Example sentences of "[modal v] get as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought , I must get as much walking practice as possible between now and tomorrow night . |
| 2 | All right , you might find everything that crawls in the yard an' they might get as far as downstairs here and there , but not up here . |
| 3 | So tha tha at that time , I mean they might get as much as three pound for mooring one ship up . |
| 4 | Sunderland , he said , might get as few as 17,800 tickets for the final possibly more if Portsmouth beat Liverpool in tonight 's replay . |
| 5 | The final text substitutes waistcoat for frock-coat — ‘ I do n't think they 'll get as far as taking my waistcoat off ’ — even better for the pampered softy with his vein of oldwomanish guile . |
| 6 | I suppose she 's afraid I 'll get as dotty as everybody there . |
| 7 | But this time I 'll get as near to the front as possible ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I talked to him a couple of hours ago and he said that as soon as things quietened down he 'd get as much down on paper as he could remember . |
| 9 | Anything else you 'd get as many boxes as you possibly could and carry them out in order to do the job efficiently . |
| 10 | It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything . |
| 11 | He was then placed in a situation where he could get as many books to read as he wished . |
| 12 | But she knew that Chinese Charlie would clean and press a garment to make it look almost new and she could get as much as two shillings for a good overcoat or a suit . |
| 13 | Initially they could get as far as point A , then only as far as point B , and then only as far as point C. Thus the circle of safety tends to diminish gradually . |
| 14 | ‘ He could get as much of the other as he liked , ’ said Masha . |
| 15 | The other one never used to , the other one used to get as far as Ken 's house and fail . |
| 16 | You did n't have the baffling and separation then ; everybody would get as close together as they could . |
| 17 | Since her newfound freedom , however , she had decided that she would get as much out of life as she could . |
| 18 | I shall get as much out the system as I can mate ! |
| 19 | ‘ Let's get as drunk as you think we have to , and you can tell me all the reasons I 'm so childish . ’ |
| 20 | Let's get as far away as we can . ’ |
| 21 | Someone will reach for a tin of fish-paste only to be brought up short by another member of the party reminding them that fish-paste is unclean , while someone else may get as far as the checkout with a year 's supply of baked beans , when , across the crowded shelves of the supermarket , comes a voice reminding them of the danger they are facing . |
| 22 | The comforting knowledge that at least she will get as far as the British Embassy tonight gives her the strength for attack . |
| 23 | Metro Saverstrip — only for journeys in West Yorkshire ; Metro DayRover — you can get as far as Manchester with this if you 're elderly or disabled and are permitted to take a dog or other authorized companion . |
| 24 | He and his wife , both artists , renovated a house , sent their children to school there and have survived it , not only in the crowded summers , but in the chilly winters when the place can get as cold as the Cotswolds without the central heating . |
| 25 | The 1991 season may turn out to be Jon Solly 's last serious crack at the 10,000m , but he is confident that he can get as far as Tokyo for the World Championships . |
| 26 | When the going gets tough , the women can get as tough as the men . |
| 27 | D' you think you can get as far as The Angel at Lacock ? |
| 28 | I think we I 'm assuming that as long as we do n't get more than say three hours of one type of recording from each place , we can get as much , apart from that constraint |
| 29 | can get as much as we like from each place . |
| 30 | That 's because hopefully the ballistic shield will give us a certain amount of er bullet proof cover and if I can get as close behind that shield er as I possibly can it it 's got to be safer from my point of view and from P C point of view . |