Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to go as soon as possible . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to know as soon as possible . ’ |
| 4 | I learnt to look ahead so as not to run out of stores . |
| 5 | By ten I 'd crawled as far as the door . |
| 6 | I 'd got as far as the top step on that flight when the phone went again . |
| 7 | I decided to walk as far as Bellanoch where a friend would pick me up for that weakening hospitality again - a dear old Sister Brush who shames me with her eighty-year-old energy , integrity and artistic confidence . |
| 8 | Living in San'a , I was initially engrossed in the visual aspects of the architecture , but as I became involved with the Yemeni families , I started to record as accurately as possible all aspects of the traditional San'a culture that was rapidly being swallowed up by Western influence . |
| 9 | Since I ca n't dress the way I like , I try to go as far as I can whilst still making a feeble attempt at femininity . |
| 10 | It 's taken longer than I thought to get as far as this . |
| 11 | But I do agree as far as my two friends are concerned . |
| 12 | Because of my injury I did get as far as the Spanish Steps and the shops in Rome , but that was the extent of my sightseeing . |
| 13 | I had dressed as well as I could that morning , in more or less the same stuff I 'd worn for Grandma Margot 's funeral . |
| 14 | But if just once I feel I 've run as hard as I possible could , in good shape , and I 've still only done 27:50 , maybe I 'll be happy to say , ‘ Oh well , Solly , you 've been kidding yourself all along ’ . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I feel that I 've gone as far as I can here , ’ Knowles said . |
| 16 | ‘ I think I 've gone as far as I can with it , ’ said Tony . |
| 17 | ‘ And although I do n't think I 've played as badly as people have said , I think I can get more out of myself , and more out of others around me , if I play in a midfield alongside Gazza . ’ |
| 18 | Oh , yes , I know I 've got tomorrow off as well , but David 's off today too , and he 's promised to ferry me around if I need to go from place to place . ’ |
| 19 | I need to know as soon as possible now whether we can do these surveys or not so I can fill the policies in . |
| 20 | I have done what I wanted , or thought I wanted , I have pushed as hard as I could , and this is it . |
| 21 | I have responded as fully as possible when the hon. Gentleman has raised the matter , and I have drawn it to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food . |
| 22 | Also , on many occasions , I have telephoned as late as 7.15pm only to hear ‘ today 's ’ forecast — at a cost of some 50–60p — but with no hint of when it will actually be updated with the outlook for tomorrow . |
| 23 | For the surgery being considered here , often called ‘ conversion surgery ’ , involves one or more of several procedures which aim to transform as far as is possible the subject 's anatomy so that it approximates that of a member of the preferred sex . |
| 24 | The mood immediately sank back into deep depression , especially in the light of the Soviet summer offensive , which had pushed as far as the Vistula , and , in August , the accelerating advance of the western allies through France . |
| 25 | As we watched , the fog , which had crept as far as the house , began to flow round it . |
| 26 | Egyptian stone vases reached Crete before the bronze age began ; the Cretan industry , which had started as early as 2500 BC , nevertheless post-dated the arrival of these foreign vases . |
| 27 | Course made good , means sailing where you want to go as effectively as possible . |
| 28 | ( 6 ) Dotted instead of full lines give another range of meaning if you want to sub-divide as far as that . |
| 29 | Letter strings are presented to the subject who has to decide as quickly as possible whether the letter string constitutes a word or not . |
| 30 | I return to Summerchild , who has retreated as far as laughter will stretch and found nothing . |