Example sentences of "[to-vb] him as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | With luck , the Jews would not be able to find him as quickly as that . |
| 2 | ‘ The consequences of this man 's actions could have been a lot more serious because of the lady 's age and we are anxious to arrest him as soon as possible . |
| 3 | He made good speed down to the river , and then there was a path to aid him as far as the mill . |
| 4 | The man raised his eyebrows , then said , ‘ I 've been trying to keep him as still as possible , Sister . ’ |
| 5 | The fact that this revelation would doubtless be made in a context of privacy and confidentiality so as to insulate him as far as possible from the prying eyes of scandalmongers may not reduce his desire to put actual and legal distance between himself and his spouse . |
| 6 | She had chosen , he reflected aggrievedly , to ignore him as far as possible . |
| 7 | Mozart , knowing that his father would be devastated by the news , sought to prepare him as gently as possible for it by writing to him that she was gravely ill and at the same time writing to their close friend , Bullinger , telling him the whole story , in the hope that Bullinger could support and comfort his father and sister when he finally broke the news to them , which he was intending to do in a second letter to his father . |