Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 61 | He 's pulled our strings as if we were his puppets , and there I was , all ready to touch you up just as he wanted . |
| 62 | older women , losing height a lot of pain from these fractures and it 's bones that are too porous so they 're not holding you up sufficiently as you get older . |
| 63 | In fact , I know that Mummy is looking forward to seeing you both just as soon as we get back to New York after the holiday . ’ |
| 64 | I ca n't remember now , but I still love it and continue to be amazed every time I see it in a catalogue for it seeds itself as freely as any common plantain . |
| 65 | I enjoyed Richard who was a casual , almost brutal lover , his desire rising and spending itself as impatiently as mine , so that I did not have to suffer all that tedious , preliminary business of fondling and stroking , and I enjoyed my baby , which surprised me as I had not expected to . |
| 66 | Information is increasingly a very marketable product and the advance of information technology gives the library , as a major source of information as well as an important user of information technology , the opportunity to take advantage of the strong current interest , and promote itself as aggressively as the purveyors of the hardware and software . |
| 67 | Fortunately you have a chancre which has appeared soon , and this means that the system has an opportunity to right itself as far as it can , having got rid of some of the trouble . |
| 68 | The land folded in on itself as far as you could see — green and brown hillsides sinking down in repetition , marked by the dark masses of trees and hedges . |
| 69 | To what er they show some of the old films like they had in them days some of these circus pictures and travel pictures Now I 'll tell you something that 's rather remarkable I 'll I 'll b tell you as briefly as I can . |
| 70 | Then , in your own words answer the question at the top of the sheet in front of you as honestly as you can . |
| 71 | However , where we are aware of any building works which may reasonably be considered to adversely affect your enjoyment , we will notify you as soon as possible . |
| 72 | ‘ Mr. Kegan phoned over at nine to say he wanted to talk to you as soon as possible , and you wo n't have time to do it yourself before he comes . ’ |
| 73 | I will arrange for all our research information on various locations to be sent on to you as soon as possible . |
| 74 | As you will appreciate , we will be collecting feedback on any research you carry out within the next 4 to 6 months , and if you are to have time to work with the tape , we ought to try to supply it to you as soon as possible . |
| 75 | We hope to be collecting feedback on any research you carry out on the tape within the next 4 to 6 months , and if you are to have time to work with it , we must get it to you as soon as possible . |
| 76 | In cases of unplanned interruptions , our aim is to notify you as soon as practicable of when your supply will be restored . |
| 77 | I 'll get back to you as soon as possible … ’ |
| 78 | Although it is unlikely , if we are forced to cancel your holiday arrangements we will inform you as soon as possible and you will be offered the choice of an alternative holiday of at least comparable standard , if available , or a refund of all monies paid . |
| 79 | If this is not feasible , your letter will be acknowledged immediately , accompanied by a commitment to respond to you as soon as possible . |
| 80 | Alternatively you can complete the coupon opposite to make an appointment at your convenience — we 'll contact you as soon as possible . |
| 81 | Jack received his all-clear and I received my : ‘ one or two discrepancies — we 'd like to re-test you as soon as possible ’ and instantly made my will ! |
| 82 | We 'll get it cleared for you as soon as possible . ’ |
| 83 | General Schellenberg wants to see you as soon as possible . |
| 84 | and they said oh we 'll get the list to you , the full list to you as soon as possible I mean |
| 85 | Yeah , but if you would just like to fill in a form , we will be with you as soon as possible |
| 86 | We shall see that , said I , and he answered unabashed , with the invisible instruments twanging and humming and jangling all over the room , ‘ You may see it , but you must not speak about this or anything that has passed here , for I have silenced you as surely as if I had cut out your tongue . ’ |
| 87 | They 're likely to stick in your throat and choke you as surely as will a hangman 's rope one day . ’ |
| 88 | And always , when we were apart , I kept bringing you beside me in my imagination , in the poems I was writing all alone , writing for you as well as for myself : |
| 89 | I was vividly aware of the far reaching and vast contribution that Basil had made to education , to values , to the good influences of the Authority on teachers and children , colleges , schools and students , and I am of the privileged few who were able to work with Basil in the early days of struggles , so I know how much , how very much he did — So I felt that at least he had fulfilled — as nearly as we can ever judge — so much of his life 's work even to the developments in his own personal creative medium — and this must be a comfort to you as well as to us who knew him as a friend and colleague . |
| 90 | When Matthew and I adopted you three years ago , we decided to look after you as well as we could . |