Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has several businesses in the district — a bobbin mill , a gunpowder factory , a cotton mill , and more — and what they have in common is that the people — usually women and children — who are unfortunate enough to be employed in them are driven as cruelly as possible and paid as little as possible . |
| 2 | Christ almighty I 'm trying as hard as I can ! |
| 3 | That but anyway that does n't ha hang on that that does n't approve what you 're saying , what I 'm saying as far as English is concerned that 's assessed underneath the attainment target writing |
| 4 | I always seem to get the wrong results even though I 'm working as hard as possible . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , considering I 'm working as hard as I am with all the stress involved , I think I 'm probably very fit . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm waiting as patiently as I can but it 's getting a pain now . |
| 7 | And I 'm going as slow as I can go and I 'm just taking everything in , and I 'm unwinding , I 'm relaxing mentally and physically as I do it because that 's what I feel I need at the moment , and having that ability is good . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm going as fast as I can , ’ cried Endill . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going as fast as I can . ’ |
| 10 | The men followed them and within a few moments lord Hulton and I were standing there just as before watching the tiny figures on the skyline , listening to the distant " Haow , haow ! " |
| 11 | I followed him down from 2,000 feet — put carb heat on — I was descending as quickly as the helicopter ; we managed to keep him visual . |
| 12 | Meanwhile I noticed my friends paddling by smiling , laughing and waving at me as they obviously did not realise why I was screaming as loud as I possibly could . |
| 13 | ‘ I was going as carefully as I could because I had a 25-second cushion over Berger so I was able to slow down a bit and the pain eased . |
| 14 | Quite stiff for the grade , with several moves that leave you wondering if you are climbing as well as you thought ! |
| 15 | Since then I have realised that the best way of avoiding publicity is to proclaim everything you are doing as loudly as possible . |
| 16 | Whether you want to or not , you 're leaving here just as soon as it can be arranged . |
| 17 | When you go arter a job like that , if you 're doing as fast as what the machine will take it to do it properly , you ca n't force it . |
| 18 | If she meant to make us nervous , she 's succeeded as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 19 | She is coming as far as you know ? |
| 20 | So well had her work progressed at the Lodge , and so greatly — for all the discomfort — had she enjoyed her solitude , that Louisa momentarily tried defiance ; but she was shivering uncontrollably even as she did so . |
| 21 | And she was succeeding as far as Mahmoud was concerned . |
| 22 | And less than two minutes later she was sleeping as peacefully as the five-year-old child in the bedroom next door . |
| 23 | An executive said : ‘ We 're trying as far as we can to ensure that our business operates normally . |
| 24 | Okay well we 're waiting as far as I know for the money to come |
| 25 | But f***ing Newcastle … we did n't get this much parise our first season back … and I think we were doing as well as they are . |
| 26 | ‘ We were so excited about a new life in a new house that we were drawn together again as friends and lovers and the Other Woman got left behind . ’ |
| 27 | We were going as fast as we could . ’ |
| 28 | International discussion is eased if they are distinguished as far as possible . |
| 29 | They are going as far as Collie . |
| 30 | They are expected so far as practicable to make decisions on benefit entitlement within 14 days , but this time limit is frequently exceeded . |