Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I 'll go as far as Claydon with you , and I would like to get off and walk through a footpath into a lane and into Creeting , to have a look at the old blacksmith shop . |
| 2 | I 'll cooperate as far as I can , on the understanding of course that I remain in control — full control — of anything to do with my project . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll come as far as Tucker 's , get some fags , ’ Nails said . |
| 4 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 5 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
| 6 | ‘ When I was young , I could move as fast as Harald . |
| 7 | ‘ In fact , I 'd go as far as to say you 've got the worst case of it I 've ever seen . ’ |
| 8 | In fact , I would go as far as to say he 's a slob . |
| 9 | The list is endless and I would go as far as to say virtually every ‘ Gold Seal ’ is worth its weight in gold . |
| 10 | I would go as far as to argue that , however well-intentioned and humanitarian the people who undertake a socialist revolution , the logic of their ideology , which is of necessity reflected in the institutions which they create , makes totalitarianism inevitable . |
| 11 | I shall try as far as possible to discuss matters of principle rather than of particular detail . |
| 12 | ‘ I shall ring as often as I can , and if Dana phones try to get her address or telephone number , ’ Claudia said firmly , cutting across Myra 's flight of fancy in which she and Roman Wyatt danced every night and forgot all about Dana and Garry . |
| 13 | And I will willingly show the place tomorrow , and if he has any question to ask me now , I will answer as well as I may . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I can run as fast as Magnus when I try . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ In the day , ’ said Barbara Coleman , ‘ I can see as far as the Esterel … |