Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd turned it as high and as hard as she could get it to go . |
| 2 | We took four years to do it , partly so people would get accustomed to the idea , and it was fantastic that during those four years people worked at least as hard and as well as they had in the previous four . |
| 3 | She should have followed her instincts and remembered what Debbie had written at the end of those notes , taken them as a warning and run as hard and as far as she could away from this Capricorn man ! |
| 4 | Really slam into the punch bag , hitting it with a constant barrage of punches as fast and as hard as you possibly can for no more than 15–20 seconds . |
| 5 | She wanted to get up and run ; run as fast and as far as she could away from this man who seemed to be intent on humiliating her . |
| 6 | Then , of course , there were the Bruces , Lord Bruce who should be preparing himself for death instead of being involved in politics as if he were some young courtier intent on rising as fast and as far as he could . |
| 7 | But her radio was in place , her maps and street guide and other papers were still present although not exactly as she had left them . |
| 8 | By contrast the larger class-D animals , living on grasslands where rainfall varies , are less selective and so long as they do not crop the grass too close many animals can cover the same foraging area in a short time . |
| 9 | Paul Richardson was the first person they 'd met on the island who was prepared to work as long and as hard as they did . |
| 10 | After the verdict was announced Poindexter 's chief lawyer , Richard W. Beckler , stated that his client would appeal against the conviction and would " keep fighting it as long and as hard as we can " . |
| 11 | I should wish you were brought home in wine rather than to come in so sober and so late as you do . |
| 12 | For all the rhetoric of a ‘ classless ’ society , of enabling people ‘ to rise as far and as fast as they can ’ , to quote John Major 's first speech to the new parliament , the reality remains of a nation in which inherited wealth and privilege , and institutionalised power or authority , matter far more than what individuals make of themselves . |
| 13 | Anyone who gives him a flak jacket ( that is , consent ) may take it back , but the doctor only needs one and so long as he continues to have one he has the legal right to proceed . |
| 14 | THE gulf between the Prince and Princess of Wales looked wider than ever yesterday as they spent Remembrance Sunday 6,000 miles apart . |
| 15 | After the birth , intercourse can begin again as soon as you feel ready and so long as you do n't feel any discomfort . |
| 16 | So we 'd get one third and then just as we were going to eat it three other people came in . |