Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as [verb] it " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Very like ! ’ he said , knowing it was true , and knowing that he would not hold back so long as to let it be true . |
2 | She would not have gone so far as to define it as softness . |
3 | He held a copy of Milton 's works in his hands , but whenever he quoted from the poet he held the book aloft , like the Gospel at High Mass , sometimes going so far as to wave it to and fro behind his head as he chanted out the words . |
4 | Even now , I would not go so far as to say it is a bad staff plan ; after all , it enables a staff of four to cover an unexpected amount of ground . |
5 | Larissa talks of going beyond structuralism and goes so far as to disown it : ‘ of course I am not a structuralist I never have been I merely played with it ’ ( 84/662 ) . |
6 | Lydia even went so far as to bathe it in vinegar at Betty 's behest . |
7 | ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition . |
8 | Indeed , one correspondent went as far as to call it the ‘ sexiest ’ although that must be debatable . |
9 | Some district societies also want an assurance that the Institute will not take on additional regulatory responsibilities without consulting the membership : some go as far as urging it to oppose any future legislation to extend statutory regulation of members ' activities . |
10 | And even when it became clearer — in a purely physical sense — as far as understanding it went she was as far from clarity as ever . |
11 | Even drivers of average height will need the seat so far back as to make it impossible to see directly behind . |
12 | " I want you to experience the news as well as read it , " Ron Evans used to say . |
13 | ‘ Well , he not only refuses his tithes but seems to have a source of wealth which enables him to distribute alms , to mend the church as well as have it painted and refurbished . ’ |
14 | Stead , a Congregationalist , and the son and brother of Congregational ministers , had gained fame for his ‘ new journalism ’ , in which newspapers ‘ made ’ news as well as reported it . |