Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to be told that he could not make it was to be told that this gift could disappear as unpredictably as it had arrived . |
| 2 | Otherwise , what we 've built here could disappear as quickly as it came . ’ |
| 3 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
| 4 | He could see quite clearly as he climbed the hill out of the village . |
| 5 | ‘ Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked . |
| 6 | The thin man said Crane should be left to make his own way so that the rest of them could ride as fast as they could down one of the tracks to the south . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | You ought to go to Yelton yourself and see the privation there , but I do n't suppose you could walk as far as your gate , never mind finding a horse strong enough to carry you . |
| 9 | This place looked solid enough from the inside , but it could change as quickly as your mind . |
| 10 | But yesterday organiers decided competitors could go as fast as they like . |
| 11 | She could go as often as she wanted to the clinic , but they wo n't come out to her |
| 12 | Then , of course , two could live as cheaply as one . |
| 13 | In a panic I phoned tom to ask if he could come home early as I wanted to discuss Peter with him before the boy got home . |