Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now that the rush of anger had abated just as quickly as it had risen she felt cold , icy tremors rippling along her veins . |
| 32 | But John , he noticed , tended to wander outside as often as he felt tempted to do ; while Astorre had set up house quite candidly in the kitchens . |
| 33 | ‘ But , Noreen — ’ But Noreen was already walking away as fast as she could in the direction of the apartment house . |
| 34 | ‘ However , I can promise our customers that we will be putting everything into opening up as soon as possible . |
| 35 | Rosa slipped out of their bed , and , imagining herself on water , trod as lightly as she could ; her feet left moist imprints on the coldness of the tiled floor which shrivelled up as quickly as she made them , until she too vanished through the door . |
| 36 | Cal was thinking about having children , when she can act nearly as well as I can ! |
| 37 | " I shall have to pull up as near as I can and let you out , said Woodie . |
| 38 | Apart from being baked hard by the heat of the lava , these sediments were quite undisturbed , and had been carried bodily as smoothly as if they had gone up in a lift . |
| 39 | It was an uncomfortable affair , the Mayor used it as an occasion to condemn what he called the Turkish occupation of the North of the island and Douglas Hurd looked on clearly anxious that the whole thing be wound up as soon as possible . |
| 40 | Not feeling up to arguing the point , she left quietly , knowing everyone else in the Carlisle Flint team was wound up as tight as the drivers , waiting for the green light . |
| 41 | Even when the happy couple had left for their honeymoon , and the floor of the marquee had been cleared for the dance due to follow the reception , she still felt as though she was wound up as tightly as a spring . |
| 42 | The others got out of the rope , and Slingsby , climbing up as far as possible , stood on a little step just below , with his hands on the platform . |
| 43 | Know , thinking about people walking back as far as t' shopping my point . |
| 44 | Giles shouted back as loudly as he could . |
| 45 | He only hopes compensation will be sorted out as soon as possible . ’ |
| 46 | However , the problem with contact lenses and glasses is that your eyes can change over time , so it is imperative that problems are sorted out as soon as possible , as it will be difficult to establish whether the fault lies in your eyes or in the lenses . |
| 47 | I hope sa er , see of course it 's all question of getting it sorted out as quickly as you can . |
| 48 | It is necessary to find out as precisely as possible how often it was committed , whether or not there were regional variations in its frequency , and if there were changes over time . |
| 49 | If the parish council already had a report to submit , work could be carried out as soon as possible . |
| 50 | If the Policyholder was unaware of the faulty roof or did not have reasonable time in which to carry out repairs , then it is in order to deal with the claim for the damage to the internal decorations and/or contents but not the repairs to the roof , which the Policyholder should have carried out as soon as possible . |
| 51 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |
| 52 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |
| 53 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |
| 54 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |
| 55 | But in order to achieve them you need to work out as precisely as possible what knowledge , concepts , skills and attitudes it is you want to develop . |
| 56 | ‘ That was seventeen years ago and she has n't as far as I know been seen or heard of since ; surely that adds up to a disappearance ? |
| 57 | New research by the US Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) has shown ozone depletion to be occurring twice as fast as previously thought . |
| 58 | Why did he spend his life making films that would be forgotten almost as quickly as it took to make them ? |
| 59 | Then , serious again , he continued soberly , ‘ Anyway , as I wuz sayin' , I do n't think we 've anythin' to worry about as far as this Angel One fella 's concerned . |
| 60 | Black staff should not have to train twice as hard as their white colleagues . |