Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] as [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I will run as quickly as I can through the minutes of the last meeting just raising those things which still have to be actioned . |
| 32 | Cynics are betting that the romance is a huge publicity stunt to help sell the firm : ‘ The relationship will last as long as they can use each other , ’ says one . |
| 33 | Although the coin is removed it will feel like it 's still there and the victim will shake as hard as they can to the encouragement of the observers with such calls as ‘ Shake it off ’ . |
| 34 | Among these worlds the probabilities of their state ( i.e. their entropy ) will increase as often as they decrease . |
| 35 | Yet the question has to be asked : how much is this really an artificial crisis which will subside as quickly as it has arisen ? |
| 36 | Third , you have to believe that they can do as well as you . |
| 37 | If the safeguards we propose are adopted , we are confident this can work as successfully as it already does in the magistrates ’ and county courts . ’ |
| 38 | First you are told that you can take as long as you like to put the counters in the jar . |
| 39 | And oh , when we do something else , and my hands say to my feet , ha hang on , you can walk as well as they can , let's try it . |
| 40 | They can go as fast as they want and there will be no restrictions . |
| 41 | However , with the Land Rover we can go as far as you want . ’ |
| 42 | erm If United can play as well as they did this afternoon and Oldham perform as well as we know they can , we 're in for a really tremendous game of football . |
| 43 | Take the numbers from one to ten ( although of course you can continue as far as you like ) . |
| 44 | The Intifada was perhaps the most convincing refutation ever of the time- honoured , complacent dogma that ‘ the status quo can last as long as we want it to . ’ |
| 45 | In one of my lectures to the Staff Colleges , The Bombing Years — A View from the Cockpit , I can say as pertinently as I can that my first bombing tour was a complete and utter waste of time . |
| 46 | Taylor , interviewed by Sir David Frost , said : ‘ Between games , as any sportsman knows , you can train as hard as you like , but what is also important is what you eat and how you eat , what you drink and how much you drink . |