Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tendrils of Virginia creeper crept down as far as the window-frame , and progressed on little circular suckers across the glass , at huge vegetable speed . |
| 2 | Rosa slipped out of their bed , and , imagining herself on water , trod as lightly as she could ; her feet left moist imprints on the coldness of the tiled floor which shrivelled up as quickly as she made them , until she too vanished through the door . |
| 3 | Giles shouted back as loudly as he could . |
| 4 | Along Heygate Street last night there was n't a pedestrian in sight and cars drove through as fast as they could . |
| 5 | Then I drew the obvious conclusion and drove off as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You attacked me , ’ she came back as coolly as she could . |
| 7 | I came back as fast as I could . " |
| 8 | He simply said something about it 's being his land and Piers told him we had made a mistake and we all rode off as hard as we could because we were bursting with laughter — ’ |
| 9 | Soon they were all engaged in a noisy , boisterous game of hand-ball and , although Rachel joined in as enthusiastically as anyone , as the game progressed she was only really conscious of the mounting awareness between herself and David . |
| 10 | In some ways , it is quite remarkable that Andrew turned out as well as he did . ’ |
| 11 | Jack crept up as far as he dared and then froze . |
| 12 | He got up as quickly as the tight fit of the table in the breakfast nook would allow . |
| 13 | They clattered on as far as the door ; under workbenches , into cracks , finding every obscure corner . |
| 14 | Brave Nicola Wilkinson , who refused to let go of 12-month-old Kristian Watson , said : ‘ I just hung on as tightly as I could . ’ |
| 15 | When I took a rolled-up sample of legal tender , printed by the Royal Mint , applied one end to my right nostril , placed a restraining finger upon my left nostril , rested the other end of the said note upon a mirror or any other shiny reflective surface , upon which was displayed a slender tranche or ‘ line ’ of exotic Colombian snuff , and breathed in as deeply as my lungs would allow , I was merely relaxing in a manner by no means untypical amongst overworked show-business operatives . |
| 16 | Then it cut off as suddenly as it had started . |
| 17 | In this case I also wanted to get the cut edges of the neckband tidied up as soon as possible — remember this particular garment has been ferried to and fro to class and back . |
| 18 | He walked out as far as Scheveningen to draw the fisherwomen there . |
| 19 | Gerald Sutherland , 41 , said : ‘ For a few seconds the doors were shut and people were really panicking , then they opened and passengers rushed out as quickly as they could . |
| 20 | I got back as quickly as I could . |
| 21 | Quotations in verse should be indented , like long quotations , and laid out as closely as possible to the original . |
| 22 | At first , as he worked , he had reminisced pleasantly to himself about the smells and the texture of paper and ink , and about the pleasure of opening a new roll of papyrus , laid out as far as there was need on soft leather spread over a wooden writing desk ; then mixing the ink powder with water , and the nervous moment of dipping the brush to make the first signs — to load the brush just so , in order that the ink would be absorbed by the paper before it could run down it . |
| 23 | I fought back as hard as I could . |
| 24 | I finished my drink , quickly said goodbye to the other actors and got out as fast as I could , not wanting to register their smirks and curiosity . |
| 25 | You got out as quickly as you could the next morning otherwise they could get into your skin . |
| 26 | The figure leapt for the top of the wall and was almost over when Martin jumped , grabbed its leg and pulled down as hard as he could . |
| 27 | She pulled over as far as she could into the bushes at the side of the lane and slowed down while the car , a beaten-up old Ford , passed . |
| 28 | I 'll be honest , Benjamin and I scuttled out as quickly as two of the cardinal 's bloody spiders . |
| 29 | In Scotia and in Orkney , the work went on as fast as resources would allow , and more speedily than it might once have done because of the cleared roads and the stations of help that now existed through the newborn network of local churches and local leadership . |
| 30 | Even encumbered by his painting gear and a heavy camera case , Fen strode along as fast as ever . |