Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inflation has made them worth as little as 1/2p . |
| 2 | ‘ Just you bear in mind that you 've got me now , Kate , and you 'll have me for as long as you want me . |
| 3 | I hold him with me for as long as I can before my leg goes dead . |
| 4 | It is not worth our while because we can not redeem them for as much as they would get for five- or 10-dollar bills . ’ |
| 5 | Creating flower wreaths and circles is a family tradition — Elizabeth Jane has been making them for as long as she can remember . |
| 6 | But they could lie safely among them for as long as they liked , and they could move through them easily and unseen . |
| 7 | I do n't know why I kept them for as long as I did . |
| 8 | In terms of giving teachers more chances to learn and to develop it comes down to releasing them for as long as they can with some financial help , some doubling-up of teaching and a well-organized use of locally managed funds . |
| 9 | Because the candles are displayed horizontally , light them for as brief a time as possible to avoid wax falling on the icing . |
| 10 | The fields which Miss Lockwood owned are also left to you , Sara , with the provision that Mr. Preston must have the use of them for as long as he requires for his horses . " |
| 11 | Carbon , glass , boron , graphite , hexagon , all seem lifeless to me ; and high-modulus , high-strength aerospace technology leaves me about as cold as deep-frozen Arctic char . |
| 12 | She is yours for as long as you care to keep her . |
| 13 | Warm Hearted Weekends are yours from as little as £22 per person per night . |
| 14 | The cave-dwellers of the Dordogne obtained shells from the Mediterranean and those of Mentone had apparently secured some of theirs from as far afield as the Indian Ocean . |
| 15 | The research proceeds in the manner in which any theoretical piece of work proceeds — by experimenting with general ideas , working out their implications , and checking them against as wide a range of relevant concrete material as possible . |
| 16 | ‘ Whilst you remain here with us — and let me say here and now that there will be a place here for you for as long as you wish — you will share in the life of the household and have all provided . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , Kate , I 'll be here for you for as long as you want me . |
| 18 | I mean , Chrissie , are you allowed to have a wedding ceremony tha tha which says erm I 'll love you for as long as I can possibly manage ? |
| 19 | I 'm surprised he stuck to you for as long as he did . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But after knowing you for as long as I have — ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Trusts you about as far as he could spit , ’ Bicker finished . |
| 23 | ‘ Good show , then I 'll try and get you through as soon as possible . |
| 24 | ‘ When my name is cleared , ’ he said thoughtfully , ‘ I 'd like to set you up in better premises , supply you with as much leather as you need and get you an apprentice or two . ’ |
| 25 | Er er and there are i implications for you in as much that my simplistic idea would be that everything in terms of a subject would be on a separate sheet so that |
| 26 | The alternative , then , is a utility to do the job for you in as painless a way as possible . |
| 27 | So these people are important to you , so it 's vitally important that you do n't let them down , because initially this business has a strange effect on you in as much as it seems to take over your mind , does n't it ? |
| 28 | And I do n't want you to as much as speak to her from now on . |
| 29 | Though this tends to snag on elbows and shoulders , it is nevertheless a powerful and effective technique , and it does n't place you at as much potential disadvantage as the orthodox roundhouse kick . |
| 30 | First if you have something wrong , please supply me with as much detail as possible : your water conditions , decor , and maintenance routine . |