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As soon as A, B
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注 意 し た そばから また 子 供 が おもちゃ を 散 ら か し た 。 
As soon as I warned them the children again scattered the toys about.
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ゲ ー ム の ル ー ル を 聞 い た そばから 忘 れ て し ま っ た ！ 
I forgot the rules to the game as soon as I heard them!

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覚えるそばから忘れる (forget as soon as one learns)

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師匠
Level: 1
(10 years ago)
The second clause must be something that happens as if in opposition to the first clause. As lou1sb stated, it must be something that is a repeating occurrence.
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lou1sb
Level: 1
(14 years ago)
Usually used to express something the speaker doesn't like、but which happens repeatedly.
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師匠
Level: 1
Some of the example sentences feel a little wonky to me, so I thought I would post a loose translation of the grammar explanation from page 9 of the New Kanzen Master N1 grammar book. "Even though A has been done, B happens as if in opposition to the action performed in A. This is a cycle that repeats a number of times. [...] Typically used to express undesirable things." 原文： 『～をしても、すぐにそれに対抗するような動きがあり、それを何度も繰り返す。』 『良くないことに使うことが多い。』
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