Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dismissed him as quickly as I could and later found that he had gone to drink himself into a drunken stupor . |
| 2 | Put on my mettle , I told them as simply as I could of how Tony , Poll and Doreen had made their ‘ Feast ’ , burying their doll ( I substituted doll for scouter ) and covering the mound with flowers ; and how , at the end , as a simple token of courtesy or affection , Tony had presented his penis for Doreen 's pleasure . |
| 3 | I imagined it as clearly as one could , to the point where I was ready to go out and buy my burial outfit . ’ |
| 4 | I killed her as surely as if I had stabbed her with a knife , shot her with a gun , squeezed her neck between my hands . |
| 5 | I watched him as far as the corner of the curator 's garden , and saw him turn in alongside the hedge . |
| 6 | I treated her rotten whilst I was studying like I would n't take time off studying to go and see her or phone her when I saw her as often as I could , every weekend |
| 7 | I saw him as often as I could and at first we concentrated on his anger . |
| 8 | I liked them very much as soon as I met them , that very damp Sunday afternoon . |