Example sentences of "[adv] as [pers pn] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Going back to the family problem just mentioned , much as we love that child in spite of his problems , we would not let ourselves be completely taken over .
2 Williams J. said , ‘ In effect , ( the former husband ) says to ( the former wife ) : ‘ If you , who now owe me no duty as a wife , will agree to my stipulation , I will , so long as you observe that stipulation , pay you £6 per month . ’
3 The trust status will ensure that that record of success continues into the life of the next Conservative Government and the one after , just as we established that record during the lifetime of the previous three Conservative Governments .
4 Then , just as it seemed that sleep was a compulsion he could no longer resist , Lucien heard a noise in the room .
5 He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past .
6 Also it may be a godsend to you because as soon as you drive that car becomes yours .
7 As soon as you got that thing off of the runway or a hard surface , it sunk without any kind of a , in the English mud .
8 As clearly as she recalled that spring day so long ago when she had received the small wound .
9 It was a pity , that ; he would have liked to have heard her groan again , perhaps even to cry out as she had that night when The Man had played his games with her .
10 This request gives rise to an action for the coheirs to obtain Titius ’ share of the estate in so far as it exceeds that sum .
11 Not , strangely , of Hampshire , well as he served that county as committee member , guide , counsel , and lifelong follower .
12 You know as well as I do that art and commerce have walked hand in hand since at least the Renaissance . ’
13 You know as well as I do that Rudolfo 's the only one involved who has a house up there .
14 Barry leant forward and whispered conspiratorially , his breath smelling of mint , ‘ Look , Sergeant , we know as well as you do that Parkin was having it away with Nicola Sharpe .
15 Even so , there can be no facile equation of racist and sexual discrimination , and this for three main reasons which , even as they preclude that equation , emphasize the significance of those points at which race and sexuality interconnect , and the particular importance of Fanon 's work in this respect .
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 .
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