Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pron] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm really sorry , but this has altered everything as far as our plans with you were concerned . |
| 2 | She 'd found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of teasing about her impromptu topless dip in the sea and her valiant rescuer , and she 'd fenced it as calmly as she could . |
| 3 | I would have picked you out anywhere as being his sister . |
| 4 | A year ago , perhaps — or he might have considered it as recently as six months since . |
| 5 | She would have described herself quite objectively as aged 35 and looking neither older nor younger , height 5 feet 4 and usually just under nine stone with a figure that was well kept rather than dramatic . |
| 6 | There 'd been neither sight nor sound of James since that fateful day and no doubt he had forgotten her as quickly as he had taken her , but he must be told there was going to be a child . |
| 7 | Just a frail little thing , was n't she , the wind could have picked her up and tossed her away , yet she had demolished him as surely as if she had wielded a pick-axe handle to his belly . |
| 8 | Fate had got him as far as a leading Sheffield estate agents , Blundells . |
| 9 | The absurd thoughts had got her as far as the foot of that horrible stairway , then she had felt the level floor of another passage beneath her feet . |
| 10 | As he watched , I started to drag away the old door that had served us so well as foot-stopper . |
| 11 | They had monitored him as far as Poverty Row , then the Dream had upside-downed . |
| 12 | I could sense Lili turning her head to look at me , but the urge to talk , to confess , had left me as suddenly as it had come . |
| 13 | It was as if they had left it as late as possible to take maximum advantage of credit . |
| 14 | He had groomed himself as best as he could for the interview . |
| 15 | Her mother had taken her downstairs so as not to disturb the rest of the family . |
| 16 | In the north , the German advance from East Prussia had taken them as far as Windau , near the Gulf of Riga . |
| 17 | Yet even though Daniel had spread himself as far as he could , including making himself a primitive chapel out of an east-facing bedroom , there was still a good deal of vicarage left over . |
| 18 | Those who preached the crusade dwelt on the significance of Jerusalem and on the death of Jesus , and so roused men to fervour against the Jews who had killed him as well as against the Muslims who had captured his tomb ; and apocalyptic notions of the time associated the conversion or elimination of the Jews with the liberation of Jerusalem , as a necessary prelude to the end of the world . |
| 19 | I kept telling myself that I had killed her — had killed her as surely as if my own hands had sent her plunging down into the muddy waters of the Thames . |
| 20 | The air carrier had returned him as quickly as possible . |
| 21 | We shall see that , said I , and he answered unabashed , with the invisible instruments twanging and humming and jangling all over the room , ‘ You may see it , but you must not speak about this or anything that has passed here , for I have silenced you as surely as if I had cut out your tongue . ’ |
| 22 | I 've really had to work hard to get where I got to and when I fight a black guy , I know that he 's had to do the same thing , I think : ‘ Well , he 's had it as hard as me ’ and little zest goes out of your punching , I just want to beat him on points . |
| 23 | Had the man not have defended himself as well as he did he could well have received very serious injuries . |
| 24 | Since his surplus stock may be in keen demand he may not be able to supply you — but he can at least point you in the right direction by suggesting alternative sources , ones that have proved themselves so far as he is concerned . |
| 25 | A spokesman said : ‘ We have lost nothing as far as our computer records are concerned and there is no need for policy holders to be concerned . |