Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 31 | It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again . |
| 32 | In fact , the Conducator went so far as to command the peasants to ‘ maintain the customs and dress of our great-great fore-bears , so that they shall always be in our memory . |
| 33 | Practice yelling as loud as you can in a big , deep voice by taking a deep breath and letting the yell come from your stomach , not from your throat . |
| 34 | At one time , the Club went as far as refusing to allow juveniles a reduced entrance price for the London Road terrace but allowed them half price for other areas . |
| 35 | Er Good er concludes that er stock lending is er no different from other aspects of er the market in general er as I understand it , stock lending as far as pension funds concerned , usually works with pension fund has this collection of stocks and shares . |
| 36 | Ah , here we are , " Mrs Geary pounced on a stout little package , a thick blue paper bag , its mouth folded as securely as a glued envelope . |
| 37 | According to the mid-year estimates the ‘ remoter , largely rural districts ’ experienced their highest rates of net immigration between 1971 and 1974 , while at the other end of the national urban hierarchy London 's rate of net migration loss peaked as early as 1970/71 ( Champion , 1981b ; Britton , 1986 ) . |
| 38 | The bows of the boat rocked as gently as a baby 's cradle . |
| 39 | The fence stretched as far as she could see and , above it , waved the brown tops of trees . |
| 40 | Archer 's expression was grim , his mouth closed tight briefly as it came flooding back to him . |
| 41 | It is , after all , the case that open learning is growing fast in all phases of school and college work as well as for adult study . |
| 42 | In this way men continue to have remarkably cheap servants and capitalist industry and the state to have the labour force reproduced as cheaply as possible . |
| 43 | He gropes mentally , ‘ straining every nerve in an agonised attempt to divine as quickly as Possible where the trap lay ’ . |
| 44 | The Colourcode play funk as hard as the Red Hot Chili Peppers , but with the feel that the Chilis so obviously lack on their heavy-handed interpretation of Stevie Wonder 's ‘ Higher Ground ’ . |
| 45 | The Colourcode play funk as hard as the Red Hot Chili Peppers , but with the feel that the Chilis so obviously lack on their heavy-handed interpretation of Stevie Wonder 's ‘ Higher Ground ’ . |
| 46 | The proposal got as far as a White Paper which suggested a two-tier system — life peers with voting rights and other members who could take part in debate but not vote . |
| 47 | In 1383 , the proposal got as far as a draft . |
| 48 | And the vehicle got as far as Hucknall Marketplace , er and that was it . |
| 49 | The committee met as often as necessary ( at least monthly ) up to the start of industrial action , but at critical stages more regularly , and against a background of considerable informal consultation . |
| 50 | In fact , the Committee goes so far as to assert that business and industry have no distinctive educational needs , and is thereby able to collapse point 2 in its terms of reference ( " the needs of business , the professions and the public services " ) into point 1 ( " the requirements of a liberal education " ) . |
| 51 | The Stealer loped slowly away as though injured , dodging from one steel column to the next . |
| 52 | His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun . |
| 53 | The objective is to start the budgeting process as late as possible in the preceding year while allowing budget-holders time to agree their budget before the start of the budget year . |
| 54 | She swayed towards him , wanting to feel his skin against hers , but his mood changed as swiftly as the wind and he pulled the gown round her roughly , his eyes as cold as stones . |
| 55 | It may be necessary to make a child vomit as soon as possible , by putting two fingers down the throat if you have to . |
| 56 | The result of the meeting was an agreement that Mr Asquith should consider the proposals made to him , and let Mr Bonar Law know as soon as possible whether he would join the Government under him . |
| 57 | ‘ The measure as revised by the committee tried as hard as possible to accommodate the views of those who object to women priests . |
| 58 | The agenda of a National Security Council meeting as early as 10 March 1959 included as a main item the possibility of bringing ‘ another government to power in Cuba ’ ( Szulc : 1986 , p. 384 ) . |
| 59 | Griffith 's breakthrough came almost accidentally as he attempted to forge a career in a new industry about which he knew little . |
| 60 | Have to try and get the shopping done as quickly as possible cos you 've got ta go Cubs . |