Example sentences of "[adv] as i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt and slid my arms under Harry 's and with my feet slipping on the muddy bottom yanked him upwards as fiercely as I could and found him still stuck and yanked again twice more with increasing desperation until finally whatever had been holding him released its grasp and he came shooting to the surface , only to begin falling sluggishly back again as a dead weight . |
| 2 | I kept you here for as long as I could but I ca n't do that anymore . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd loved him for as long as I could remember . |
| 4 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |
| 5 | I put my gown on , taking as long as I could , and walked slowly down the passage to Nonni 's room . |
| 6 | Nobody destroys me , and nobody was going to destroy Johnnie so long as I could sit by his bed — some of his family tried to stop me — and will my life force into him . ’ |
| 7 | I intended to resign at the A.G.M. due to the fact that I expect to be leaving the London area before the next A.G.M. but since no-one else wanted the job I agreed to remain chairman for as long as I could . |
| 8 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |
| 9 | I did as much as I could for as long as I could . |
| 10 | ‘ I did as much as I could for as long as I could . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I pay for the time , ’ the landlord defended himself , though not as intimidatingly as I could have hoped . |
| 12 | I was ashamed of him , especially as I could see Estella laughing at me over Miss Havisham 's shoulder . |
| 13 | ‘ I would n't let her trouble you , especially as I could tell she 'd no good news . ’ |
| 14 | I waited until the hand-clapping and cheers had subsided , then stood up and shouted , as loud as I could : |
| 15 | I suggested as gently as I could to Jean-Claude that he give Chaillot a ring . |
| 16 | " You have n't told us your name , " I said , as gently as I could . |
| 17 | Then I said , as gently as I could , ‘ He is dead , Martinho . |
| 18 | At night I used to put the pillow on my head and just hold it so as I could n't hear . |
| 19 | I could have told you this at the height of his reputation , just as I could have predicted his downfall after a few short years in the limelight . |
| 20 | So , before setting off on my search , I resolved to check the existing evidence as critically as I could . |
| 21 | I was determined to carry on as normally as I could . ’ |
| 22 | And I walked as normally as I could into the playground , my private pain overcome for fear of discovery . |
| 23 | Miss Priss on a silk cushion , yowling my bahoolas off as soon as I could run away . ’ |
| 24 | As soon as I could I went to see Aunt Louise in her new home . |
| 25 | ‘ I got her up here as soon as I could . |
| 26 | It attracted me like a magnet when I was a youth , and soon as I could leave school I was up at the course for a caddying job . |
| 27 | ‘ I can not recall the dates but it must have been in the very late twenties if I was still at school , because I left just as soon as I could when I made up fourteen . |
| 28 | ‘ But this first guitar was just a $20 acoustic , and as soon as I could I bought an Ibanez SG , then that was stolen and I went to a Les Paul . |
| 29 | Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could ! |
| 30 | I never got near enough to her to tell her about the boxing and eventually left home as soon as I could . ’ |