Example sentences of "as [adv] as [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not as keenly as I feel your jealousy , pretty one , ’ she said . |
| 2 | God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’ |
| 3 | Sometimes 1 would try to withhold my gift of words as the only way I could convey to him that he was withholding something I needed as badly as he needed my poetic ability . |
| 4 | He ran his hand the length of her spine , making her aware that he wanted her as badly as she wanted him , and for a wild moment she could see no reason why they should n't make love . |
| 5 | Both , when smiling , underwent a total transformation that illuminated an unsuspected streak of gaiety in their characters as successfully as it illuminated their eyes . |
| 6 | The Intifada was perhaps the most convincing refutation ever of the time- honoured , complacent dogma that ‘ the status quo can last as long as we want it to . ’ |
| 7 | He then astonished us by lending us a jeep , with its driver , Abu , for as long as we needed it . |
| 8 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 9 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 10 | If the relatives are able to go to the mortuary or viewing room and be with the person who has died for as long as they feel it to be necessary , then they are more able to start absorbing the fact of their loved one 's death , because again they have the evidence in front of them . |
| 11 | The second interpretation can be arrived at by reading the provision in two parts : ( 1 ) judges ' commissions are to be made for as long as they behave themselves , implying that if they misbehave they may be dismissed by the Crown ; ( 2 ) they may be removed by the Crown on an Address of both Houses , even though they have not misbehaved themselves . |
| 12 | For as long as they continue they are the issue , rather than a grievance for which many people might instinctively have some sympathy . |
| 13 | ‘ Men who are rappers have to be sexist or they 're gon na lose their credibility , so they 're gon na continue to dis women for as long as it proves their manhood . |
| 14 | Her friends back in London would never have recognised her as the Alyssia Stanley who had dozens of men trailing behind her , and who toyed with them but only for as long as it suited her . |
| 15 | ‘ For as long as it suited you ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Only for as long as it took her to latch on to another driver , ’ Vitor said drily . |
| 17 | He stayed for as long as it took him to finish his beer . |
| 18 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 19 | I stayed in the cafe for as long as I felt I could and then went back outside . |
| 20 | When you have been teaching for as long as I have you 'll realise that it 's no good at all being kind to children . |
| 21 | When you 've brawled around for as long as I have your senses get to know the kind of fix that you ca n't just walk through or away from . |
| 22 | ‘ Just you bear in mind that you 've got me now , Kate , and you 'll have me for as long as you want me . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , Kate , I 'll be here for you for as long as you want me . |
| 24 | Fry claimed he was sacked by Flashman but the latter responded by saying Fry has a job at Underhill for as long as he wants it . |
| 25 | The head said that that would be the case and that Balbinder would stay for as long as he needed their help . |
| 26 | Nothing could have prepared her for the beauty they had just shared , and she knew that for as long as she lived she would never regret giving herself to this man . |
| 27 | Harry Richardson appalled Anna by offering to lend her Flora 's school fees , interest-free , for as long as she needed them . |
| 28 | So we had to as soon as they come we had to open a trench and heel them in do you see . |
| 29 | Tell you the viewing figures will go down by half as soon as you see there 's three old dears it 'll be like oh see what , see what else is on love ! |
| 30 | Despite the elegance , it was a completely masculine presence , and he dominated the room as easily as he had his own office . |