Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb base] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The propagandists go so far as to assume , even to assert , that it would not result in any splitting of the party vote : in other words that votes transferred from Dandy or Deadman or Doughty would go to another of these three running-mates and not elsewhere . |
| 2 | Up until the final minutes the jokes fly as fast as sniper 's bullets . |
| 3 | And I want the explosives set as soon as possible . |
| 4 | The men talk as cheerfully as ever ; jests are bandied about freely ; but to me the cheer is sombre and jests are ghastly . ’ |
| 5 | Once again , the wisecracks fly as fast as the bullets — and are just as deadly . |
| 6 | The gags fly as fast as the bullets . |