Example sentences of "[coord] as [adv] as she " in BNC.

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1 If he was to save her from a lifetime 's retreat from life and love he had to move her along the right road as quickly as he dared and as quickly as she would let him .
2 She took no new live-in lover , and as far as she was aware , neither did Charles .
3 It was the same thin , intelligent slightly wary face and as far as she could tell the same old Barbour jacket .
4 Meredith , trying to use her bump of direction thought they had gone in a circle and as far as she could tell through teeming rain and darkness , were in the middle of the open moor or common .
5 But it had n't flowered and as far as she could tell , had no intention of doing so .
6 She knew that he had nearly finished with the Jacobites ; and as far as she was aware he had nothing else lined up .
7 He put the milk bottles down on a small table in the hall , where they were to remain until Ianthe left , and as far as she knew , for ever after .
8 It was dangerous because it left her at his mercy and as far as she knew he had none .
9 She had come a long way and as far as she could see it would take much longer even to reach the foothills .
10 She should have followed her instincts and remembered what Debbie had written at the end of those notes , taken them as a warning and run as hard and as far as she could away from this Capricorn man !
11 She wanted to get up and run ; run as fast and as far as she could away from this man who seemed to be intent on humiliating her .
12 She 'd turned it as high and as hard as she could get it to go .
13 And as certainly as she knew these things , Cassie also knew that however it was that Johnny got his kicks , it was not for her .
14 She met his eyes and as calmly as she could told him she and her father had loved visiting castles and mansions on their holidays .
15 When Astrid asked her daughter a question , Miranda would rush to reply , as fully and as dazzlingly as she could : her mother liked to be amused and was easily distracted by something else .
16 The charity 's national organizer , Vivienne Parry , set about finding some mothers-to-be to meet the Princess ; but as fast as she found them , they went into labour .
17 Adele had looked up at him , not quickly but as quickly as she 'd been able .
18 Non-performers were supposed to stay out , but as far as she could tell nobody paid the rule much heed .
19 He expected her to trust him , but as far as she could see they were just empty words .
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