Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
2 | ‘ I want to go as soon as possible . |
3 | ‘ I want to know as soon as possible . ’ |
4 | I learnt to look ahead so as not to run out of stores . |
5 | By ten I 'd crawled as far as the door . |
6 | I 'd got as far as the top step on that flight when the phone went again . |
7 | I decided to walk as far as Bellanoch where a friend would pick me up for that weakening hospitality again - a dear old Sister Brush who shames me with her eighty-year-old energy , integrity and artistic confidence . |
8 | Living in San'a , I was initially engrossed in the visual aspects of the architecture , but as I became involved with the Yemeni families , I started to record as accurately as possible all aspects of the traditional San'a culture that was rapidly being swallowed up by Western influence . |
9 | Since I ca n't dress the way I like , I try to go as far as I can whilst still making a feeble attempt at femininity . |
10 | It 's taken longer than I thought to get as far as this . |
11 | But I do agree as far as my two friends are concerned . |
12 | Because of my injury I did get as far as the Spanish Steps and the shops in Rome , but that was the extent of my sightseeing . |
13 | I had dressed as well as I could that morning , in more or less the same stuff I 'd worn for Grandma Margot 's funeral . |
14 | ‘ I had to rush off just as he was about to arrive . |
15 | But if just once I feel I 've run as hard as I possible could , in good shape , and I 've still only done 27:50 , maybe I 'll be happy to say , ‘ Oh well , Solly , you 've been kidding yourself all along ’ . ’ |
16 | ‘ I feel that I 've gone as far as I can here , ’ Knowles said . |
17 | ‘ I think I 've gone as far as I can with it , ’ said Tony . |
18 | ‘ And although I do n't think I 've played as badly as people have said , I think I can get more out of myself , and more out of others around me , if I play in a midfield alongside Gazza . ’ |
19 | or tattoos , or fairground art , I 've got down just as examples |
20 | I need to know as soon as possible now whether we can do these surveys or not so I can fill the policies in . |
21 | I have done what I wanted , or thought I wanted , I have pushed as hard as I could , and this is it . |
22 | I have responded as fully as possible when the hon. Gentleman has raised the matter , and I have drawn it to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food . |
23 | Also , on many occasions , I have telephoned as late as 7.15pm only to hear ‘ today 's ’ forecast — at a cost of some 50–60p — but with no hint of when it will actually be updated with the outlook for tomorrow . |
24 | Course made good , means sailing where you want to go as effectively as possible . |
25 | ( 6 ) Dotted instead of full lines give another range of meaning if you want to sub-divide as far as that . |
26 | Twice fought over , she has suffered as badly as any country in the world . |
27 | Here above all he or she has to organize as far as possible a staff consensus , to present it to the governors and to explain any requests for modification back to the staff — and then if necessary to carry out the modification . |
28 | This country cost her too much ; indeed , she has gone so far as to refuse to discuss the topic . |
29 | He might have the advantage of size and strength , but thanks to the martial arts classes she 'd taken as regularly as she could over the past few years , she had a few tricks of her own up her sleeve . |
30 | A few minutes later , when she 'd got as far as wrapping herself in her host 's dressing-gown , Penry Vaughan knocked loudly on the door . |