Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sturt , who would have been able to take a much faster and direct route , only made it as far as the western approaches to the bend , and was so hard-pressed by lack of water that he had to bleed a horse to survive . |
| 2 | We just helped him as well as we could in the circumstances . |
| 3 | One minute he was talking about Leeds struggling against Wimbledon because they hoof it into the air , next minute that Wimbledon do/can play some nice football , the very next statement that they always just kicked it as hard as possible into the air . |
| 4 | He went into motor racing for the fun of it and it seems unlikely that he ever took it as seriously as others thought it should be taken . |
| 5 | She promptly slapped him as hard as she could , which was not very hard . |
| 6 | She felt her head going back , then brought it forward again as she said , ‘ It 's … it 's been pretty hot lately ; it affects us all . ’ |