Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [adv] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hitting the water in a blast of spray , she drove herself as far under as she could , trying not to gasp at either the impact of her mistimed dive or the surprisingly low temperature of the water . |
| 2 | The cloudburst switched itself off as abruptly as it had started , and the moon , peering momentarily out from an ink-black cloudscape , showed a coastal desert of pure white sand backed by low hills of chemical-green and violent reds , cactus everywhere and trucks parked on the dirt verge , most of them painted in livid crimson on white — Optimista , Primero de Mayo , La Virgen . |
| 3 | As for his own talk — that , once begun , had , as usual , spun itself out as thoughtlessly as the wind : he believed it and quite often it was true or partly true — and if others believed it — a bargain had been struck . |
| 4 | I made myself scarce as quickly as I could . |
| 5 | Like someone pulling a blanket over his head and defying nature to do its worst , he sank and pushed himself down as far as he could go . |