Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ By the time we 're married , you will know me as well as you know yourself . |
2 | We erm , given that you have to do , okay , I did n't brief them as fully as I could of , and half way through I looked at it again just to make sure I had n't missed the bottom line that said , you know stand on your head instead in the park , so I just had a little read . |
3 | ‘ But I think he does not know you as well as I do . ’ |
4 | ‘ Personally , I would n't trust you as far as I could proverbially throw you ! |
5 | She thought she could know him as well as he knew himself . |
6 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
7 | He thought he could mindblast her as simply as he had put Tunney out of the picture . |
8 | On 2 May 1839 Prince wrote to Gould in Australia warning him of Swainson 's impending visit : ‘ Mr. Yarrell has just called and requested me to tell you that Mr Swainson is going to Australia whether to collect or to settle is not known at present but he considered it of importance that you should know it as quickly as possible not that either he or I think it can in any way affect you as you have so good a start and his wonted and well known irregularity of publication will surely militate against him . ’ |
9 | ‘ I will send her as soon as possible then , Mr Brocklehurst . |
10 | They do n't analyze it as often as we do . |
11 | They were uncertain of her , she could feel it as surely as if they 'd appointed a spokesman to stand up and tell her so . |
12 | " They could do it as well as anybody else . |
13 | Very good I wonder if we could all do it as well as that ? |
14 | She could suck it as easily as the sticks of liquorice she used to adore as a girl . |
15 | As we sat down to the first of many repetitive meals of salted fish and ground corn , I broached the question of finding a prahu which might carry us as far as Aru . |
16 | However , where we are aware of any building works which may reasonably be considered to adversely affect your enjoyment , we will notify you as soon as possible . |
17 | I 've tried it to my peril a couple of times , and it really does get quite embarrassing , so that 's a difference , and of course on the grey handset , there 's a pitch control underneath as well as a volume control , okay , so they 're a bit more modern , but I do n't like these actually , because you ca n't hug them as easily as the cream ones , they just do n't sit on your shoulder . |
18 | She stood back and watched him approach the three headstones , saw him touch them as gently as she had known he would . |
19 | Alternatively you can complete the coupon opposite to make an appointment at your convenience — we 'll contact you as soon as possible . |
20 | With his eyes closed he could see her as clearly as if she were standing in front of him . |
21 | I was living up Redruth way and I used to go and see her as often as I could , because I sort of sensed she was n't all that happy . |
22 | While in Donna di Porto Pim , the writer , having sailed for many days and nights , has understood that ‘ the West has no end but continues to move as we move , and that we can follow it as far as we like and never reach it ’ ( Tabucchi 1983 : 13 ; the notion is echoed in the title of Tabucchi 's later novel , Il filo dell'orizzonte ( The horizon 's edge , ( 1986 ) , the Indian journey proceeds , not always straightforwardly , towards an end of a sort . |
23 | Well I have n't , it 's just that that people have said , you know , when the permissions available can we see it as soon as possible that was all , I just wondered if that document was available , |
24 | I ca n't see it as clearly as that — and perhaps it 's better not to see clearly — ’ |
25 | And it should be such , drawn so strongly , that your readers will remember it as vividly as anything in any other sort of crime fiction . |
26 | But even the best brakes in the world will not stop you as quickly as hitting something … |
27 | And she does not hear them as well as she did once . |
28 | This will be sent on Monday 29th March , so if you have any comments on it please let me have them as soon as possible . |
29 | ‘ They … will join you as quickly as possible . ’ |
30 | I 'll join him as soon as possible . ’ |