Example sentences of "[vb pp] [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 | But WIN was leaking like a sieve , the Polish militia were told in advance and the men were picked up as soon as they touched the ground . |
| 3 | No , whoever caught him hunting for more knew that there was more there to be found — knew it because he himself had come out as soon as he dared , to remove whatever was there to a place of greater safety . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll be going to see a specialist to get it sorted out as soon as I can . ’ |
| 5 | The vendors intention to sell will be made public as soon as the circular is sent out , yet no consideration will be payable . |
| 6 | Eager to see Bella , she had got up as soon as she was awake , although it was her usual habit to lie , for twenty minutes or so , drowsy , cocooned in her warm bed , entertaining herself with fantasies . |
| 7 | I 've had to go back up in to him , yeah , but I do n't know what happened last night , I do n't know whether he was not quite tired enough , erm , he must of got up as soon as I put him down and started sort of moaning then I went into the girls and I sorted them out he started screaming he did , so I had to go to him in and lay him down and making him lay down |
| 8 | Where other levels of work are being done they will be given up as soon as satisfactory alternative arrangements can be made . |
| 9 | It was agreed to tighten the Protocol so that CFC production and consumption would be phased out by the year 2000 , and that halon and ‘ other ozone depleting substances ’ should be phased out as soon as feasible . |
| 10 | This locks the bricks into a solid mass that can be walked on as soon as it 's finished , providing a surface over which you can barrow more bricks . |
| 11 | She should have turned and walked away as soon as the conversation began to get so very personal . |
| 12 | The cannery was abandoned almost as soon as it was built . |
| 13 | He could not help wondering why a rousing cheer had not gone up as soon as the garrison had spotted his red uniform . |
| 14 | The prince , who took his force into Wales from Chester in good tight order , and at every mile ensured his lines behind him , was on his guard against his own instinctive enthusiasm as well as against Welsh armies , and knew enough about them by this time to feel no surprise that he should probe ever more deeply and carefully into North Wales , and never touch hands with anything more than a darting patrol , gone almost as soon as sighted . |
| 15 | But whereas junket is made with great rapidity and is eaten almost as soon as the curd has set and without being drained , soft cheese takes longer to turn because less rennet must be used and the milk is barely heated , too much rennet and/or too much heat producing a leathery and acid curd . |
| 16 | When at last a reluctant taker was found he asked to be recalled almost as soon as he had arrived at his post . |
| 17 | ‘ Not if he was taken away as soon as he was born . |
| 18 | Those of the junior staff who could provide a satisfactory alibi were allowed home as soon as it had been checked ; one by one and with some reluctance at missing the excitements to come they went their way . |
| 19 | Left home as soon as she could , McLeish observed , instead of starting where she could work from home . |
| 20 | I never got near enough to her to tell her about the boxing and eventually left home as soon as I could . ’ |
| 21 | So please could you arrange to have the hedges trimmed back as soon as convenient . |
| 22 | To make sure of early germination , the trays will have to be placed in a slightly heated propagating case — but taken out as soon as the seedlings are about an inch high and kept in warmth and good light . |
| 23 | As long as there is an abundant supply of water high temperatures tend to be associated with high rates of weathering , although this does not necessarily result in deep weathering profiles for , as we have already noted , where slope gradients are steep the products of weathering may be removed almost as soon as they are created . |
| 24 | ‘ The agency will get me placed again as soon as I 'm ready . ’ |
| 25 | Yesterday joinery and construction trainees at the New Careers centre on Darlington 's Faverdale industrial estate were sent home as soon as they arrived . |
| 26 | Yesterday joinery and construction trainees at the New Careers scheme on Darlington 's Faverdale industrial estate were sent home as soon as they arrived at the centre . |
| 27 | Moreover , looking at total dear-up rates flatters the police , since it includes crimes which , by their very nature , are usually cleared up as soon as they are reported . |
| 28 | However , an officer was sent out as soon as he was available . |
| 29 | Yet the new balance began to be questioned almost as soon as it was put in place , this time by Parliamentary committees . |
| 30 | Tommaso was sure he would be sent there as soon as his training was over . |