Example sentences of "[vb past] as [adv] as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His exalted mood faded as swiftly as his dream . |
| 2 | In constituencies they fared as badly as their West German counterparts , and nationally even worse , winning overall only 0.4% of the votes . |
| 3 | ‘ She was eighteen then , a lovely girl , with beautiful skin , long curling black hair , and fine black eyes which shone as brightly as her jewels . |
| 4 | The terrified Frankie skidded round the corner wall of the end house and raced as fast as his legs would carry him down towards the walkway gate . |
| 5 | ‘ Let me go , Alain , ’ she ordered as firmly as her trembling would allow , but he was not at all impressed . |
| 6 | He gazed at her shapely legs , exposed as far as her thighs . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I never got as far as his nose . |
| 9 | Matilda lived as hardily as her men . |
| 10 | First , the appalling Beria had been arrested at pistol point in the Kremlin and executed as privily as his victims . |
| 11 | Arthur flew to London and stayed in the police morgue a long time with the body that he knew as closely as his own , thinking of Fred 's splendid good nature , his tough-mindedness , and his humour about the absurd and even the terrible . |
| 12 | He screamed as loudly as his horse that was now blocking the high road with its failing death throes . |
| 13 | In particular West Ham and Poplar and a handful of other Boards with active Labour members went as far as their resources permitted in providing out-door relief and improved workhouse conditions even for the unemployed , even though they faced considerable opposition from the LGB . |
| 14 | Twisting into the first side street and then a smaller street off that and along its full length he ran and ran as fast as his legs would carry him . |
| 15 | Thereafter , his form fluctuated as irregularly as his training and his domestic affairs . |
| 16 | He held a metal cup in his teeth , which were perfect in his bearded face and glittered as brilliantly as his big , dark eyes under the street lamps . |
| 17 | One stayed behind and the other hurried as fast as her advancing years would permit , to fetch a neighbour from a nearby cottage . |