Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some Labour politicians , including Reg Prentice as a junior minister , wished them to be ‘ required ’ to do this ; Crosland preferred that they should be ‘ requested ’ , determined that empty threats should not be issued or implied and to go forward as fast as he could by agreement and persuasion . |
| 2 | The question facing women 's studies today is the extent to which she has , in the last decade , matured into the dutiful daughter of the white patriarchal university — a daughter who threw tantrums and played the tomboy when she was younger , but who has now learned to wear a dress and speak and act almost as nicely as Daddy wants her to . |
| 3 | Disk-resident MIBs will be able to be loaded and activated dynamically as well as unloaded and de-activated in order to free memory . |
| 4 | Disk-resident MIBs will be able to be loaded and activated dynamically as well as unloaded and de-activated in order to free memory . |
| 5 | Surely , if the train were in a station when the emergency occurred , you would get out and run away as fast as possible . |
| 6 | This distaste for the subject of money should also guide his behaviour if another gentleman was impudent enough to enquire about his income : ‘ [ In such a situation the mirza ] should try to get the topic changed ; if not he should leave the house to its owner and run away as fast as his feet can carry him . |
| 7 | I am terrified and run home as fast as I can . |
| 8 | I left the broch and walked uphill as far as I could without disturbing the bird colony , then made my way towards the southern end of the island , where the land sloped gradually down to the sea in long , flat terraces of rock . |
| 9 | The only way to conquer a fear is to face it , and to do so as frequently as possible . |
| 10 | It is the responsibility of the counsellor to move into the difficult area of feelings , and to do so as gently as possible . |
| 11 | They grow and feed just as well as carp fed on a much higher protein diet , only it does not cost as much . |
| 12 | ‘ I know , I 'm only a woman but I can make and mend just as well as any man , if not better . ’ |
| 13 | The -300bp construct is deleted to a BamHI site which is -300bp from the cap site and extends downstream as far as the RI site in the last exon ( IV ) . |
| 14 | When the old man saw me , he shouted loudly and ran away as fast as he could . |
| 15 | I was so shocked I just turned tail and ran home as fast as I could . |
| 16 | Stumbling to her feet , she picked up the diaries , slipped the clip into the pocket of her dress , and hurried downstairs as fast as she dared go . |
| 17 | The Rabbit jumped wildly , dropped the gloves and the fan , and hurried away as fast as he could . |
| 18 | Uncle Alfred , returning from a ramble up-river to fetch food , heard the commotion and hurried home as quickly as possible . |
| 19 | They gleamed not only about Mama 's neck but tumbled almost as far as her waist — and could seem all different colours . |