Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think what was in the village news it arose out of those children 's survey down there and what happened was that Mrs did n't think we 'd er put in perhaps as politely as we should . |
| 2 | Maybe it was a compliment , their assumption that we could find our way down just as easily as they could . |
| 3 | ‘ I want some continuity in the squad , going down even as far as the schoolboy grade ’ . |
| 4 | The stern ramp is down almost as quickly as the anchor and the first mexeflote raft is soon manoeuvring into position … . |
| 5 | A couple of you get down there as fast as you can and watch the cottage . |
| 6 | Surely it 's over now as far as I 'm concerned ? ’ |
| 7 | The radial shields are just over twice as long as broad , separated except at their distal ends . |
| 8 | I do n't believe the programme has taken off here as rapidly as it possibly could have had all the judges been as enthusiastic as I was in the beginning , but I would say 5 to 10 per cent of the sentenced people now are at least given that option . |
| 9 | These variations on the E- theme are taking off almost as fast as E itself . |
| 10 | The plant died off almost as quickly as it grew . |
| 11 | ‘ Jazz exploded in London in the mid-Eighties , but only a handful of people got a deal out of it , ’ says Geoff , who got into hip hop via rare groove and whose CV includes organising CND and Artists Against Apartheid benefits , putting on jazz rap weekends to try and prove bands could carry it off live as well as on record , DJing at Camden 's Jazz Cafe and , until recently , booking the bands there too . |
| 12 | The sheet was pulled up only as far as his hip , so that backs of her fingers touched his bare back , warm and still slightly damp . |
| 13 | Of course , if you want to perform with it then you can mike it up just as easily as any other guitar , but it 's really a player 's instrument — a guitar for the kitchen , if you like . |
| 14 | There 's an eight-tonne on its side — can you get someone up there as soon as possible ? ’ |
| 15 | The first thing to do is get up as quickly as possible , so practise falling down in all directions and jumping up again as fast as you can — until the whole movement becomes automatic . |
| 16 | Pilots who had a crash were always sent up again as soon as possible , grandfather had said , otherwise their nerve went . |
| 17 | It was how they knew about pilots going up again as soon as possible after a crash , grandfather had told them . |
| 18 | It is also possible to use festoon or ruched blinds at this type of window , but they would only draw up satisfactorily as far as the level at the bottom of the arch . |
| 19 | Whilst most modern witch covens can be traced back only as far as the revival stimulated by Gerald Gardner and the repeal of the Witchcraft Acts in the 1950s , there still exist traditional covens which date back much further . |
| 20 | They would make their way back home as fast as they could to receive the benefits of national health service treatment . |
| 21 | For the second verse at ‘ so high ’ the hands are clasped together and raised above the head , on ‘ so low ’ they are lowered to knee level and on ‘ so wide ’ they are stretched out sideways as far as possible . |
| 22 | Got back here as fast as I could . |
| 23 | This morning , he would n't take no for an answer , and , after urging her to consider the idea and bringing her out here as confidently as if the whole thing were quite settled in his mind , he was now taking the ground from under her feet by playing devil 's advocate . |
| 24 | ‘ As the fakes wear out twice as fast as proper pads , the driver could hit his brakes one day and the car would swerve violently to the side where the real pad has been fitted , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ Still , I intend to go back there as soon as possible , hopefully this time to be applauded . ’ |
| 26 | It was essential to get back there as quickly as possible . |
| 27 | Dandelion would be over the top and back almost as fast as a hare . |
| 28 | ‘ Realism and politics ’ ( or at least social issues ) came back almost as strongly as in the 1930s , in the work of writers who often dropped the baton of innovation like a hot potato , vehemently rejecting modernism and experiment . |
| 29 | There are occasions when the Nelson touch is needed and a blind eye turned when events are not turning out quite as well as planned . |
| 30 | They still drive her up the wall — and no one acts it out quite as well as Kirstie . |