Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because nobody 's goin' to treat me as kind as you do . ’ |
| 2 | It surprised Date 's tutors to see someone as famous as Minton coming all the way out to Sutton to wait for one of their students . |
| 3 | He would n't tell me what was going on down there because he did n't want to worry me as far as the safety conditions at that particular mine . |
| 4 | To encourage himself as much as anything , he ventured a handful of general questions about Neferukhebit 's activities on the days leading up to her death — questions which resulted in conventional answers , the activities of any rich young girl marking time between the end of her education and the arrival of her husband — for these girls were on the fringes of the royal household , and work such as Taheb did — was taboo to their class . |
| 5 | Remember though , if you are unaccustomed to vigorous exercise and are over 35 , it is a good idea to consult your doctor if you want to try something as vigorous as squash for the first time . |
| 6 | He believed she must have sent him the bill personally , wanting to meet him as much as he wanted to meet her . |
| 7 | Coming to that realisation so soon after her panic at drowning did n't seem to worry her as much as it should have done . |
| 8 | ‘ You are going to miss this room , ’ I said , ‘ I ca n't think you will be able to find anything as nice as this anywhere . ’ |
| 9 | He was an exception among the British dancers in wanting to find our as much as he could about American ballet teachers . |
| 10 | This increasingly comes to resemble nothing so much as Sartre 's own account of History . |
| 11 | ‘ As long as you remember that I want to see you as little as possible . |
| 12 | She said they had an awfully difficult job and we ought to help them as much as we could . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I do n't suppose I 'll be able to help you as much as Doctor Rice would , but if you would like to tell me what is wrong , I may be able to offer a little advice . |
| 14 | ‘ And no , I do n't like feeling like that , which is why I 'm trying to avoid you as much as possible ! ’ |
| 15 | The fact that I might choose to play something pretty much as a rhythm part one night will suggest something musically to these guys . |
| 16 | Then she said bracingly , ‘ Well , you 'll just have to avoid him as much as possible , but you really must go . |
| 17 | I shook his hand to calm him as much as to show respect . |
| 18 | I doubt I could manage to play anyone as colourless as you . ’ |
| 19 | Put the heater/stat , filter , and any other equipment in position first , so that you can arrange the rocks and bogwood to conceal it as much as possible . |
| 20 | She must be careful to betray it as little as possible if the interview were to go the way she wanted . |
| 21 | My task was to identify myself as much as possible with the personnel of the College and their activities in order to mitigate their hostility and pro-Axis leanings . |
| 22 | To live in a beautiful country , and to enure myself as much as possible to the labour of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my sigh at midnight . |
| 23 | Dennis Parsons was so deeply and intrinsically boring that it was almost impossible to imagine anything as exciting as being murdered ever happening to him . |
| 24 | I want to avoid anything too fussy as my bathroom 's tiny . |
| 25 | Now obviously , it is the reporter 's job , and quite legitimate , to press you as far as he or she can , to find out as much about the story . |
| 26 | I said , I do n't want to hassle you but I 'm going to give you as much as I can . |
| 27 | Erm because of having to do everything as much as we can the medieval way , if we were ordinary people and we said we wanted to tile we 'd say , oh well we 'll go out and buy some tiles . |
| 28 | It was either that or dump herself on to the perch in a heap , having given up the struggle , and she was much too graceful and proud to let something as undignified as that happen . |
| 29 | To do something as cruel as this to a member of your own family can not be something a fair and just woman would do . |
| 30 | Our experience is that it is possible to persuade unconvinced people to do something as drastic as this , but it is unwise and can lead to disaster . |