Example sentences of "[verb] as [adv] as they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the October 1987 stockmarket crash and , now , a British recession , these revenues have vanished as capriciously as they arrived . |
| 2 | The bombs stopped as suddenly as they started but the hollow screams of anti-aircraft shells continued without pause . |
| 3 | But they also dislike those who were born into the same station in life , or further down , and who have n't risen as far as they have . |
| 4 | AS the January flood waters receded as fast as they had risen , many questions were left unanswered . |
| 5 | Our hospitals are so short of cash thanks to the shortsightedness of the Government that it 's a wonder hospitals function as well as they do . |
| 6 | Her tears dried as suddenly as they had appeared . |
| 7 | They came as quickly as they went . |
| 8 | For several months the Hong Kong Sevens waited , hoping that the country 's two rugby bodies would unite as quickly as they had in some other sports — most notably cricket . |
| 9 | TWO-TIMING men with neatly trimmed pencil moustaches who like to drink as hard as they work are unwittingly modelling themselves upon a style that is at least 4,500 years old , archaeologists have discovered . |
| 10 | With Mark Hughes stepping into the centre-back role , Tranmere defended as well as they have all season , restricting Leicester to a smattering of half chances . |
| 11 | They tend to subside as quickly as they arise . |
| 12 | That is why so many ‘ start up ’ schemes finish as early as they do . |
| 13 | The Government have always abided by , and agreed with , the additionality rules as far as they apply to Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | ‘ You got to keep going when you find 'em , ’ he continued , ‘ the little buggers disappear as fast as they come . ’ |
| 15 | The real wonder is not that some who profess to believe fall away after continuing so long but that some last as long as they do with as little as they have . |
| 16 | ‘ If they succeed as well as they did when they 're not trying to kill you , what might n't they achieve if they decide they do want to ? |
| 17 | Only because of Labour proposals and actions have schools managed to deal as well as they have with L M S. Congratulations , I say , go to the Labour Group . |
| 18 | Bottom-placed Barrow came from 14-0 down after 10 minutes to level 24-24 at Bradford but finished as badly as they had started , leaking a further 12 points in the final 14 minutes . |
| 19 | After this phase of the experiment was over , subjects were allowed to sleep as much as they wished , but continued to keep sleep diaries for a year . |
| 20 | The rains may disappear as suddenly as they arrived ; the pond may dry out within a few days , and so the whole cycle of breeding activity must be completed in the shortest possible time . |
| 21 | If people are to be punished because they deserve it , it is natural to say that they should also be punished as severely as they deserve — that they should get their just deserts . |
| 22 | It do n't take as long as they say . ’ |
| 23 | what 's interesting is that those rivalries are not focused as strongly as they used around the very big clubs , and we 're talking less here about what 's gon na happen at Manchester United and Chelsea and perhaps more about the difficulties of Wolves and and Stoke . |
| 24 | Given full rein to run as far as they want , the plants are living very well and do n't feel in any particular danger , so there is no need for them to waste energy by perpetuating the species and going to the trouble of producing flower and setting seed . |
| 25 | And how many times , on re-entering occupied space , did the phenomena depart as suddenly as they came ? |
| 26 | Keith Richardson says it was an excellent Gloucester performance and with Wales beating England it just goes to show that the formbook can be beaten and Gloucester could well beat Bath on Saturday if they run and tackle as hard as they did in this game . |
| 27 | I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different . |
| 28 | They were gone as suddenly as they had come . |
| 29 | And try as hard as they do , residential staff can never turn a residential establishment into a home . |
| 30 | All children have fads at different times which resolve as quickly as they arrive and so it can be difficult for parents to determine where they should start to draw the line . |