Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | After Wandsworth Nicholson had moved around from prison to prison , serving his time as surely as any of the inmates in those institutions . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Darling , I swear I started questioning her story as early as the next day . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We had to get him telling his story as soon as possible . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Someone is nervous , clearing his throat as quietly as he can . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Peter Hickton was up from Taunton and keen to start working his cast as hard as ever . |