Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ira Dilworth applauded the idea and gave me an official ‘ To Whom It May Concern ’ letter of introduction , which opened a number of official doors , got me as far as Edmonton , and served as an invaluable introduction to some high ranking officers of the R.C.A.F. |
| 2 | It was then that Fat Watt regarded them most sullenly as though their nearness was a threat . |
| 3 | Albrecht Dürer designed them as early as 1500 or before . |
| 4 | I dismissed him as quickly as I could and later found that he had gone to drink himself into a drunken stupor . |
| 5 | The leading Coalitionists in the Conservative Party-Austen Chamberlain and Birkenhead-had , perforce , to come to terms with Baldwin , and sustained him as unwillingly as Lloyd George accepted Asquith 's leadership . |
| 6 | We just helped him as well as we could in the circumstances . |
| 7 | Three hundred Catholic miners marched in from Cleator Moor , four miles away , intercepted him outside the meeting-hall , beat him as hard as they could , and left him for dead . |
| 8 | He stayed out of the way as much as he could , and Sandy mentioned him as infrequently as possible . |
| 9 | Father Kleinsorge told them as cheerfully as he could , ‘ There 's a doctor at the entrance to the park . |
| 10 | Put on my mettle , I told them as simply as I could of how Tony , Poll and Doreen had made their ‘ Feast ’ , burying their doll ( I substituted doll for scouter ) and covering the mound with flowers ; and how , at the end , as a simple token of courtesy or affection , Tony had presented his penis for Doreen 's pleasure . |
| 11 | The more I thought of that midnight face , the more intelligent and charming it became ; and it seemed too to have had a breeding , a fastidiousness , a delicacy , that attracted me as fatally as the local fishermen 's lamps attracted fish on moonless nights . |
| 12 | He had asked her what was happening and she told him as truthfully as possible . |
| 13 | ‘ I have n't any serious plans to marry him , if that 's what you 're asking , ’ she told him as levelly as she could , and had the hardest work in the world in hanging on to her temper when his glance flicked from her through the open door into her sitting-room . |
| 14 | He walked swiftly beside the trolley as they wheeled it towards the Theatre lifts , and Kath told him as rapidly as she could what they had established . |
| 15 | I imagined it as clearly as one could , to the point where I was ready to go out and buy my burial outfit . ’ |
| 16 | They drove us as far as the mud roads would allow in the royal land-rover , and down to the bay where a pearl-oyster hatchery was being tried for the first time ; and at night there were more festivities , and endless delectable maidens vying for our attentions … |
| 17 | Ben Weatherstaff , now in the secret , joined them as often as he could . |
| 18 | Ellen forgot herself so far as to sit down plump on the bed . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not saying kissing you was n't quite pleasant , as kisses go , ’ she informed him as calmly as she could , desperately trying to disguise the way her heart was pounding with fear as she recalled her reactions to that kiss . |
| 20 | I made my preparations and joined him as quickly as I could . |
| 21 | Moving her arms to his neck , she clasped him as tight as she could and gave him back kiss for kiss . |
| 22 | He hated it especially now as he dragged it out of its corner in the garage , squeezed it between his Vauxhall Viva estate car and the twins ' tricycles , and rolled it on to the uneven surface in front of the garage doors . |
| 23 | She hid it away quickly as I entered the room . |
| 24 | He went to the garage door and opened it as quietly as possible . |
| 25 | Pursued by the press , both men hid themselves as well as they could . |
| 26 | I always felt that she cut me off just as we were becoming closer — and always when I most needed her . ’ |
| 27 | Duvall collided with him in the rush , nearly flinging him to the corridor floor , but Cardiff clung to the door knob and swung himself back again as Rohmer and Gilbert hurtled past him . |
| 28 | Lorton raised himself as far as he could . |
| 29 | I killed her as surely as if I had stabbed her with a knife , shot her with a gun , squeezed her neck between my hands . |
| 30 | He released her as suddenly as he had come to her support and she grasped quickly and covertly at the back of another chair , not wanting him to know that her numbed leg was tingling painfully now . |