Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [adv] as [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With luck , the Jews would not be able to find him as quickly as that . |
| 2 | ‘ If you can do something as well as that , you must be able to convey — a little bit — ’ |
| 3 | Very good I wonder if we could all do it as well as that ? |
| 4 | I ca n't remember now , but I still love it and continue to be amazed every time I see it in a catalogue for it seeds itself as freely as any common plantain . |
| 5 | I ca n't see it as clearly as that — and perhaps it 's better not to see clearly — ’ |
| 6 | VISITING LADY : Well , Mistress Pamela , I ca n't say I like you so well as this lady does for I should never care , if you were my servant , to have you and your master in the same house together . |
| 7 | This time it was his eyes that were narrowed as he watched her as closely as any cat after a mouse . |
| 8 | I 'd no idea he 'd take it as badly as this . ’ |
| 9 | Somehow Dr Neil 's touch did not seem to affect her as badly as that of most men , even though in the cab home sitting so near to him nearly brought on the kind of faintness which she had felt on the walk home from church . |
| 10 | I suppose I 'm feeling slightly sceptical about the situation , but if you ask me as blankly as that of course my immediate reaction , my old reaction would be ‘ but of course I feel confident about the future of British music ’ , you know , in my more sceptical mood now I still would say ‘ yes ’ , but not quite so enthusiastically as before . |
| 11 | How could they decide to punish me as cruelly as this ? |
| 12 | It had originated from elsewhere , and infected him as surely as any virus . |
| 13 | ‘ Russell laughed , and we all laughed : she knew him as well as that . |
| 14 | I can not paint it as beautifully as that , but it absorbs me so much that I let myself go , never thinking of a single rule … |
| 15 | Let's put it as simply as that . |
| 16 | However , what the hon. Gentleman says is a new one on me , if I may put it as basically as that . |
| 17 | How had he managed to get us as far as that ? |
| 18 | Significant quotes from players were passed on to the writers who heard , for example , that the Europeans had a " quiet " lunch after the opening foursomes , that Tony Jacklin did n't sleep too well one night , that Strange and Kite do n't hit it as far as some , that the Americans were " stunned " after the first day and that , mostly , players thought the crowds behaved reasonably well . |