Example sentences of "[prep] he as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ran after him as fast as I could . |
| 2 | Why could not Wales have taken care of him as efficiently as Ireland had of Roger ? |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't feel jealous or bitter , although I must admit , I 'm relishing the thought of running the 100m against him as soon as possible . ’ |
| 4 | Shannon fought against him as hard as she could , but his hands in her hair held her face captive just where he wanted it , and she was pinned to the ground by his weight . |
| 5 | He shut the door behind him as quietly as possible . |
| 6 | He would be coming over by boat and a male nurse would come with him as far as Dún Laoghaire . |
| 7 | ‘ He does have Paula with him as far as we know , ’ Monica reminded him . |
| 8 | That night the Wordsworths walked back with him as far as the miner 's house , a short distance from the beech tree above Woodlands Farm where they often parted . |
| 9 | The Chief Inspector is , of course , responsible for everything AIB does — the buck stops with him as far as aircraft accident investigation in the UK is concerned . |
| 10 | He did n't mind what Jack knew about him , within reason , that is , although he had ceased to confide in him as absolutely as he had in the days when they passed through Kingsmarkham Primary School together . |
| 11 | Keeping my feelings hidden from him as well as I could , I suggested that the hospital was becoming too obvious and dangerous a hiding place . |
| 12 | Perhaps another ‘ Why I am not a Roman Catholic ’ would be salutary from him as well as for them . |
| 13 | I ran away from him as fast as possible , and did not stop until I found myself in some fields . |
| 14 | She collected the money for his drink , and got away from him as fast as she could . |
| 15 | New life , green as the holly leaf , was at work inside him as surely as it stirred inside his wife . |
| 16 | Canon Healey has asked that Hospitality members should write to him as soon as possible with nominations for the duties of matron and chief handmade to the pilgrimage , both roles previously carried out by Mrs McDermott . |
| 17 | You 'll put it to him as soon as possible , wo n't you ? |
| 18 | Fincara 's maddening laughter rippled out , and she stepped over to him as easily as a dancer . |
| 19 | It was long since Adam had thought of him so , and he gathered the warmth of their recollection to him as gratefully as if he had salved one bleached and solitary bone of the beloved right hand out of the Severn , and laid it back in holy ground . |
| 20 | He sat next to Katja Müller who to his pleasant surprise made a practice of turning to speak to him as often as to her supposed escort Lapointe . |
| 21 | One tale was told to him as recently as August 1983 . |
| 22 | It was clear that the events of 17 May 1968 had left their mark on him as indelibly as they had on Willy Morpurgo . |
| 23 | And Beuno said nothing , but he looked at him as mildly as he looks at the trout that he catches in the stream , and the doctor said , ‘ Until tomorrow ’ , and he left , and Beuno watched him go as mildly as he watches the sheep when he frees them from where they are caught in the hedge . |