Example sentences of "as [adv] as it would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the boys followed and we went down into the basement and I turned the phonograph on as loud as it would play . |
| 2 | Luckily , the bus was n't going as quickly as it would have had there been no traffic , but it was still doing twenty-odd mph . |
| 3 | He squatted down and propped it against a clump of little bushes , pulling up the aerial as far as it would go . |
| 4 | The man , who had winched his seat back as far as it would go , lay beside her , staring up through the sunroof at the sky which was now a pure and empty blue . |
| 5 | Tommy Grant placed the big , round , iron , copper-lined sugar pan on the side of the stove , straightened his back as far as it would go ; then , turning to the bench , he pointed to the five tin trays of liquid toffee , saying , ‘ That should give us a fresh start in the mornin' , miss . |
| 6 | So far from abandoning our folly , we started pushing it as far as it would go . |
| 7 | I put my tongue out at them as far as it would go . |
| 8 | His chair was tilted back as far as it would go . |
| 9 | He brought back his foot as far as it would go and channelled all its hydraulic power into a forceful throw . |
| 10 | He slipped the matchbox under the netting and pushed it back as far as it would go . |
| 11 | She straightened , stretching her neck as far as it would go , meeting his eyes , if not levelly , at least unwaveringly , as he answered , ‘ A romantic go-between is someone who helps set up romantic meetings . |
| 12 | He lighted his cigar , puffed furiously , sank back in his seat , as far as it would allow him to , and stared fixedly through the windscreen , already lightly furred with snow . |
| 13 | Morris typed throughout the morning , driving the carriage of the department 's battered portable along with his two hammering fingers just about as fast as it would go . |