Example sentences of "[vb pp] it as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | A year ago , perhaps — or he might have considered it as recently as six months since . |
| 2 | She 'd found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of teasing about her impromptu topless dip in the sea and her valiant rescuer , and she 'd fenced it as calmly as she could . |
| 3 | I suppose she just hoped that news of her disappearance had n't made it as far as the Glasgow papers . ’ |
| 4 | I 've really had to work hard to get where I got to and when I fight a black guy , I know that he 's had to do the same thing , I think : ‘ Well , he 's had it as hard as me ’ and little zest goes out of your punching , I just want to beat him on points . |
| 5 | This , coupled with its socially exclusive ambiance , restricted it as effectively as in the past to a small group at the top of society . |
| 6 | After all , the stuff has to go somewhere : why not put it as far as possible from people , where it poses no threat to drinking water and little threat ( fisheries apart ) to food ? |
| 7 | It was as if they had left it as late as possible to take maximum advantage of credit . |