Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [adv] as possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stayed out of the way as much as he could , and Sandy mentioned him as infrequently as possible . |
| 2 | He had asked her what was happening and she told him as truthfully as possible . |
| 3 | He went to the garage door and opened it as quietly as possible . |
| 4 | The man who 's watching him followed him as near as possible to the mountain the first time but he could n't go any further without being seen — the same problem we had with Scano 's boy yesterday . |
| 5 | There was nothing to be gained by worrying further , so he settled himself as comfortably as possible against the trunk of the tree . |
| 6 | He was not a tall man and was soon almost dwarfed by his five lively , wryly humorous sons , who avoided him as far as possible and could not leave home soon enough . |
| 7 | He gave a cynical laugh , mooched around the abandoned jetty until he found a piece of wood about the right length , wedged it as politely as possible in the gap between the lid and the box , and pulled out one of the flat packages . |
| 8 | One minute he was talking about Leeds struggling against Wimbledon because they hoof it into the air , next minute that Wimbledon do/can play some nice football , the very next statement that they always just kicked it as hard as possible into the air . |
| 9 | I was up till three o'clock in the morning , very often , getting these prepared because they wanted them as quickly as possible , you know and er er it was the same when I , I do n't know when |
| 10 | No you did n't , you said you wanted it as soon as possible , and so far , I 'm afraid , it just has n't been possible . |
| 11 | No you did n't , you just said you wanted it as soon as possible , and so far I 'm afraid it just has n't been possible . |