
| 5 | Since a child 's ability to produce a particular sound will vary according to the speech context ( Ingram 1976 ) , the Goldman-Fristoe test samples speech sounds in three positions within words ( initial , medial and final ) and also as they occur in sentences . |
| 6 | And whilst you 've heard comment from Mr last week about the County Surveyor 's view that the capacity of the radials really outside the City and also as they enter the City , the key impact within the City of York is on the inner ring road , because all the traffic tends to end up there . |
| 7 | Silent amid the crowd 's applause , they breathe deeply and steadily as they mount the bike , control the trembling of the hands and wait for the time-keeper 's ‘ Allez ! ’ |
| 8 | But just as they have done throughout the past three years , we find the Opposition spokesmen contradicting each other . |
| 9 | He sued to love the sun and it seemed to give him life but now as they drag his limp body into the sun they realise that nothing will wake him , not even the sun . |
| 10 | I mean this , this product , if people have got the health to buy it , because we 're obviously not going to take on people that are in poor health , they can afford it , because obviously as they get older , the risk is greater and it becomes more expensive , it sells itself , it really does , it 's a brilliant product . |
| 11 | It 's the same with interest rates ; as long as they stay within a relatively narrow band , we can plan ahead . |
| 12 | She says they treat all patients they same , as long as they pay . |
| 13 | We ca n't stand up and lecture them on self-reliance and personal responsibility and then wade in and take over as soon as they show signs of doing what we want . |
| 14 | Roofs should be repaired as soon as they show signs of trouble — check for slipped slates and tiles , failed flashings around chimney stacks and damage to the chimney stack itself . |
| 15 | Buy bulbs for indoor flowering as soon as they become available . |
| 16 | Remember , you can at any time exchange our equipment for the latest models as soon as they become available . |
| 17 | Plans must be made , but they will not be achieved unless activities are monitored , and deviations from plan identified and corrected as soon as they become apparent . |
| 18 | A common method for collecting dream reports is to ask people to keep dream diaries — to write down , as soon as they wake up in the morning , any dreams that they can remember . |
| 19 | You 'll phone me as soon as they make contact ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ As soon as they make contact . |
| 21 | Because you 're right , as soon as they make noises like that , I 'll shall say there is the door , get on the other side of it , I have n't got time for it . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | All I want to obtain from you is that the information the , that it will not be excluded around about the end , as soon as they take place . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The birds and squirrels in my garden come for food as soon as they hear my whistle , even though the food may not yet have been put out for them . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Most women go for it as soon as they hear that he 's a bachelor . |
| 28 | But as soon as they hear The Old Rugged Cross they 're fine again , ’ he said . |
| 29 | But that 's all she sa she said that 's all I can get out of the solicitor he just said that they 're waiting , as soon as they hear from the bank |
| 30 | And they go up to it and they f as soon as they pick one foot up to kick the ball they fall over . |