Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God , it was bad enough masturbating as often as she did , without pushing her fingers up her arse . |
| 2 | ‘ We both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
| 3 | Walter claims to have journeyed as a student to Nepal ( 'did n't everyone ? ' ) for purification , but Vivien reminds him that he only got as far as Ostend . |
| 4 | I failed to qualify : Ade Mafe just made it , but only got as far as the semi-final . |
| 5 | She ought to unpack , but she only got as far as getting out Ricky 's photograph in its blue silk frame and putting it beside the bed . |
| 6 | Nik Cohn , that indefatigable chronicler of popular culture , set out to walk Broadway in its entirety — but he only got as far as 42nd Street . |
| 7 | Remember that ‘ small is beautiful ’ , so make as near as you can to ‘ one bite ’ food to avoid wastage . |
| 8 | ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful . |
| 9 | ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful . |
| 10 | Sleep is a great help to any illness , so sleep as much as you can . |
| 11 | The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith . |
| 12 | It has often been pointed out that in less developed societies , old people were seen as the repository of wisdom needed for daily living as well as for spiritual guidance . |
| 13 | ‘ I was only venturing as far as the bathroom , ’ she said with dignity . |
| 14 | It does not necessarily work as quickly as it did in Sylvia 's case — but it always succeeds , provided the patient does his or her homework regularly and conscientiously . |
| 15 | BELFAST motor cycle dealer Ernie Coates holds a race record — he 's the only man ever to lap the Isle of Man TT course at over 100mph on a solo machine as well as on a sidecar outfit . |
| 16 | ‘ You know , Dorothy , you and I have one thing in common , ’ I remember saying to myself in a Dutch accent , ‘ we both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
| 17 | I left early before the nuns were awake but I only got as far as Glasgow before I lost my way . ’ |
| 18 | He set off with rucksack and typewriter on a round-the-world trip , but only got as far as New Orleans , where , ever the hopeless romantic , he fell in love with a girl he met on a park bench . |
| 19 | ‘ What 's an 81 anyway , Paul — I though we 'd only got as far as 7b ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We 'd only got as far as having a preliminary psyche dissection on Daine , ’ said Trefusis , ‘ but the Yggdrasil probes suggest he had a similar-although far more pronounced — set of personality deformities . |
| 21 | By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’ |
| 22 | Even my wharped mind had only got as far as thinking . |
| 23 | REBEL sea captain Jack Lammiman set sail from Whitby on his greatest journey yet to America but only got as far as Scarborough . |
| 24 | He wondered if Slater intended to walk the whole way with him , or whether he was only going as far as the Air Gallery , now only just across the street , where he sometimes went in the afternoons . |
| 25 | It literally happened as quickly as that — on the Monday I decided to finish it and on the Tuesday I packed my bags and left . |
| 26 | The otter was the only strictly European species to make it into the overall ‘ Top 10 ’ , though badger , fox and hedgehog all got as far as the top 20 . |
| 27 | I never say my work is going to last a long time — usually five to ten years , though obviously the smaller pieces which are kept inside last as long as people look after them . |
| 28 | If the model only gets as far as being on its side and then starts to fall , apply opposite lateral cyclic to roll out and back stick to recover . |
| 29 | I said ooh cos I said when I come here we 're always so busy I said I only get as far as er er the kitchen do n't I ? |
| 30 | The railway only went as far as Achnasheen in 1876 . |