Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [vb pp] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | One afternoon a nurserymaid from the castle had appeared with Richard , and her distress had melted as quickly as it had grown . |
| 2 | Furthermore , some branches of physical geography had proceeded as far as they could without an enhanced knowledge of processes . |
| 3 | Moves for peace had begun as early as summer 1904 , when it was becoming apparent that the struggle would be long drawn out . |
| 4 | His plan had misfired as badly as mine . |
| 5 | When we finally reached the top of the Bouton Straits the rain had ceased as completely as the wind and it was only the current which carried us eastwards into the luminous open sea . |
| 6 | His aunt had lived as privately as any woman he knew , but even she had visited and tried to help the Blaneys . |
| 7 | Lacuna 's anger had disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived . |
| 8 | The expression of good-humoured contempt had vanished as quickly as it had appeared , and suddenly Rostov realised that he had missed an opportunity to relax the tension which existed between them . |
| 9 | The whole three-hour operation was painless but tedious , and I dozed off when the thin white line had progressed as far as my X-rayed knees on the screen in front of me . |
| 10 | I suppose they must be , thought Lydia , shrugging , and wondering also whether the modern tendency , which was American in origin , to tell everybody everything before they 'd even got the first olive off the cocktail stick had percolated as far as here . |
| 11 | The scaffolding had been cleared away and the plastering had progressed as far as the season would allow . |
| 12 | If automobile technology had advanced as fast as computer technology over the same period then the current equivalent BL car , the Metro , would now cost 45 pence to buy , and run for over a year on a gallon of petrol . |
| 13 | The pain had left as suddenly as it had come , except for a small reminder in her back . |
| 14 | JUST when you thought frilly knicker and bra design had gone as far as it could , Sherwood Group is set to go further . |