Example sentences of "as [adv] [subord] [pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps not as badly as you wished to go , ’ he interrupted harshly . |
| 2 | He said the atmosphere at each gathering had been one of calm , loving concern , and this would continue for as long as it took to get the children home . |
| 3 | ‘ Again , I lived with Mike for as long as it took to get the divorce and then I arranged the wedding . |
| 4 | For him , this meant giving master classes in duplicity in order to keep both Axis and Allies in play for as long as he needed to achieve his economic , military and , above all , territorial objectives . |
| 5 | Luckily Tim Dunton had been very understanding , telling her not to worry and to take as long as she needed to sort matters out . |
| 6 | Eve had been there for as long as she remembered to help her fight her battles . |
| 7 | Why did he spend his life making films that would be forgotten almost as quickly as it took to make them ? |
| 8 | This was as near as they dared to approach to avoid the risk of fire damage to the vehicles . |
| 9 | These she kept in an ivory box , and the gods ate from them as often as they wished to renew their youth . |
| 10 | Now that she was not restricted by nursing her mother , Carrie was free to travel to West Derby as often as she wished to see her grandchild . |
| 11 | Thank you very much to those who volunteered , or who were volunteered to help , especially to who worked as hard as I did to get the whole thing set up . |
| 12 | In those years he was working hard on his Bovary ( though not , perhaps , as hard as he liked to maintain ) and at the end of the day , since a physical release was too complicated for him and would contain too many things he could n't entirely command , he sought an intellectual release . |