Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [adv] [conj] possible [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I thought that it was probably some stupid village prank , but that I 'd better get in as soon as possible in case something odd was happening .
2 This is obtainable from the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food and you must ask for a form to fill in as early as possible before the trip .
3 First , EEC agriculture must be made more efficient and competitive , with the objective being to get down as near as possible to the marketplace and world prices , however they are defined .
4 Keeping your knees flat on the floor , bring your head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible with elbows pointing outwards .
5 Whenever she said to him , ‘ But , Norman — do n't you want to sit in it , like other people ? ’ he would reply , rather grandly , ‘ A garden , my dear , is a place for passing through as quickly as possible on the way to the pub . ’
6 How has a Montpellier fishwife so mastered the art of composition that with her basket of fish for the bouillabaisse she is presenting a picture of such splendour that instead of going to look at the famous collection of paintings in the Musée Fabre you drive off as fast as possible to the coast to order a dish cooked with just such fish ?
7 Mildred squeezed through the gap and set off as fast as possible along the corridor and down the spiral staircase to the yard .
8 The knees must come up as fast as possible to waist height .
9 Laura insisted that they be made up as near as possible in the original manner , from the cutting and colouring to the hand-sewn hems ; historical accuracy was to be paramount .
10 The best thing for them to do would be likewise to get their profits up as far as possible above the datum line .
11 Finding the roads almost traffic free , I decided to push on as quickly as possible towards the harsh and romantic west coast .
12 Quotations in verse should be indented , like long quotations , and laid out as closely as possible to the original .
13 Erm Amy said could you find out as soon as possible about your church person , erm , because she 's got to get somebody else if they 're no good and er Elsie 's going to find out .
14 The law relating to family settlements was therefore concerned with the ways in which limited interests could be created in favour of various members of the family , stretching out as far as possible into the future .
15 The thin man returned to his earlier plan that they should cut loose the horses and make their way back as inconspicuously as possible by the paths and game-tracks .
16 So having got back to Egypt ( and he was being harried from one end of the Western Desert to the other by Rommel ) Boyce found himself in a caravan which was his headquarters and also where he lived when he received an order to hare back as fast as possible to El Alamein .
17 The Ness is shallow and peaceful , and the murmur of its flowing falls plaintively on the ear , in sympathy with the song of the birds , and the summer tintings of the trees , and the musings of those who seem to love each turning in the paths ; while the waters of the rapids of Niagara make the onlooker hold back his breath , and keep back as far as possible from the wild leaping of the swift-rushing waters .
18 So Alice refused all offers of alcohol from the solicitous hostess in First Class , rejected the proffered magazines , donned her eyepads , and lay back as far as possible in what the airline liked to call her armchair .
19 Exporters , on the other hand , will hold back as long as possible before shipping their exports : if the rate does fall , they will earn more sterling per dollar 's worth of exports .
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