Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God , it was bad enough masturbating as often as she did , without pushing her fingers up her arse . |
| 2 | Remember that ‘ small is beautiful ’ , so make as near as you can to ‘ one bite ’ food to avoid wastage . |
| 3 | Sleep is a great help to any illness , so sleep as much as you can . |
| 4 | It was all happening comfortably just as she wished . |
| 5 | It does not necessarily work as quickly as it did in Sylvia 's case — but it always succeeds , provided the patient does his or her homework regularly and conscientiously . |
| 6 | Manager Alan Lockwood was forced to bring in a number of young faces and he could only look on agonisingly as they struggled against more experienced golfers in gusting winds . |
| 7 | And there at Stamford , the beautiful town that Celia Fiennes and Defoe had admired so much remained almost exactly as they had seen it : but fossilised , moribund . |
| 8 | Or you may sort of erm people who you do the same thing over and over again , the same sort of job , would you not agree a little bit of complacency can set in and erm things do n't perhaps come over quite as they should ? |
| 9 | Only to cease as abruptly as it had begun . |
| 10 | The dominant response may at present be a favourable one , but this is only maintained so long as it implicitly accepted that functions are being successfully and rationally fulfilled . |
| 11 | The covers rustled and her tightly held muscles loosened a bit , only to clench tightly again as he chuckled . |
| 12 | Seeing that the independents would be slowly strangled so long as they relied exclusively upon the British circuits , he sought to establish connections to Hollywood . |
| 13 | The sparrow was n't too badly injured as far as I could tell , but it was obviously in a state of shock and could n't fly . |
| 14 | Dana did not shave as often as I did . |
| 15 | ‘ When the recovery does come , we will not benefit as quickly as we should . |
| 16 | When the recovery comes we will not benefit as quickly as we should . |
| 17 | This makes the hollow stem go rubbery for a few seconds , but then it just stiffens up straight as it cools . |
| 18 | Whether this is the way they express themselves does not matter so long as we can establish that this is the substance of their view . |
| 19 | ‘ His hip 's not mending as quickly as it ought , which makes him very impatient . |
| 20 | Often he is afraid that these jobs will not be done , or not done as well as he would do them . |
| 21 | Certainly , state pensions — now over £25 billion a year — will not grow as fast as they might have done , or seem likely to do in many other rich countries . |
| 22 | It is easy to blame the pressure of daily life and the stress it causes for the fact that we do not feel as well as we should like — and , indeed , in many cases an excess of stress and tension may be the cause . |
| 23 | If my readers still doubt this let them consider the situation as we find it among societies which have not advanced as far as we have , for instance , among the aborigines of Central Australia . |
| 24 | Another reason why coaching does not occur as often as it might is due to the time pressures which every manager faces . |
| 25 | Women are faced with making a choice between the needs of their children and their own needs , and that is one of the things which , because they 've put the needs of their children , the needs of their dependents , ahead of their own needs , they themselves and the needs of women have not got as far as they could . |
| 26 | Indeed , that term is no longer used as confidently as it once was . |
| 27 | Intelligent input/output board supplier , Byfleet , Surrey-based Specialix Ltd , says its flagship product , the transputer-based RIO controller , is n't going down the storm that it had hoped it would : even OEM deals with the likes of Groupe Bull SA have not boosted sales , says marketing director , Ian Cummins , ‘ RIO is not selling as well as we thought it would … and our estimations on its performance in the market are nine months ahead of what has actually happened ’ . |
| 28 | Tribunals are an essential check on the powers of officialdom but at the moment they do not work as well as they should to ensure justice in welfare provision . |
| 29 | The Tender is the defenders ' finest weapon , and is not used as often as it should be . |
| 30 | Nothing she said , just a way she has of slightly turning and doing something else and not replying as quickly as she might . |