Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adv] as possible [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd have let him get in as deep as possible and then started the pressure … |
| 2 | But — there it was , and I began to go down as quickly as possible but with difficulty , for there was almost a metre between rungs . |
| 3 | He was getting back quicker than I thought because he is quite a tall guy , so I had to knock the stumps down as quickly as possible and the quickest way to get there was through the air — and I took it . ’ |
| 4 | They were asked to write their statements down as quickly as possible and to answer as though describing themselves to themselves rather than to anybody else . |
| 5 | Fall down and crawl left under the wall , push the crate left onto the button and jump up through the roof , go up , left , up on the lift , right , and then fall down , go under the lift and go left to collect the object , go right , up on the lift , left under the wall , up through the roof , up , left , up on the lift , left , push the crate left onto the button , go left along the conveyor belt , go left and collect the battery , now go down as far as possible and enter the door to complete the level . |
| 6 | The Captain tried to slide the back window down as unobtrusively as possible when the young Sub-lieutenant sitting beside the driver began to choke . |
| 7 | It was necessary to get this over as soon as possible and then leave . |
| 8 | ‘ Most of us just hope this will be over as quickly as possible and that the Americans go home , ’ a diplomat said . |
| 9 | With every nerve straining to turn tail and run , she 'd backed away as quietly as possible and once she was out of earshot raced back down to the beach to find the tide had turned . |
| 10 | Consulate staff in Riyadh confirm Mr Devine wants to get home as soon as possible so he wo n't appeal , although back in Britain , his MP is pressing the Foreign Office to intervene . |
| 11 | Tomorrow she would go home as early as possible and she would never see him again . |
| 12 | Whenever liquids or greases are used during maintenance , all excess spillages must be cleared up as quickly as possible and before the equipment is put back into operation . |
| 13 | When they were ready , send a messenger back to bring over the remainder , who would endeavour to ride on and past as silently as possible and form the barrier between town and castle . |
| 14 | JIT is not , therefore , just a way of reducing stock , but implies a commitment to total waste avoidance , removal of bottlenecks and total quality control — i.e. getting the product out as soon as possible and right first time . |
| 15 | Where the pointing needs renewing , the old pointing must be dug out as deep as possible as frost tends to lift shallow layers of cement . |
| 16 | Well erm you kept it out as long as possible but the weather spoilt it and the more you turned it , the bla blacker it came . |
| 17 | Bett and I also like to ‘ dine ’ out as often as possible and we now know some very good and cheap pub lunches around South Lancs and North Cheshire ( not to mention Greater Manchester and Merseyside ) . |
| 18 | We shall come back as quickly as possible and take you to the Hall . |
| 19 | The traditional approach , essential before the days of high-powered computers , was to proceed algebraically as far as possible and resort to numerical integration only when there was no alternative ; the Blasius profile integration again provides an example . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , Piper , he wants you to get yourself , and your bagpipes , over there as soon as possible and play him a tune . |
| 21 | Extend the top leg forwards as far as possible and then stretch it forwards and back 30 times , moving it about 3ins ( 7.6cm ) each time . |
| 22 | Extend the top leg forwards as far as possible and then stretch it forwards and back 30 times , moving it about 3 ins ( 7.6cm ) each time . |
| 23 | Extend the top leg forwards as far as possible and then stretch it forwards and back 35 times , moving it about 3ins ( 7.6cm ) each time . |
| 24 | Extend the top leg forwards as far as possible and then stretch it forwards and back 35 times , moving it 3ins ( 7.6cm ) each time . |
| 25 | Extend the top leg forwards as far as possible and then stretch it forwards and back 35 times , each time moving it 3ins ( 7.6cm ) . |
| 26 | Extend the top leg forwards as far as possible and then stretch it forwards and back 35 times , moving it 3 ins ( 7.6 cm ) each time . |
| 27 | Extend the top leg forwards as far as possible and then stretch it forwards and back 35 times , each time moving it 3ins ( 7.6cm ) . |
| 28 | Extend the top leg forwards as far as possible and then stretch it forwards and back 40 times , each time moving it 3ins ( 7.6cm ) . |
| 29 | We should be most grateful if you could let us have your thoughts either as soon as possible or by the next QT day ( September 21st ) . |