1.   After Alyssa and Holden hook up, things get even weirder.

2.   As soon as things get tough our enemies have a clever stratagem.

3.   As the recession proceeds, things will get worse.

4.   As things got worse at work, he began to use alcohol as a crutch.

5.   As you so rightly pointed out, things are getting worse.

6.   Besides which, I needed an ally at the shop, some one to watch my back should things get hairy.

7.   Both speakers believe that active government intervention in the housing Market is now urgently needed before things get even worse.

8.   But eventually it became clear that things were getting out of hand.

9.   But the danger is that things get too cosy.