Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [prep] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet not only had she not said anything but as far as he 'd been able to ascertain she had n't left him any lunch . |
| 2 | She was the daughter of an earl , well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil , and he had known her for as long as he could remember . |
| 3 | I 've wanted him for as long as I can remember . " |
| 4 | When they had reached St Matthew 's church he had followed her inside as naturally as if they had set out together that morning . |
| 5 | Whatever we want from our lives now — the Booker Prize , a recording contract , a promotion , a Porsche convertible , the girl at the Virgin Megastore checkout desk — we can not possibly have coveted it for as long as we have cherished dreams of football glory , dreams which have remained fundamentally unchanged since childhood . |
| 6 | I 'd loved him for as long as I could remember . |
| 7 | Lifting up her pink nightdress her mother had then smacked her behind as hard as she could , afterwards putting her face next to Carla 's and telling her that she had had enough . |