Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [adv] as [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She left this house to us , and an allowance to Emily so long as she did n't marry , and one to me so long as I stayed with her . |
| 2 | I was in no mood to stop them so long as I got my mail . |
| 3 | We have bread and bacon and butter that 's good , With oatmeal and salt that is wholesome for food ; We have soap and candles whereby to give light That you may work by them so long as you have light . |
| 4 | Had d'Arquebus 's dance in some fashion drawn them together unwittingly as they concentrated on him , on his bizarre behaviour ? |
| 5 | And in this particular county one has only got to look to Ryedale who s I so far as I know is the only authority to have carried out a comprehensive survey of local housing needs . |
| 6 | ‘ But I think he does not know you as well as I do . ’ |
| 7 | Nigel and Rosamund Starmer-Smith 's tragic loss of their daughter , Charlotte , has clearly affected many of you as deeply as it has us . |
| 8 | They say that nobody remembers who came second but when that has happened to you as often as it has to Montgomerie , it is difficult to forget . |
| 9 | ‘ And perhaps I should remind you that the contract you 've just cited binds you as securely as it does us , unless you 're willing to face interminable legal hassles in an effort to extricate yourself . ’ |
| 10 | Yes thank well yes er thank you very much as you say several pages back . |
| 11 | You never saw such a frenzy as her frantic rush to dress herself , me pulling outfits from the wardrobe , she rejecting them as fast as they landed on the bed , trying on and discarding until she stood there in a stew of irritation and indecision in nothing but bra and panties . |
| 12 | And she does not hear them as well as she did once . |
| 13 | The landlady was going out to see the workers among her hay some miles down the glen ; her man-servant ( the Hermit of Glencoe ) drove , and she asked if I would come with them as far as they went . |
| 14 | These she kept in an ivory box , and the gods ate from them as often as they wished to renew their youth . |
| 15 | I said to the orchestra , ‘ If there are discords we must always play them as beautifully as we know how . ’ |
| 16 | She stood back and watched him approach the three headstones , saw him touch them as gently as she had known he would . |
| 17 | ‘ By the time we 're married , you will know me as well as you know yourself . |
| 18 | I know you never considered Madeleine was the right girl for me and no one in this whole world knows me as well as you do , so I ca n't ignore your opinion , even though I 'd like to . |
| 19 | Forgive me as freely as I forgive you . ’ |
| 20 | I had the feeling that Signe had n't dismissed Harvey 's words of caution about me as completely as she professed and I carefully refrained from asking about the parcel . |
| 21 | God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’ |
| 22 | It does n't come to me as easily as it does to you . " |
| 23 | Nobody 's ever hit me as hard as you did . ’ ' |
| 24 | I could sense Lili turning her head to look at me , but the urge to talk , to confess , had left me as suddenly as it had come . |
| 25 | We did n't know her so well as we think . |
| 26 | Did n't know her so well as you did . |
| 27 | She was watching him so intently as he bit into it that he began to wonder if Smallfry was right to fear she would poison him at the slightest opportunity . |
| 28 | Seldom before have England needed him so badly as they go into tomorrow 's third Test in Bombay already beaten 2-0 in the series by India . |
| 29 | She was great with him so long as he kept her occupied . |
| 30 | He certainly has a vision for the Burmese farmer , and I have never liked him so much as I did last night as we sat talking together under the stars . |