Example sentences of "[adv] as [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in the h other half , of the park , them had come down as well do you see . |
| 2 | Er can I hang this up and no , so as not to take it into the church ? |
| 3 | I was grateful for the radio he had borrowed from the farmer , although I had to play it almost inaudibly , so as not to disturb him . |
| 4 | She lay down carefully so as not to disturb him . |
| 5 | During the week I 'd get home late and sleep in the spare room — ‘ so as not to disturb her ’ . |
| 6 | The intensity of Comfort 's concentration was almost palpable and Julia lay as still as she could and breathed as carefully as her sodden lungs would allow so as not to disturb her . |
| 7 | Lower each slab on to the sand so as not to disturb it . |
| 8 | I pulled it off gently , so as not to wake him , moistened a handkerchief with cologne and wiped his forehead . |
| 9 | He 'd returned at dawn , creeping into the apartment so as not to wake her . |
| 10 | Again , wait a few moments before walking towards the dog , assuming it does stay , so as not to cause it to bound off . |
| 11 | But Dot could see how the lady herself wore white cotton gloves to handle the clothing , so as not to touch it directly . |
| 12 | At once , the waiters began to reorganise the tables so that as many as possible could sit under the parasols and to hurry away the unused cushions and linen so as not to let them be soaked . |
| 13 | She would never say so , and I probably would n't think such a thing if I were n't pregnant , but pregnant — me thinks : she 's keeping something of me , something of the child I was , in those trunks down there , so as not to lose me entirely , so as not to lose my childhood completely . |
| 14 | The prospect of the moth scam was so exciting we even bought platform tickets so as not to blow it at the development stage . |
| 15 | the flat in , in London , the flat we came from and so we had accumulated a little more furniture than one would usually have in two rooms and the kitchen and we got here and were allowed to spread ourselves , if there 's one criticism that one could say about this house , is that the size of the rooms confines you to what you put in them , they 're square , that the , the division between the living room and the dining room is through a pair of glass doors , where perhaps that could of been arranged with either sliding doors or some other feature so as not to separate it yet again into two square boxes and erm |
| 16 | From Tripoli the advance into Tunisia involved him in some of the bitterest fighting of the war : in the Matmata Hills on the outflanking of the Mareth Line ; at Wadi Akarit , where he had a narrow escape when he received ( as he modestly put it , doubtless so as not to worry me unduly ) ‘ a wallop from a piece of spent shell ’ , but was not badly injured ; and at the drive north to Enfidaville . |
| 17 | Charlotte said nothing , but her face lit up with pleasure and she bent her head over the baby so as not to show it . |
| 18 | Zambia smiled warmly , lovingly , encouragingly , remaining utterly silent so as not to frighten him off . |
| 19 | ‘ You and the little house are all I want , my darling , and a small allowance from Papa , so as not to hurt him and Mama , but not enough to corrupt us — perhaps to educate the children . ’ |
| 20 | Had the attention of the court been drawn to Article 119 of the EEC Treaty and the judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case 43/75 Defrenne v. Sabena ( 1976 ) ICR 547 , I have no doubt that , consistently with statements made by Lord Denning in previous cases , they would have construed section 6(4) so as not to make it inconsistent with Article 119 . ’ |
| 21 | Grown-ups would evoke them discreetly , so as not to make you envious , not to corrupt you with impossible desires . |
| 22 | Separate the turkey skin from the flesh with your fingers , so as not to tear it — sew it up if it does tear . |
| 23 | The development of fairness within our jurisprudence has not as yet caused us to depart from the adjudicative framework within which we operate . |
| 24 | But he does not as yet have it . |
| 25 | There may be rare instances where a situation can be covered by one meaning but not by the other ; a police investigation might conceivably report that " criminal activity " ( associative use ) " in the southern suburbs includes ostentatious donations to charity in order to cultivate an image of respectability " ; a lawyer might jocularly speak of criminal activity having sharply increased in his legal chambers ( though intuitive awareness of the ambiguity might just as well make him avoid the phrase ) ; in both these cases the associative interpretation , only , is required . |
| 26 | As the brigade would probably simply knock down your door , you could just as well do it yourself . |
| 27 | Th the fire , the those feet are catching in that it 's not being used you might just as well switch it off . |
| 28 | You might just as well give it to Adolf Hitler frankly . " |
| 29 | Just as well to give you an idea , erm they come in they come in various price |
| 30 | Well when I you see I used to push the settee in pull it out I thought well I do n't know I might as just as well leave it here . |