Example sentences of "as [adv] as [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But America will be right to say no , as long as it has worries about its own inflation . |
| 2 | Any one of us may also apprehend an individual whom we know to be , or whom we have reasonable grounds for suspecting to be , guilty of such an offence as long as it has been committed . |
| 3 | 4 As soon as s/he sits in the hot seat , this person must become the chosen character . |
| 4 | The child is rewarded as soon as he/she manages to imitate all or part of the model . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , she can help herself to control her panic attacks by slowing down her breathing as soon as she feels an attack coming on . |
| 6 | When she returns from theatre she is rather sleepy but is allowed to take fluids as soon as she feels able to sit up in bed . |
| 7 | Yes , you can tell them I 'll be speaking to my mother as soon as she gets back , tonight . |
| 8 | As soon as she gets what she wants , she stops signing . ’ |
| 9 | But I guess as soon as she gets a job , she 'll be leaving to be married . " |
| 10 | I told you , did n't I say , as soon as she gets it cut she 'll be growing it out . |
| 11 | I mean there is that biography as soon as she gets disguised . |
| 12 | The feeling of foreboding builds as soon as she wakes and remembers that in a few hours she will be jetting off to yet another exotic location . |
| 13 | ‘ Does she ask who it is first or does she just use it as soon as she hears a man 's voice ? ’ |
| 14 | Bolton , who hoped to marry Nicolette as soon as she divorces co-star Harry Hamlin , says : ‘ My fans love my hair — it 's part of my image . |
| 15 | I shall take Zoe back to Lourdes as soon as she takes her first step as I know she will . |
| 16 | AS SOON as she arrives back from her American lecture tour tonight , Mrs Thatcher will head straight for a glittering parlour in central London . |
| 17 | It is clearly inappropriate to involve Julie in a prolonged conversation as soon as she arrives on the ward . |
| 18 | It is not the fact that as soon as she arrives she wants a drink which makes her alcoholic , it is the fact that she pretends that she has n't already had one by replacing ‘ the bottle ’ and by washing ‘ out the tumbler at the sink ’ . |
| 19 | " Mr. Preston would like to see Miss Simpson as soon as she arrives , " Mrs. Mott said with her usual air of an ambassador at the Court of St. James delivering a grave communique " from his Head of State . |
| 20 | Now as soon as she arrives dear I give you |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll tell that vet a thing or two , you bet , ’ he said , ‘ just as soon as she 's cured me . ’ |
| 22 | As soon as she 's had her tea , I 'll take her back . |
| 23 | She 'll ring again as soon as she tumbles to what she 's done . ’ |
| 24 | When she cries in her sleep , try not to fuss her , and do n't worry about her eating trouble — as soon as she begins to realise that you are a family unit her tum will never let her starve ! |
| 25 | Abberley talks over her as soon as she leaves bed . ) |
| 26 | Not all girls do that.No , says Mum , a black girl leaves school , and as soon as she leaves school she 'll start making babies . |
| 27 | As soon as she finds one she paralyses it , using her long sting as though it were a hypodermic syringe loaded with anaesthetic . |
| 28 | ‘ As soon as she comes round , get her to swallow those salt tablets . |
| 29 | ‘ As soon as she comes back , I 'll tell her she 's sacked ! ’ |
| 30 | We must find a ground-floor flat and have it ready for her to move into as soon as she comes out of hospital . |