Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let hair dry naturally as often as you can . |
| 2 | Cal was thinking about having children , when she can act nearly as well as I can ! |
| 3 | I love dressmaking but ca n't do so much now as my hands are stiff with arthritis . |
| 4 | Your salary will grow just as quickly as your skills and responsibilities — and that could be very fast indeed . |
| 5 | He appeared totally oblivious of her presence and did n't even look up as far as she was aware . |
| 6 | ‘ And when we are married , I 'm sure I can work twice as hard as I do now , and earn more . ’ |
| 7 | The desired formula ( strictly valid only if constituency seats and list seats are equal in number ) will then show that the system will function tidily so long as there is no party for which x exceeds 2y . |
| 8 | " I 'll ride over as often as I can . " |
| 9 | So , when Rune 's English gave way to Danish once more , she made her own translation of the words , inventing the compliments and vows she wanted to hear , feeling her pulse respond more rapidly still as his voice deepened and shook with fervour . |
| 10 | But , in my experience , if this is the case although it is possible to plant a new church it will not happen nearly as quickly as it will do if someone can make themselves available full-time . |
| 11 | Because of the circumstances under which most replacement gutters are fitted , however , they may not join up as beautifully as you 'd like , which may mean that they need more regular cleaning — but do n't rush to criticise your builder — it probably was n't his fault if he had to join up to existing work . |
| 12 | For instance , a very good way is to make everything you do take twice as long as it would normally take you . |
| 13 | To take an obvious case , modern manufacturing industries can only go on so long as there are capitalists and workers . |
| 14 | This did not go down as well as he might have hoped . |
| 15 | If it does n't mean so much today as it did , it 's because rock is n't as strong as it was , it does n't matter so much anymore . ’ |
| 16 | The Carlsson does n't accelerate quite as hard as you might expect ( 0–60mph in 8.8secs ) , but its top speed of 131mph looks healthy enough . |
| 17 | Many may have been persuaded or encouraged not to do so by the uncertainty in the law , so I would not go quite as far as my hon. Friend in suggesting that local authorities alone are to blame . |
| 18 | I ca n't walk half as well as I could . |
| 19 | I like you very much , Shelley , but I will come only as far as you ask me to . ’ |
| 20 | They can come back as often as they like . ’ |
| 21 | He never hit a bad shot off the tee ; it just did n't come back as far as he thought it would . |
| 22 | Let's get as far away as we can . ’ |
| 23 | She then busied herself around the room , the implication quite clear : I was to drink up and get out as quickly as I could . |
| 24 | Fortunately both parents were experts at managing money ; Robert at saving , when and if there was anything to save ; Ella at making the housekeeping stretch twice as far as anyone else . |
| 25 | As an 11-handicapper who does not play quite as often as she would like , I found the clubs gave me more consistency and greater ‘ feel ’ . |
| 26 | We can not let them get too far ahead as it will become too great a gap to close even if they did happen to fall over their showlaces again . |
| 27 | Then suddenly she heard a car sweep into the yard , and , getting up from her desk , she felt her heart leap uncomfortably once more as she saw Robert getting out of his Land Rover . |
| 28 | It might be a potential signing for the groundsman — if he can spit half as well as his dad then we just get him to run around on the pitch for 20 mins … no need for sprinklers etc . |
| 29 | We succumbed to temptation once , Bernard , but I 'm sure Mary will forgive just so long as we never , ever do it again . ’ |
| 30 | Heffers ' sales were up 6 or 7% on last December : ‘ Christmas was n't marvellous , but it did n't turn out as badly as one feared it might , ’ reported Mark Wait . |