Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I 'll go as far as Claydon with you , and I would like to get off and walk through a footpath into a lane and into Creeting , to have a look at the old blacksmith shop . |
| 2 | I 'll cooperate as far as I can , on the understanding of course that I remain in control — full control — of anything to do with my project . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll come as far as Tucker 's , get some fags , ’ Nails said . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
| 6 | ‘ When I was young , I could move as fast as Harald . |
| 7 | ‘ In fact , I 'd go as far as to say you 've got the worst case of it I 've ever seen . ’ |
| 8 | In fact , I would go as far as to say he 's a slob . |
| 9 | The list is endless and I would go as far as to say virtually every ‘ Gold Seal ’ is worth its weight in gold . |
| 10 | I would go as far as to argue that , however well-intentioned and humanitarian the people who undertake a socialist revolution , the logic of their ideology , which is of necessity reflected in the institutions which they create , makes totalitarianism inevitable . |
| 11 | I shall try as far as possible to discuss matters of principle rather than of particular detail . |
| 12 | ‘ I shall ring as often as I can , and if Dana phones try to get her address or telephone number , ’ Claudia said firmly , cutting across Myra 's flight of fancy in which she and Roman Wyatt danced every night and forgot all about Dana and Garry . |
| 13 | And I will willingly show the place tomorrow , and if he has any question to ask me now , I will answer as well as I may . |
| 14 | I will run as quickly as I can through the minutes of the last meeting just raising those things which still have to be actioned . |
| 15 | I can run as fast as Magnus when I try . |
| 16 | In one of my lectures to the Staff Colleges , The Bombing Years — A View from the Cockpit , I can say as pertinently as I can that my first bombing tour was a complete and utter waste of time . |
| 17 | ‘ In the day , ’ said Barbara Coleman , ‘ I can see as far as the Esterel … |
| 18 | Helpers approaching have sometimes been bitten or attacked wildly in the delirium that follows and which may last as long as twelve tormented hours . |
| 19 | That meeting , which could occur as early as two weeks ' time , will then declare at least a three-month gap in meetings to fulfil the Unionist precondition for talks and clear the way for the first of a three-stage set of inter-party and inter-government negotiations to prepare a new British-Irish Agreement . |
| 20 | This book is meant for people who live alone , so this chapter is not about sharing your living accommodation permanently , but temporarily : perhaps with a pet , which will last as long as their lifetime , perhaps with a guest or a short-term lodger . |
| 21 | As my hon. Friend said , the issue is being considered by the royal commission , which will report as soon as possible . |
| 22 | Yet the question has to be asked : how much is this really an artificial crisis which will subside as quickly as it has arisen ? |
| 23 | Inspection of the scatterplot suggested that it would be worth trying to fit a line ; the task is to find one which will come as near as possible to the data points . |
| 24 | The thin man said Crane should be left to make his own way so that the rest of them could ride as fast as they could down one of the tracks to the south . |
| 25 | Watching him , we all became aware that the style of play was beginning to favour forwards who should run as fast as wings or centres . |
| 26 | ‘ Then I think you should separate as soon as possible . |
| 27 | You should know as well as I do the public can be a very difficult master ! ’ |
| 28 | So you can forget right now any ambitions you might have as far as Kirsty is concerned ! ’ |
| 29 | The ugliness and poverty of the place is all I remember of it , and Ward saying , ‘ Ah 'll drive as far as Chimbote , then ye take over . ’ |
| 30 | She could go as often as she wanted to the clinic , but they wo n't come out to her |