Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pron] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | If others point out to me that I always shirk opportunities to get something which I earnestly insist that I desire more than anything else in the world , I shall be persuaded to relinquish it as an end only if on reflection I am forced to admit to myself that I do not feel about it as strongly as I supposed . |
| 2 | ‘ The position does not matter to me so long as I am playing . |
| 3 | ‘ Here 's the towel , I 'll see to you as quickly as I can , it 's a bit colder this evening . ’ |
| 4 | If it is to save us , we must look at it as clearly as we should learn to look at death . |
| 5 | We have bread and bacon and butter that 's good , With oatmeal and salt that is wholesome for food ; We have soap and candles whereby to give light That you may work by them so long as you have light . |
| 6 | ‘ Even if you could make her go , ’ said Anna , ‘ Ruth would return to us as quickly as she could . |
| 7 | With that she got up , put her knitting away and said she would go with me as far as our house . |
| 8 | He left the cosy little restaurant to reappear a few minutes later with the announcement that her taxi was at the door and that he and Bob would go with her as far as her hotel . |
| 9 | I feel confident because I know I came out to help : directly , by leading them as well as an officer can ; indirectly , by watching their sufferings so that I may plead for them as well as I can . |
| 10 | The landlady was going out to see the workers among her hay some miles down the glen ; her man-servant ( the Hermit of Glencoe ) drove , and she asked if I would come with them as far as they went . |
| 11 | He would be coming over by boat and a male nurse would come with him as far as Dún Laoghaire . |
| 12 | It does n't come to me as easily as it does to you . " |
| 13 | At all events , I shall be much obliged to you if you will write to me as soon as possible — in order that , if you do not hold out any hope , he may not lose time , and if you do , that you may receive further information ; and he be put into the way of preparing himself , according to your wishes , for the situation . |
| 14 | If anyone is interested in forming a group to go out and get petitions signed , or anything else we can think of as a group , please will they write to me as soon as possible . |
| 15 | Canon Healey has asked that Hospitality members should write to him as soon as possible with nominations for the duties of matron and chief handmade to the pilgrimage , both roles previously carried out by Mrs McDermott . |