Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [adv] as he [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Gazzer leaned over as far as he dared and gave her a hand , holding on to her arm while she helped Simon to hoist himself up .
2 Love , she wanted to shout , only his mirthless smile cut the word off in the throat , and then her breathing was cut off as well as he placed one of her hands on the accelerated pulse beating in his neck .
3 Rincewind stood up as slowly as he dared , and drew from his belt the short sword he had taken from the guard a few hours and a hundred years ago .
4 Jack crept up as far as he dared and then froze .
5 He was white with rage and she stepped back rather fearfully as he came inside and slammed the door , locking it securely .
6 In some ways , it is quite remarkable that Andrew turned out as well as he did . ’
7 All in all it was not turning out as badly as he had feared .
8 He never hit a bad shot off the tee ; it just did n't come back as far as he thought it would .
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