Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A chair is taken away and the game goes on as before until only one player , the victor , is left . |
| 2 | Better to go on as before than do that . |
| 3 | ‘ I wanted to catch the way his mouth goes down as well as up . |
| 4 | Would you like Jenny to go along as well as ? ’ |
| 5 | You 're to go down as soon as you can , Miss . ’ |
| 6 | But momentum was the thing — self-doubt came sneaking in as soon as they let up . |
| 7 | It might seem that fax 's current growth in popularity is attributable to a technological breakthrough or perhaps to some new commercial need to communicate pictorially as well as texturally . |
| 8 | I 'll arrange for the carriers to come down as soon as I get back . |
| 9 | ‘ Patsy , will you run down to Dr Johnson 's like a good girl and ask him to come over as soon as he can . |
| 10 | But I do n't know how it was , but it came about that this confiscation business was dropped just as soon as we Labour got into power . |
| 11 | Second , if the teacher dashes off as soon as school is over ( s ) he can not care about it and so ( s ) he can not care about the pupils who attend the school . |
| 12 | However , it is a well known fact that all Spanish men are born with a football in their mouth and so I am sure his dormant skills will blossom forth as soon as he walks out on to the park . |
| 13 | This lasted but a little while , for those on the fringes , both forward and aft , drew off as soon as they had room and control , and sought firmer ground and more elbow-room . |
| 14 | But WIN was leaking like a sieve , the Polish militia were told in advance and the men were picked up as soon as they touched the ground . |
| 15 | ‘ Bounced out as soon as she heard me call you and came scrabbling up the slope . |
| 16 | It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring . |
| 17 | It can wiggle sideways as well as up and down . |
| 18 | No , whoever caught him hunting for more knew that there was more there to be found — knew it because he himself had come out as soon as he dared , to remove whatever was there to a place of greater safety . |
| 19 | An agreement in principle to sell the building to its bankers has been reached , but disagreements among the banks have yet to be sorted out as well as finalising a support package from the Canadian government . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll be going to see a specialist to get it sorted out as soon as I can . ’ |
| 21 | The organization and mobilization of the electorate in the United States to turn out to vote and to maximize the party 's chances of success is probably not carried out as well as it used to be , as is evidenced by the decline in turnout since the 1960s ( see table 26.2 ) . |
| 22 | Let's jump sideways as well as forwards and backwards . |
| 23 | She had even been going to write today as soon as Shirley had gone . |
| 24 | During a recent interview on BBC Radio Cleveland 's Alan Wright programme , Maire Brennan said their best audiences are found in the North-East and the group will be returning here as soon as they can . |
| 25 | She 's been trapped there as well as the boy . |
| 26 | It shows how in reality there is a need to communicate horizontally as well as vertically . |
| 27 | In the face of this combined attack , Jeremy fled , but even as he ran determined to come again as soon as things at Dotty 's had returned once more to their usual chaotic normality . |
| 28 | A strong image will assist in this identification , although it can act negatively as well as positively . |
| 29 | Future risks — ‘ there should be a cultural shift in the audit so that it looks forward as well as backward ’ . |
| 30 | But the reflection is likely to be more interesting and more challenging if the activity looks forward as well as over the shoulder , as it were . |