Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sit on a chair , slip off your shoes , and keeping your legs as still as possible , slowly revolve each foot in turn , drawing an imaginary circle with your toes . |
| 2 | I sit there quietly revising my priorities as far as expending grief goes . |
| 3 | Threading her way as diligently as she could through the mass of humanity , it was with a sigh of relief that she eventually found herself back in the vast City Hall square . |
| 4 | After Wandsworth Nicholson had moved around from prison to prison , serving his time as surely as any of the inmates in those institutions . |
| 5 | I will be adding my comments as far as the programme officers are concerned at the close of the enquiry . |
| 6 | That is , the whore was pretty in a superficial way , and probably skilled in presenting her wares as temptingly as instinct allows . |
| 7 | It had been a part of her intention in coming here to banish those shades : already it seemed they were darkening her mind as surely as they still lowered across her father 's . |
| 8 | The job required the smallest possible team , for maximum mobility and minimum social impact , capable of staying for indefinite periods in unexplored territory amongst barely known peoples , while eating their food , speaking their language and sharing their lives as intimately as possible . |
| 9 | Commenting on these provisions in a case in which , through no fault of the plaintiff , process had failed to reach a defendant in France until some two months after the leaving date , a Dutch court said that ‘ the Convention subordinates the interests of plaintiffs in enforcing their rights as quickly as possible against foreign defendants to the latter 's interest in having an opportunity of defending themselves ’ . |
| 10 | They are conceding almost twice as many points per game as they did in 1991 and quarterback Stan Gelbaugh is not moving his offense as efficiently as last year . |
| 11 | The best laughs are earned by a fine supporting cast , including Alison Fiske as an acerbic Mrs Pearce , and Michael Bryant , one of the best actors in London , as Alfred Doolittle , stealing his scenes as shamelessly as his character extracts money from Professor Higgins . |
| 12 | ‘ Darling , I swear I started questioning her story as early as the next day . |
| 13 | " Please , Great-grandfather , do n't let my father be angry with me for what Kim did , " she prayed silently , closing her eyes as tightly as she could in an effort to add force to her thoughts . |
| 14 | By treating his subject as widely as possible , by seeing it in terms of the history of war , rather than as the more narrowly defined military history , the modern student will come to understand it in its many facets and complexities . |
| 15 | Naturally we can not always totally ignore the views of others but , If you know you are doing your job as well as you can , remember it is your own opinion which counts . |
| 16 | ‘ You may find this job a little … unusual , ’ he said , choosing his words as carefully as he picked his way through stacks of jerrycans , bundles of wire , and anonymous green sacks . |
| 17 | Or was she overestimating his feelings as far as she was concerned ? |
| 18 | Try concentrating on squeezing your buttocks as tightly as you can instead . |
| 19 | We had to get him telling his story as soon as possible . |
| 20 | There are several possible routes to choose — try retracing your steps as far as Suileag . |
| 21 | She straightened , stretching her neck as far as it would go , meeting his eyes , if not levelly , at least unwaveringly , as he answered , ‘ A romantic go-between is someone who helps set up romantic meetings . |
| 22 | The female , beating her wings as fast as 500 times a second creates the high-pitched hum that is so unsettling as you lie in camp trying to go to sleep without a mosquito net . |
| 23 | Someone is nervous , clearing his throat as quietly as he can . |
| 24 | Ram was now raising his gun as calmly as the waiter who dips his net into the tank … ah , but Ram had paused again , this time to cough and to smooth back his white moustaches which had been somewhat disarranged by the gust of air from his cough then he took aim at the gliding sepoy , there was a sudden wild foaming and thrashing of water , and the sepoy lay gasping on the turf . |
| 25 | Peter Hickton was up from Taunton and keen to start working his cast as hard as ever . |