Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luce asked as casually as possible . |
| 2 | To Branson 's irritation , McLaren prevaricated as long as possible , affecting the disinterest of an ingénue being courted by a philanderer . |
| 3 | Hardly able to see a hand in front of her , but refusing to be daunted , Luce moved as fast as she dared down an alley-way little more than a metre wide . |
| 4 | Mrs Blakey asked as casually as she could , pushing a packet of wafer biscuits towards Kate . |
| 5 | A. Just let Adkin know as soon as possible . |
| 6 | He also called on ANC president Nelson Mandela and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of Inkatha to meet as soon as possible to end political violence in the region . |
| 7 | Expression of NFs occurs as early as 9-10 days of gestation in the mouse central and peripheral nervous system and coincides with the appearance of postmitotic neurons ( 2 ) . |
| 8 | Indeed , Stein went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 9 | The Prior questioned him closely and Corbett answered as accurately as he could . |
| 10 | Macca played as well as I 've seen in the first twenty minutes . |
| 11 | Ruth got as far as the doorway and stopped dead . |
| 12 | Spain tried as early as 1852 to establish the principle of entrance by competitive examination . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , ’ Ellie added as fiercely as she could . |
| 14 | This gateway provides direct DIS network-attached access to Sybase bases on the IBM machine as well as on a variety of other hardware platforms and operating environments , DIS access to Sybase can be local , LAN-attached or remote . |
| 15 | The meeting Reccommend to Mr. McNiell of Ardnacross to get the Church yeard Dyke of Kildalton finished as soon as possible … |
| 16 | Ever keen to have a finger in any promising pie , he urged Darwin to publish as early as January 1837 . |
| 17 | The commission wants to tie down the December deal as soon as possible . ’ |
| 18 | The first meeting of the Academic Board of the Technical College took place in April 1966 , and considered a proposal to develop courses for CNAA awards as soon as possible , given that Plymouth was already doing so . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sure he 'll be released very soon now , ’ Zen said as reassuringly as he knew how . |
| 20 | While the rider tried to hold on , to calm the horse and to prevent himself being thrown , Ruth ran as fast as she could towards the wood . |
| 21 | Ruth explained as briefly as possible that she was trying to get in touch with a relative — the young lady on the right of the group in the picture on page twenty-two . |
| 22 | With Mark Hughes stepping into the centre-back role , Tranmere defended as well as they have all season , restricting Leicester to a smattering of half chances . |
| 23 | Matilda lived as hardily as her men . |
| 24 | I appeal to the people of Burma to economise as far as possible in the consumption of rice and foodstuffs ; so that we may have some surplus to send to a hungry world . |
| 25 | Campbell Stephen prophesied as late as 1932 that the Labour Party would not function if the ILP disaffiliated from it . |
| 26 | Hornbeam moved as smoothly as a snake , creeper twisted , ivy writhed about the mossy bark , reaching towards her , its soft and furry touch tickling as it wound about her skin . |
| 27 | Endill returned as often as he could to talk and play with the Bookman . |
| 28 | Educators must attempt to encourage NCC to accept their ideas and ideals , and to encourage NCC to insist as far as possible that SEAC follows their lead . |
| 29 | The intensity of Comfort 's concentration was almost palpable and Julia lay as still as she could and breathed as carefully as her sodden lungs would allow so as not to disturb her . |
| 30 | This one , however , was to be far more personally taxing for Mrs Whitehouse , for the apparent consensus of opinion that surrounded her campaign against Thorsen evaporated as quickly as it had developed . |