Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adv] [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford . |
| 32 | ‘ Let me put it as delicately as I can . |
| 33 | He would thrust and persuade it as far as he could towards an ending . |
| 34 | Mummy is there and I 'd thought she was in good hands but of course I could n't visit her as often as I 'd like while earning my megamillions . |
| 35 | But he said , thoughtfully , that he believed the Robemaker would weave anything so long as he was paid sufficiently highly . |
| 36 | I 've discovered that one can paint anything so long as it 's BIG ! |
| 37 | You can ask them either just as they are or use them as a basis for formulating questions that are particularly related to the job for which you are being interviewed . |
| 38 | ‘ He would n't kill you so long as I 'm alive . |
| 39 | ‘ If someone came and pinched my bum on the escalator I 'd k-i-c-k him as far as I could down the escalator , ’ Topaz responded with gusto . |
| 40 | Anyway , I 'm sure Fiver must find it as hard as you : he 's just as small . " |