Example sentences of "[vb base] it as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Learn it , try and say it as fast as you can , do it in groups , as a round … |
| 2 | I smell it as surely as I smell a knocked off car , a crooked log book . |
| 3 | He urged all states " to back it and implement it as soon as possible " . |
| 4 | These ‘ eclectic ’ economists prefer to look at each element of the debate and assess it as dispassionately as possible in the light |
| 5 | Wear it as comfortably as possible . ’ |
| 6 | Take a line from the longer axis of the Southern Cross and extend it as far as Achernar ; the south pole lies about midway along it . |
| 7 | ‘ This should help her but give it as sparingly as possible at first , ’ he said . |
| 8 | They consider Northern Ireland to be their second home and visit it as often as possible . |
| 9 | You know it as well as I do . |
| 10 | It does n't have to be followed slavishly , which can happen when a man wants to impose a schedule and organise it as formally as he has organised his work . |
| 11 | If you are ever attacked by a man with an erect penis , simply grasp it as firmly as you can , and forcibly rearrange it from 12 o'clock to six o'clock — and then run like hell . |
| 12 | The organisation , local and national , has to build on this environment and use it as powerfully as possible . |
| 13 | If you are cutting from a severed stem , take it with you to the stock to be budded , or if you are taking a number of buds , get the stem into a deep can of water at once and use it as soon as possible . |
| 14 | The rule has been stated often enough , because plaintiffs willing to " try it on " sometimes try it as far as the Court of Appeal . |
| 15 | As this dish contains fresh oysters , eat it as soon as possible — remember , the oysters are not cooked . |
| 16 | After isolating the problem , investigate it as quickly as possible , resolve it , make sure as well as you can that the system does n't allow it to happen again , and proceed at full steam to collect whatever balance you and your customer have agreed upon . |
| 17 | Some pupils take to it , others reject it as soon as possible . |
| 18 | I just do whatever feels natural and deliver it as sincerely as I can . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We only hope that when our sons , baby Toby and Charlie , marry , they do it as outrageously as we did , ’ say Trevor and Erika . |
| 20 | Colleague , just one second , I do apologize for , for cutting in , but colleagues if you 're , if it 's your intention to leave Congress for a few moments please do it as quietly as possible . |
| 21 | After the coup , the only way leaders who had remained members of the central committee or the Politburo or even of CPSU regional committees could retain their influence was to repudiate the party and leave it as quickly as possible . |
| 22 | Instead of laboriously blowing hair dry with a round brush or setting it with rollers , simply dry it as quickly as possible to the ‘ Conversion Point ’ . |
| 23 | If you borrow a book make sure you return it as soon as possible . |
| 24 | 3 Some homework routines : insist on regular and prompt homework — keep a check on work received encourage students to keep their work , make sure students know exactly what to do 4 Marking and giving back homework : mark and return it as soon as possible , devise an easily comprehensible marking scheme , be careful not to overmark , put encouraging brief comments at the end of the work whenever possible be prepared to explain your corrections , either collectively to the class as a whole or individually |
| 25 | Please return it as soon as possible . |
| 26 | But anything I do , I 'll have a bloody good go at it and take it as far as I can . |
| 27 | It 's kind of late now and I 'm in no condition to drive so when I get the 205 I only take it as far as the outskirts of Inverness where I stop at the first lit Bed and Breakfast sign I see and talk politely and slowly to the pleasant middle-aged couple from Glasgow who run the place and then say goodnight , close the door of my room and fall fast asleep on the bed without even taking off my jacket . |
| 28 | I take it as seriously as I think it needs to be taken . |
| 29 | So could I please see the Master and arrange it as quickly as possible ? ’ |
| 30 | The widget-making company may increase the amount it pays the remaining workers ; it may reduce the price of widgets ( or not increase it as fast as prices in general rise ) ; and it may be able to retain some of the saving as increased profits . |