Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tuned in halfway through as this guy was complaining about the official . |
| 2 | She 'd have let him get in as deep as possible and then started the pressure … |
| 3 | fill it in as neatly as possible ( do a rough copy first if you need to ) ; |
| 4 | But the estate agent had now found a buyer , one who was eager to move in as soon as possible . |
| 5 | I thought that it was probably some stupid village prank , but that I 'd better get in as soon as possible in case something odd was happening . |
| 6 | LEGISLATION making the fitting of smoke alarms compulsory in all new Scottish houses will be brought in as soon as possible , the Government pledged last night . |
| 7 | It was gon na take quite a while so erm we got the base five as quickly as possible so that we had as many hands on the job at once and er we had some formwork getting spare so we decided to make them useful and it 's a case of we 'd got six tanks to do and if we had a breakage we ca n't afford to stop the programme so as a er , a standby , just in case , we may never use these we might three or four uses out of but if we do have a breakage we want to be able to replace that straight away so have a spare set and you 've got nothing more to do and er get the walls , get the er , the back build operation right at the very end , ongoing , till you 've got the waterproofers in er get the waterproofing up to the five meter level and er get the back build in as quickly as possible . |
| 8 | This is obtainable from the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food and you must ask for a form to fill in as early as possible before the trip . |
| 9 | I 'll be along as soon as possible . ’ |
| 10 | First , EEC agriculture must be made more efficient and competitive , with the objective being to get down as near as possible to the marketplace and world prices , however they are defined . |
| 11 | The sheep will have to be gathered up and brought down as soon as possible ! ’ |
| 12 | He was getting back quicker than I thought because he is quite a tall guy , so I had to knock the stumps down as quickly as possible and the quickest way to get there was through the air — and I took it . ’ |
| 13 | They were asked to write their statements down as quickly as possible and to answer as though describing themselves to themselves rather than to anybody else . |
| 14 | But — there it was , and I began to go down as quickly as possible but with difficulty , for there was almost a metre between rungs . |
| 15 | I knew he could punch but I did n't know Razor could go down as quickly as that . ’ |
| 16 | delegate authority for tasks and decisions down as far as possible |
| 17 | Fall down and crawl left under the wall , push the crate left onto the button and jump up through the roof , go up , left , up on the lift , right , and then fall down , go under the lift and go left to collect the object , go right , up on the lift , left under the wall , up through the roof , up , left , up on the lift , left , push the crate left onto the button , go left along the conveyor belt , go left and collect the battery , now go down as far as possible and enter the door to complete the level . |
| 18 | Keeping your knees flat on the floor , bring your head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible with elbows pointing outwards . |
| 19 | Sitting with legs outstretched , bring the head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible . |
| 20 | With legs together and knees flat on the floor , bring the head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible . |
| 21 | Sitting as shown , bring the head and shoulders forwards and down as far as possible . |
| 22 | Sitting with legs together and knees flat on the floor , bring the head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible . |
| 23 | Sitting with legs outstretched , bring the head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible . |
| 24 | To delegate decision making down as far as possible . |
| 25 | The Captain tried to slide the back window down as unobtrusively as possible when the young Sub-lieutenant sitting beside the driver began to choke . |
| 26 | Everyone got down very quickly as another shell exploded in the front garden of a cottage across the road . |
| 27 | It was necessary to get this over as soon as possible and then leave . |
| 28 | Let's get this over as soon as possible ! ’ said David . |
| 29 | ‘ Most of us just hope this will be over as quickly as possible and that the Americans go home , ’ a diplomat said . |
| 30 | I want it over as quickly as possible . ’ |