Example sentences of "[vb infin] as [adv] as he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Culley tracked left and found him again , startled by the way the image was drawn to stand before him , as if his voice must be heard , as if the man must see as clearly as he was seen — Levis , stetson , a loose shirt ; a rifle cradled in one arm . |
| 2 | But having let himself sink as far as he could go , he began to rise and with such gathering force and fury that he not only routed all who had disbelieved in him , he left even the believers agape . |
| 3 | She 'd never seen anyone move as fast as he did when he put poor old Dan Pearson on his back . |
| 4 | After the election I am sure any enthusiasm he shows for this issue will disappear as quickly as he will . |
| 5 | In so doing he may come as near as he can ever hope to an understanding of war as people of the late Middle Ages knew it , no easy task even in the most favourable conditions , but one which can not be attempted with any hope of success without a proper appreciation of the many threads which make up history . |
| 6 | If Jason Peake can regularly play as well as he did on his debut on loan from Filbert Street on Saturday , Pool need to sign him quickly . |
| 7 | He would complain as loudly as he would in the midst of a ‘ Carry On ’ situation , and he would talk about it endlessly , but he would do it . |
| 8 | No one imagined that Mr Bush would intervene as abruptly as he did , or that Mr Kaifu would go off to Palm Springs without so much as a by-your-leave to the party barons . |