Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [noun] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Oh , he 'll get over that , ’ Terry said with the confidence of a sister who did n't know her brother as well as she thought she did . |
| 2 | So , go to a considerable amount of trouble to , first , find the point where your story has to begin , where the first absolutely necessary fact has to be put before the reader , then work equally hard to find a form of words to state it that will catch your reader as firmly as Ruth Rendell catches hers . |
| 3 | Emily swallowed hard , how could she lower her pride so far as to approach the girl she had been so scornful of ? |
| 4 | Just ring for an authorisation number so we can process your refund as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | I wanted to go home and see my family as soon as possible . |
| 6 | Since I 'm technically retired I ca n't say that I 'll resign if you disagree with my request — and particularly that we should remove my reconstruction as quickly as is feasible , but I do feel it that strongly and I shall publish whatever you decide . ’ |
| 7 | Regular correspondence with the revered minimalist La Monte Young introduced him to the Dadaist movement Fluxus , but by the time he had won a Leonard Bernstein scholarship to the Berkshire School of Music in Massachusetts , ‘ I felt I 'd run my course as far as the avant-garde was concerned ’ . |
| 8 | Even if I had no longer been able to see the real images in my mind I could see their representations as clearly as if they hung before me , and the two were beginning to run together . |
| 9 | I 'll reiterate here that the complexity — or at least the perceived complexity — of the Alpha 's operation could limit its market as far as first time buyers go . |
| 10 | The Bar code of conduct requires that those who appear should use their powers as responsibly as the interests of justice may reasonably allow . |
| 11 | Yes , well anybody can come in and trace their family so long as they know that they came from Sussex at some point and they 've got some , something to work on , they 've got some idea of which town or which village they came from . |
| 12 | The unthinking Christian may believe his faith as unthinkingly as the unthinking pagan . |
| 13 | Drinking several pints of water should help to relieve the symptoms in the short term , but , if they persist , you should see your GP as soon as possible . |
| 14 | Drinking several pints of water should help to relieve the symptoms in the short term , but , if they persist , you should see your GP as soon as possible . |
| 15 | However , night workers will never perform their job as efficiently as they would during the day , for the master clock controls far more than just our cycle of sleeping and waking . |
| 16 | If they are lost or stolen , you can recover their value so long as you have kept a note of their numbers separately . |
| 17 | If so , could you return their records as soon as possible ? |
| 18 | He could command her responses as easily as though he held her in thrall , and that made her more than a little afraid . |
| 19 | If concurrent investigations are to take place , the purchaser should meet its advisers as early as possible to ensure there is no duplication in the areas to be investigated and , more importantly , that all significant areas are covered in the investigation process . |
| 20 | An old potter regretted that machinery did not transform his trade as early as it did that of cotton . |
| 21 | ( 1 ) Timotei is both mild to your hair and to your scalp — so mild you can wash your hair as often as you like . |
| 22 | ‘ Meaning , I can have my say so long as I do what you tell me ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ All right , send me your letter , and I promise to reconsider and let you have my reply as soon as possible . ’ |
| 24 | She enjoyed their company , although she did not read their books as closely as they might have wished , for she had a strong and idiosyncratic sense of history , particularly of the Stuart period ( like my grandfather , she was a descendant of Charles II , in her case from Nell Gwyn , in his from Lucy Walter ) . |
| 25 | There is a good illustration here of how Gassendi 's attacks do not take his opponents as seriously as might be . |
| 26 | On the drive back to London , Quinn was silent as Sam told him the outcome of her trip to Washington and the decision of the White House to let him have his head so long as she went with him . |
| 27 | Mrs , I I c Mrs , I can hear your evidence as clearly as Mr 's at the moment I fear . |
| 28 | I would encourage you to read it and let me have your views as soon as possible . |
| 29 | [ Op para ] I would ask that you give your close attention to the document relating to Costs and Funding , and let me have your instructions as soon as possible . |
| 30 | The Government are currently considering the findings of the recent review of meat hygiene enforcement and will announce their decision as soon as possible . |