Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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1 | He disliked occidental empires and wished to see them ended as soon as practicable . |
2 | I thought you 'd want them to know as soon as possible . ’ |
3 | I mean I think as far as NUPE 's concerned we would want our branch secretaries or a branch official and probably senior senior shop stewards I would think . |
4 | But having let himself sink as far as he could go , he began to rise and with such gathering force and fury that he not only routed all who had disbelieved in him , he left even the believers agape . |
5 | And if she did n't rush , how come she fell so heavily as to make that sort of wound ? |
6 | ‘ Now then , there are two areas I want you to investigate as unobtrusively as possible . |
7 | Ha has anybody got as far as British Telecom shares , or British Gas , or electricity ? |
8 | Suggest he advances as far as the stream and stops them there , but make it a tactful suggestion . |
9 | Mistaking her refusal , Andrew put back a less prudent hand to find it struck away smartly as she retreated from the arm round her shoulders . |
10 | We want it done as soon as possible |
11 | ‘ If something goes wrong with a customer 's car they want it repaired as quickly as possible , ’ said Peugeot Parts and Service Director Charles Greenland . |
12 | Let them hate so long as they fear . |
13 | If you are unable to meet this deadline please let me know as soon as possible . |
14 | If you are unable to meet this deadline please let me know as soon as possible . |
15 | If you are unable to meet this deadline please let me know as soon as possible . |
16 | If you wish to take up these lessons ( which will carry on throughout the year ) please let me know as soon as possible so that we can arrange the groups . |
17 | If you were one of last year 's groups and wish to continue , or if you would like to join a group for the first time , please let me know as soon as possible . |
18 | I enclose the sheet of classes in Scotland as last known — could you please check the details of all your classes and let me know as soon as possible if there are any alterations or additional details available . |
19 | In this case a control group would be selected which matches as closely as possible , member for member , the characteristics of the people constituting the experimental group . |
20 | Meanwhile if you have any special requests or suggestions , please let him know as soon as possible . |
21 | We did n't expect it to last as long as it has , and were hoping for some relief by the end of the year . |
22 | If it is not strong enough to grow on its own , let it die as soon as possible . ’ |
23 | She 'd never seen anyone move as fast as he did when he put poor old Dan Pearson on his back . |
24 | I have never seen anyone run as quickly as Holmes ran that night , and I could not keep up with him . |
25 | Whether you are moving to another part of the country or going abroad let us know as soon as possible so that we can publicise details of your property to maximum effect . |
26 | If you have to cancel a booking , please let us know as soon as possible . |
27 | If you wish to change details of your booking , let us know as soon as possible . |
28 | " I 've never seen anything work as fast as that injection . " |
29 | We ca n't do that , we ca n't even keep ourselves informed too easily as to what 's happening . |
30 | But even so , you would n't have thought it went as fast as that in a creature that moves so slowly , would you , Miss Honey ? ’ |