Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [adv] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Close your eyes , inhale and bend back as far as you can ( without any discomfort ) thrusting your arms back . |
| 3 | Whales do n't fly , but they do swim , and swim about as efficiently as swallows fly . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I am terrified and run home as fast as I can . |
| 6 | As for his arm , she decided , it could just fester and drop off as far as she was concerned . |
| 7 | We must get in , do the job and get out as quickly as POSSIBLE — leaving the place as the public have a right to find it . |
| 8 | Gather up the trimmings and roll out as thinly as possible . |
| 9 | They grow and feed just as well as carp fed on a much higher protein diet , only it does not cost as much . |
| 10 | The Ness is shallow and peaceful , and the murmur of its flowing falls plaintively on the ear , in sympathy with the song of the birds , and the summer tintings of the trees , and the musings of those who seem to love each turning in the paths ; while the waters of the rapids of Niagara make the onlooker hold back his breath , and keep back as far as possible from the wild leaping of the swift-rushing waters . |
| 11 | These divisions run very deep and go back as far as the available documents provide information on such matters . |