Example sentences of "[vb pp] as [adv] as [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Colonel was used to acting in loco parentis and would certainly not have responded as warmly as he had done to Miss Danziger 's maturity had he not discerned in it a vulnerability : something he could defend . |
| 2 | If I had left it on the night flying path I would have had a serious rocket which I would not have forgotten as easily as I had forgotten the first one — from the wing commander flying . |
| 3 | It had been forgotten as quickly as it had begun . |
| 4 | The latter had vanished as punctually as he had appeared . |
| 5 | The expression of good-humoured contempt had vanished as quickly as it had appeared , and suddenly Rostov realised that he had missed an opportunity to relax the tension which existed between them . |
| 6 | But they also dislike those who were born into the same station in life , or further down , and who have n't risen as far as they have . |
| 7 | They , you , are our inspiration , the reason we 've come as far and done as well as we have , the energy that drives us forward into the future . |
| 8 | If my readers still doubt this let them consider the situation as we find it among societies which have not advanced as far as we have , for instance , among the aborigines of Central Australia . |
| 9 | but , er , I do n't think they 've got as far as yours have |
| 10 | One afternoon a nurserymaid from the castle had appeared with Richard , and her distress had melted as quickly as it had grown . |
| 11 | Lacuna 's anger had disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived . |
| 12 | Dysart nodded , considered the point for a moment then said : ‘ Some might say it was a sign she had n't recovered as well as we 'd hoped . ’ |
| 13 | They were gone as suddenly as they had come . |
| 14 | I asked Toby why he thought John had reacted as violently as he had to the whole business of our falling in love . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've never eaten as well as I have on this trip . ’ |
| 16 | The pain had left as suddenly as it had come , except for a small reminder in her back . |
| 17 | Potential inferences which were disconfirmed by a later statement were invariably rejected , and inferences which were neither confirmed nor disconfirmed were falsely identified as often as they had been in the neutral condition . |
| 18 | The light was extinguished as quickly as it had come , and her shoulders curled with disappointment . |