Example sentences of "get [adv] as [adv] as possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , a tourism study should be got underway as quickly as possible to ensure we maximise our influence over the WTB 's thinking . |
| 2 | Get home as quickly as possible . |
| 3 | Get up as fast as possible . |
| 4 | We must get in , do the job and get out as quickly as POSSIBLE — leaving the place as the public have a right to find it . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course , it 's been an awful , terrible accident , but we 've now got to concentrate on making sure that Liz and Owen get well as quickly as possible . |
| 6 | Young people with backpacks and habitual travellers may know what it means to go on a journey , but for most the romance of escape begins with deciding where to go on holiday and then getting there as quickly as possible . |
| 7 | She 'd have let him get in as deep as possible and then started the pressure … |
| 8 | I thought that it was probably some stupid village prank , but that I 'd better get in as soon as possible in case something odd was happening . |
| 9 | First , EEC agriculture must be made more efficient and competitive , with the objective being to get down as near as possible to the marketplace and world prices , however they are defined . |
| 10 | If Alan heard , he remained silent , probably resolving to get ashore as quickly as possible . |
| 11 | Look , I just want to get home as soon as possible . |
| 12 | Consulate staff in Riyadh confirm Mr Devine wants to get home as soon as possible so he wo n't appeal , although back in Britain , his MP is pressing the Foreign Office to intervene . |
| 13 | The first thing to do is get up as quickly as possible , so practise falling down in all directions and jumping up again as fast as you can — until the whole movement becomes automatic . |
| 14 | She wanted to sit down but I said we 've just got to get out as soon as possible . |
| 15 | She wanted to sit down but I said we 've just got to get out as soon as possible . |
| 16 | This impression is confirmed by a conversation Eliot had with George Seferis , the Greek poet , in which he explained how uncomfortable he felt when he was forced to take shelter in an underground station during the blitz : " I would feel the need to get out as quickly as possible , to escape all those faces gathered there , to escape all that humanity " . |
| 17 | ‘ Obviously you should get back as soon as possible . ’ |
| 18 | If you have to go out to earn a living or live up to commitments and promises you should aim to get back as soon as possible . |
| 19 | ‘ We should get there as soon as possible , for everybody 's sake , ’ said the Thing . |