Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] near as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm very near as fond of him as Elizabeth herself . |
| 2 | She could n't reach Kelpie from the nearest branch to him , but when she was as near as she could get she put out her hand and called softly to him , just as she used to do at home . |
| 3 | Obviously it 's nowhere near as deep or complicated as Bard 's Tale , but it 's still a force to be reckoned with — especially now you get the expansion set thrown in too . |
| 4 | It may not be a perfect match , but from what I can gather , it 's as near as dammit . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Girls ’ , he called us , ‘ girls ’ , enjoying his situation : it was as near as he was likely to get to being a pasha in a harem . |
| 6 | A more unlikely situation for a cinema was hard to imagine , but the driver pointed to a set of steps burrowing up between two houses and explained that it was as near as he could get in a car . |
| 7 | He was as near as dammit to being a stylistic carbon copy of Hell . |
| 8 | He was as near as a lover or a parent could ever come . |