Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made my exit as discreetly as possible just as his lordship , still on his feet , was embarking on a further point . |
| 2 | I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits . |
| 3 | The matter is complicated by the fact that across the social spectrum some families changed their surnames as often as their surcoats , and individuals had , in the course of their lives , sometimes as many as three or four surnames , any of which could be adopted quite haphazardly by their progeny . |
| 4 | He left home as early as possible , did well in his career and visited his parents as seldom as possible . |
| 5 | She inserted her key as quietly as possible in the front door of the house where she had a room and crept upstairs . |
| 6 | She had well and truly burned her boats as far as Luke Calder was concerned , so pity help her if the rumours about his investing in the radio station were right . |
| 7 | I saw some people from school and turned my head away so as to avoid them . |
| 8 | She turned her face as far as she could towards Marie . |
| 9 | Under the pressure of new business , chancery clerks standardized their output , streamlined by cutting down on lengthy prologues , stated their business as succinctly as possible . |
| 10 | This form of destabilizing speculation took place in the hyper-inflation of Germany in the 1920s , as people spent their money as quickly as possible . ) |
| 11 | He finished his cocoa as quickly as possible and he was about to leave when to his surprise Mr Grover began pulling the blind down over his shop door . |
| 12 | I helped him sit down on the one centre thwart and arranged his legs as comfortably as possible , Harry cursing and wincing by turns . |
| 13 | I would make the most accom-plished tart , as well as Hero 's Muse , I thought , as I relieved his tension as expertly as a doctor lancing a boil . |
| 14 | She hit my face as hard as she could . |
| 15 | Manufacturers of dynamite and the other nitro-organics plied their trade as placidly as ever ; manufacturers of ammonium nitrate fertiliser merely desensitised it and countered its hygroscopicity with kaolin or kieselguhr instead of wax . |
| 16 | Isabel needed his protection as far as Winchester , and if he did n't have those answers before they arrived he would keep her under restraint until he unlocked every secret she possessed . |
| 17 | Light hit his face as hard as the stinging raindrops . |
| 18 | We acted , sang , danced — hoping always for temperate weather , dreading the sudden heat waves which lost us audiences as surely as rain and snow kept them at home — burlesques with preposterous titles ( Very Little Hamlet , The Vicar of Wideawakefield ) , comedies , farces . |
| 19 | Have you gained inner confidence but lost your way as far as your hair , makeup and clothes are concerned ? |
| 20 | This enigma demanded their return as soon as possible . |
| 21 | She should have done so ages ago ; and if she knew her friend as well as she thought she did , then she would be intrigued and delighted by the whole affair . |
| 22 | Only 5 per cent of the children saw their parents as often as once a month ; 41 per cent had no parental contact . |
| 23 | She blew her nose as daintily as was possible in the circumstances and handed the handkerchief back with a wan smile . |
| 24 | He rubbed his hands together frantically as usual . |
| 25 | But if he knew his Commander as well as he thought he did , there would be little chance of that . |
| 26 | One of the last cruises I enjoyed on Viking took us south as far as Oban . |
| 27 | He made his way unsteadily downstairs as the bus turned into Argyle Street . |
| 28 | The gaoler was appointed , made his living as best as he could from bribes , favours , anxious relatives and profits from the already meagre food allocation — and was allowed to get on with it . |
| 29 | It was not an original word , but it made his point as far as Alfred was concerned . |
| 30 | Tommy Grant placed the big , round , iron , copper-lined sugar pan on the side of the stove , straightened his back as far as it would go ; then , turning to the bench , he pointed to the five tin trays of liquid toffee , saying , ‘ That should give us a fresh start in the mornin' , miss . |