Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [adv] as [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My wife and I are not badly off as we have the state pension , my police pension , and a police civil staff pension . |
| 2 | ‘ Not so far as we know , ’ a man in a flat cap wearing a Hawks Club tie told him . |
| 3 | By now Dr Neil was in an agony of desire , the loved one in his arms , so near and yet so far — But not so far as he thought , for McAllister suddenly wanted more from him than he was giving . |
| 4 | It was of course simple mischance that this rat-tat should happen , even though the kiosk is not so far as I know a particularly busy one . |
| 5 | ‘ Not so far as I know . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Not so far as I know . |
| 7 | Not so far as I know . |
| 8 | But he was n't a friend of Hilary 's , not so far as I know . ’ |
| 9 | Not so far as I recollect . ’ |
| 10 | By now they were almost halfway down , the drop not so far as it had been , but it was still a long way and Maggie almost crept to the slight shelter of the rocky bank . |
| 11 | Not so long as they handed over the pound notes — though smiling Clyde took most of those , the greedy sod . |
| 12 | Not so long as we 've got the stuff . |
| 13 | ‘ Not so long as you keep within the law . ’ |
| 14 | It melted as it fell , but not as fast as it fell . |
| 15 | They believe that everyone should write as they do : not as well as they do , of course , but in the same fashion . |
| 16 | ‘ Not as well as you did . |
| 17 | ‘ Not as well as I 'd hoped . |
| 18 | Although they never spoke directly of Lachlan , each knew the other 's mind ; though not as well as she believed . |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps not as badly as you wished to go , ’ he interrupted harshly . |
| 20 | ‘ Obviously not as badly as you did . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Not as keenly as I feel your jealousy , pretty one , ’ she said . |
| 22 | Now , when I touch his cheek with my finger , he responds normally , but not as quickly as he responds when he is held to the breast . |
| 23 | ‘ Not as far as we know . |
| 24 | ‘ Not as far as we know , but it 's possible . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Not as far as I know , my dear . |
| 26 | ‘ Not as far as I know . |
| 27 | ‘ Not as far as I know . |
| 28 | ‘ Not as far as I know . |
| 29 | ‘ Not as far as I know . |
| 30 | ‘ Not as far as I know … ’ |