Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rains may disappear as suddenly as they arrived ; the pond may dry out within a few days , and so the whole cycle of breeding activity must be completed in the shortest possible time . |
| 2 | You should know as well as I do the public can be a very difficult master ! ’ |
| 3 | As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said many times , we should work as hard as we can in the heart of Europe to lead our partners away from the cause of Euro-dirigism and Euro-protectionism , which if allowed to develop under the influence of Madame Cresson and such people would render the entire Community less competitive in global markets and blight the prospects of the developing countries to the south and east of the existing Community . |
| 4 | Culley tracked left and found him again , startled by the way the image was drawn to stand before him , as if his voice must be heard , as if the man must see as clearly as he was seen — Levis , stetson , a loose shirt ; a rifle cradled in one arm . |
| 5 | The economists agree that reforms should happen as fast as they are technically possible , whether ordinary citizens want it that way or not . |
| 6 | Whether it should happen as often as it does is open to doubt . |
| 7 | Good sense says that they should go as far as they can but return from time to time to those parts of the plan which have not at first been realized . |
| 8 | When it comes to asking who or what theists consider God to be , on the other hand , any answer must embrace as far as it can the full spectrum of religious opinion . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But to be told that he could not make it was to be told that this gift could disappear as unpredictably as it had arrived . |
| 11 | Otherwise , what we 've built here could disappear as quickly as it came . ’ |
| 12 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
| 13 | He could see quite clearly as he climbed the hill out of the village . |
| 14 | He 'd run away repeatedly as he 'd got older , never with anywhere to go but just anxious to be free of the confining walls and restrictive atmosphere . |
| 15 | ‘ Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | You ought to go to Yelton yourself and see the privation there , but I do n't suppose you could walk as far as your gate , never mind finding a horse strong enough to carry you . |
| 19 | This place looked solid enough from the inside , but it could change as quickly as your mind . |
| 20 | But yesterday organiers decided competitors could go as fast as they like . |
| 21 | She could go as often as she wanted to the clinic , but they wo n't come out to her |
| 22 | Then , of course , two could live as cheaply as one . |
| 23 | In a panic I phoned tom to ask if he could come home early as I wanted to discuss Peter with him before the boy got home . |
| 24 | No I do n't think so , I think there 's a difference because the other excesses were on the peasants ' part now it 's okay whatever the peasants did , you know , it 's not terrible it 's , it 's fine to let the peasants do that , and also erm into the war period the peasants are gon na but must n't do it , this time it 's like okay , now we 're the party that 's saying let's go as far as we can . |
| 25 | For several months the Hong Kong Sevens waited , hoping that the country 's two rugby bodies would unite as quickly as they had in some other sports — most notably cricket . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | Now he would sleep as peacefully as his mother and brother in their unmarked grave in the woods . |
| 28 | Not many heads would go as far as one who insists that male members of staff must wear their jackets in classrooms even on the warmest of days . |
| 29 | He thought for a moment that it might be some kind of game , that their running would cease as suddenly as it had begun , that they 'd stand like statues on the sand , waiting for him to catch up with them . |
| 30 | There are some controversial things , which we shall handle as sensitively as we can , monitor carefully , and we 'll keep our fingers crossed that next year 's financial settlement will allow us to go forward again . |