Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adv] as [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Josiah Wedgwood built his fortune on tea as surely as did investors in the East India Company . |
| 2 | Even the black goat and the white cock sacrificed in our hull for a safe and speedy passage now began to haunt us every bit as solemnly as did the ghosts of our investors in London . |
| 3 | Both Valse triste and the ‘ Berceuse ’ from The Tempest are no doubt glamorized but powerfully felt , and in the ‘ Berceuse ’ Stokowski evokes the magical atmosphere of Prospero 's island as powerfully as did Beecham ( EMI , 7/90 ) . |
| 4 | " I want you to experience the news as well as read it , " Ron Evans used to say . |
| 5 | Mick disapproved of Memet as strongly as did the rest of her family , but Memet either did n't know or did n't care . |