Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] as [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy Preston came dressed as an Eater Island Statue — and slammed as hard as one too . |
| 2 | To do Haverford justice , he was n't altogether happy about his lack of rapport with his daughter ; at times he came as near as he ever could to feeling guilty about it . |
| 3 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |
| 4 | Indeed , that term is no longer used as confidently as it once was . |
| 5 | If the safeguards we propose are adopted , we are confident this can work as successfully as it already does in the magistrates ’ and county courts . ’ |
| 6 | Because in it , through a slit in the curtains which had been drawn as incompetently as everything else about the house had been done , a heavy man could be seen , in winceyette pyjamas , red-faced and gesturing angrily . |
| 7 | True it is frustrating that Rocastle is n't even on the bench , and it is bewildering why Wilko did n't notice the totally crap defence we 've got as quickly as everyone else did , but that 's no reason to have a go ( the chants were virtually to a man I would say ) . |
| 8 | If it is to function as well as it possibly can , the body has several basic needs — nutrition , exercise , relaxation , sleep and so on — but , because of the hectic pace of twentieth century life , not enough attention is paid to ensuring that these needs are met . |
| 9 | All of these types of gravel must be washed very thoroughly as they often contain lots of dust or other debris . |
| 10 | ‘ You know as well as I that both Benedict and Araminta have every moral right to enjoy whatever she had , while I have none at all . ’ |
| 11 | The silence — for the sound of birds and sea adds up to silence as beautifully as we ever know it in the noisy world of today — together with the sweetly moving air , and the scents of thyme and bell heather and sun-warmed bracken , all combined to distil something very potent . |
| 12 | ‘ I think it fits as well as it ever will . |
| 13 | We change as fast as we possibly can , |
| 14 | There is no fun at all in repeatedly looking into bright sunlight , straining your eyes and wondering all the time what 's happening — because it is almost certain that you will be unable to see as well as you really need to . |
| 15 | Mcallister does seem to be overshadowed by him when he is on the pitch , looking for him to take the lead , provide the inspiration etc which strach is no longer doing as well as he once did . |
| 16 | And I would like to say thank you to the people who sit on the budget review sub- committee , a committee which actually I do n't attend as often as I probably ought to , particularly to the labour spokesperson , for the way he 's guided the committee , both from within the chair and at other times , on it 's work this year , to be able to propose a budget which erm , so well fulfils the aims that many of us had when we were elected in May , which were of course , to maintain services , er , to squeeze efficiency out of the sy into the system and squeeze any waste out , and to get our officers working towards zero base budgets . |
| 17 | Belief in the power of such plants can be traced back to the time of the Druids ; it was certainly part of the belief system of the Celtic peoples , and although it may not be voiced so explicitly as it once was , yet the custom of planting and preserving this special tree is still continued by some people . |
| 18 | It is important to support parents and to co-operate as far as you possibly can . |
| 19 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 20 | For the next four weeks you will need to follow the diet outlined as closely as you possibly can . |
| 21 | So long as they were in favour , they were free to feather their nests , which Andrei did as industriously as anyone else . |
| 22 | The dominant response may at present be a favourable one , but this is only maintained so long as it implicitly accepted that functions are being successfully and rationally fulfilled . |
| 23 | She said as evenly as her angrily clenched teeth would allow her , ‘ I feel like standing , so I 'll stand , if you do n't mind . |
| 24 | Meanwhile I noticed my friends paddling by smiling , laughing and waving at me as they obviously did not realise why I was screaming as loud as I possibly could . |
| 25 | Take as long as you like . |
| 26 | Unless one school was created as rapidly as it honestly could be , then the corrosive uncertainty would spread , tentative plans would proliferate but never come to fruition . |
| 27 | Mr Outcalt believes that Nordstrom 's shoppers — typically bright , successful types who seem to spend nearly every waking hour with cellular telephones , laptop computers and videos — will accept Nordstrom-style television shopping as readily as they now use bank debit cards to buy their groceries . |