Example sentences of "as [adj] and [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our aim is to get as many points as possible and as quickly as possible . |
| 2 | His penis and testicles are as fresh and as hard as a spring bulb . |
| 3 | She 'd turned it as high and as hard as she could get it to go . |
| 4 | The men gossiped as much and as scurrilously as ourselves . |
| 5 | Then , of course , there were the Bruces , Lord Bruce who should be preparing himself for death instead of being involved in politics as if he were some young courtier intent on rising as fast and as far as he could . |
| 6 | She wanted to get up and run ; run as fast and as far as she could away from this man who seemed to be intent on humiliating her . |
| 7 | Really slam into the punch bag , hitting it with a constant barrage of punches as fast and as hard as you possibly can for no more than 15–20 seconds . |
| 8 | We took four years to do it , partly so people would get accustomed to the idea , and it was fantastic that during those four years people worked at least as hard and as well as they had in the previous four . |
| 9 | She should have followed her instincts and remembered what Debbie had written at the end of those notes , taken them as a warning and run as hard and as far as she could away from this Capricorn man ! |
| 10 | In Barbados ( and other places such as Jamaica and Antigua ) , the wickets are fast and so the bowlers have traditionally bowled fast , while the batsmen have looked to attack at every opportunity , to hit the ball as hard and as gleefully as possible . |
| 11 | Paul Richardson was the first person they 'd met on the island who was prepared to work as long and as hard as they did . |
| 12 | After the verdict was announced Poindexter 's chief lawyer , Richard W. Beckler , stated that his client would appeal against the conviction and would " keep fighting it as long and as hard as we can " . |
| 13 | Mark trains every day as long and as hard as any able-bodied athlete . |
| 14 | For all the rhetoric of a ‘ classless ’ society , of enabling people ‘ to rise as far and as fast as they can ’ , to quote John Major 's first speech to the new parliament , the reality remains of a nation in which inherited wealth and privilege , and institutionalised power or authority , matter far more than what individuals make of themselves . |