Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as [pron] [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never understand why the teeth of winter bite so cruelly down into the bone , how daylight sickens from the east , why Elsbeth is so chill as I lie with her , why the nights are so long , without word or gleam . |
| 2 | Although somewhat bulky and unflattering , it was not unsuccessful as it blended with the current trend for layered clothes and endorsed the rustic air of a bygone age that other ‘ Laura Ashley ’ clothes were now describing , As they would not consider offering anything that was not made of 100 per cent natural fibres , they managed to complete the range by producing dresses in brushed cotton and cotton corduroy . |
| 3 | Well , that last statement is not exactly true as I agree with the sentiments of those who have argued that the Exile clubs should not be in the Courage Leagues , which are meant to be for English players . |
| 4 | It was the most successful tour England had ever made , all the more satisfying as it began with them being written off as a bunch of no-hopers . |
| 5 | He took care to appear blithely unworried as he strolled with his staff , for he knew only too well how the French sympathizers in the city were looking for any sign of allied defeatism that they could turn into an argument to demoralize the Dutch-Belgian troops . |
| 6 | if you hit something twice as big to what you 're hitting it 'll go twice as fast as it does with a snooker ball . |
| 7 | The rest of his party brought up the rear , baiting and goading Ranulf , who gave as good as he got with a stream of obscene English oaths . |
| 8 | That 's as far as it goes with me . |
| 9 | In relation to the Special Document , whilst I support the document er , as far as it goes with one exception , and that 's in relation to the unemployed members , but whilst I support it as far as it goes , I do n't believe it goes far enough . |
| 10 | You could be as frank as you wanted with be . ’ |
| 11 | Her father had warned her it would be this way , his grey eyes unusually concerned as he sat with her in the club office . |