Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pupils with special educational needs , like all other pupils , should have the opportunity to experience as far as possible the full range of the English curriculum . |
| 2 | She let out her pent-up breath in a loud gasp of relief ; then she bent over the handlebars and sent the bike whizzing as fast as she could pedal it across the remaining hundred yards or so of field . |
| 3 | Keep the board moving as fast as possible . |
| 4 | Get the board moving as fast as possible with the centreboard retracted . |
| 5 | Izzie left them deep in animated conversation — the monk laughing out loud as he realized he was being lured into an acting profession — and went inside the house to find Gabriel . |
| 6 | It was argued that this was needed to allow the husband to do the field work as quickly as possible and so release him for more off-farm employment . |
| 7 | Titian has written over their heads Ex Praeterito Praesens Prudenter Agit Ni Futura Actione Deturpit ( ‘ From the [ example of ] the past the man of the present acts prudently so as not to imperil the future ’ ) . |
| 8 | In a way , he was glad when the doorbell rang commandingly just as he had got the eggs in the pan . |
| 9 | And how many times , on re-entering occupied space , did the phenomena depart as suddenly as they came ? |
| 10 | The bombs stopped as suddenly as they started but the hollow screams of anti-aircraft shells continued without pause . |
| 11 | The storm intruded once more as Pearce and Duvall exited . |
| 12 | The story goes so far as to suggest that Hewlett-Packard threatened to resign from OSF over the pace of development but changed its mind . |
| 13 | The driver looked on sentimentally as she alighted from the car and made her way down the path . |
| 14 | Keep a little box of french chalk or talc handy to keep your hands ‘ lubricated ’ so that the skin slides as easily as possible over the handles , and so reduces the likelihood of friction . |
| 15 | HOW 'S ABOUT FAT , THEN : The Duchess gets as far as raising a leg but then decides exercise is just too much effort and takes the rest of the sunbathing session lying down |
| 16 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 17 | The play got as far as Wimbledon and then seemed to die . |
| 18 | For really large systems this will have the consequence that the only paths which contribute significantly to the final result will be those in a region where the action changes as slowly as possible , since here the cancellations are minimised . |
| 19 | In fact , the Conducator went so far as to command the peasants to ‘ maintain the customs and dress of our great-great fore-bears , so that they shall always be in our memory . |
| 20 | She raked and kept the gravel sweep as meticulously as she kept her house — a convenient house , its well of water only a field distant . |
| 21 | It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again . |
| 22 | The copula occurs as frequently as twelve times ( out of sixty-five main verbs ) , and other categories of verb which are prominent include those denoting attitudes ( hesitated , liked , treating , etc ) , cognitions ( known , supposed , reflected , etc ) , speech acts ( speak , repeated , address , invited , etc ) , and perceptions ( hear , looked , appear , etc ) . |
| 23 | The fence stretched as far as she could see and , above it , waved the brown tops of trees . |
| 24 | I also developed the speed to play as fast as I wanted . |
| 25 | She could n't help thinking that Cara , who had been known to take the car to go as far as the corner shop to pick up a bottle of milk , would have folded long before this . |
| 26 | The car slowed only slightly as Julie drove through a deserted Berkeley square . |
| 27 | I was buried alive , the pummelling stopped as suddenly as it had started , I heaved myself up and the earth and muck fell off me . |
| 28 | After the unveiling ceremony a special train hauled by No 2 The Countess went as far as Castle Caereinion before returning to Raven Square . |
| 29 | Mr Gore stood in the dock looking straight ahead as the charges were read to him . |
| 30 | At one time , the Club went as far as refusing to allow juveniles a reduced entrance price for the London Road terrace but allowed them half price for other areas . |