Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] as [adv] as possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | I need to speak to Governor Nicholson about them as soon as possible , do you understand ? ’ |
| 2 | But when the great general of the Civil War , Oliver Cromwell , lost his temper with the Rump Parliament for trying to monopolize power , and made himself supreme instead , he regretted this war between Protestant countries and set out to make peace between them as soon as possible . |
| 3 | Cautiously , the Doctor approached the central circle of pillars , slipping between them as quietly as possible , despite the fact that there was no one around . |
| 4 | • Several tasks are required to be performed simultaneously and the subject is required to distribute his time between them as efficiently as possible . |
| 5 | Then she said : ‘ So you see , I 'm making myself as unpleasant as I can — and I assure you I can ! — to make them want to get rid of me as soon as possible . ’ |
| 6 | Then the other one , whom your sister thinks must be the owner of the farm , apologized for a ‘ case of mistaken identity ’ , as he called it , and got rid of me as quickly as possible . |
| 7 | We can not ignore , therefore , the possibility of our oil tax revenues running out or reducing , and it is important to find ways of becoming independent of them as soon as possible . |
| 8 | So , er , I 'm sure we all know them , how to stop them coming , or get rid of them as soon as possible . |
| 9 | Think about the shape of the flowers that you are pressing and try to place the blotting paper on top of them as carefully as possible to ensure that they will lie flat under the weights , because once they are permanently pressed you can not start again . |
| 10 | To the uninitiated it might seem that the shunters are engaged in a game of hide-and-seek with the trucks ; they appear to scatter them all over the yard , as if their object were to separate many of them as completely as possible . |
| 11 | In some cases it can be difficult or even impossible to find texts again ( for example if the text is a lecture , or a television programme ) , but you should still keep details of them as fully as possible , so that your reader knows exactly where ideas or words come from . |
| 12 | Fig 99 C is sailing in A's dirty wind and must get out of it as soon as possible by either tacking or bearing away . |
| 13 | ‘ Maybe she just panicked for the moment , wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible . ’ |
| 14 | If that golf-club was used to attack Alain , the killer would want to get rid of it as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 15 | We 'll get it cleared for you as soon as possible . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't feel jealous or bitter , although I must admit , I 'm relishing the thought of running the 100m against him as soon as possible . ’ |
| 17 | He shut the door behind him as quietly as possible . |
| 18 | If any of you are teaching groups who could be included in the sponsored system , please get in touch with me as soon as possible . |
| 19 | There had been so much else to do : such as leaving a brief note for Julie , and also contacting her office to explain the problem and that she 'd be in touch with them as soon as possible . |
| 20 | Provided that they have done so , and that the child has been matched with them as carefully as possible so that they can best meet his or her needs , their situation is likely to be no different from that of any other family with teenagers . |
| 21 | Yeah , but if you would just like to fill in a form , we will be with you as soon as possible |
| 22 | You 're here to do a job , get on with it as unemotionally as possible . |
| 23 | Still , she had brought it upon herself , and must go through with it as cheerfully as possible . |
| 24 | Everything here seemed so unreal that I had to come to terms with it as soon as possible , so that I can begin work . |
| 25 | But I want to get on with it as soon as possible , to see if there 's anything to identify him . |
| 26 | If your child is ill , try to think about that separately from your other problems , and to deal with it as rationally as possible . |
| 27 | Given the CEGB 's assertion that it might take ‘ decades or even centuries ’ for soils to recover , Robert Jones MP wanted to know , ‘ is that not all the more reason for getting on with it as quickly as possible and on as wide a scale as possible ? , |
| 28 | That I support the addition that that we that we should get on with it as quickly as possible and I suppose also that I regret the support that the request for an extra thirty seven thousand or whatever it is pounds in order to enable that to be carried out . |
| 29 | If so , we want to hear from you as quickly as possible . |
| 30 | I ran away from him as fast as possible , and did not stop until I found myself in some fields . |