Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | In certain circumstances the trial judge might feel that the facts relating to the making of statements such as those made in this case to Mr. O'Hanlon were so unusual as to justify him in directing the prosecution to furnish them to the defence , but this must be a matter within the discretion of the trial judge . |
| 2 | His attachment to classical principle was not so great as to deter him from practical innovation . |
| 3 | A burly constable was already standing by the public telephone , and no-one so far had been sufficiently intrepid as to approach him . |
| 4 | If the sender is traceable , probably the most sensible thing to do is to notify him that the goods are at his risk and to request him to fetch them ; and if ( as is likely with perishables ) the goods become a nuisance , the recipient would surely be justified in abating the nuisance by destroying them , even without notice to the sender , if the emergency were so pressing as to leave him no time to give it . |
| 5 | I am sorry to disturb you , but Detective Chief Superintendent Milton has asked me to tell you , Mr Fishbane , that he would be grateful if you would be so kind as to spare him a little of your time . |
| 6 | If you 'll be so kind as to tell him I 've arrived . ’ |
| 7 | The shop steward then stood up and asked whether the management would be so kind as to tell him which men would be involved so that he could inform their wives now . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You are , Cain as good as told him , what you are not ’ . |
| 9 | They 'd as good as killed him when they 'd taken him out of the field . |
| 10 | The editor had as good as told him he was lucky to get it . |
| 11 | That wo n't be as bad as killing him outright . " |
| 12 | Donald would issue a death certificate for any cause you suggested to him ; this case , Henry felt , might be so staggeringly self-explanatory as to allow him to come to a diagnosis off his own bat . |