Example sentences of "it [adv prt] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd lay it on as gently as he could , and when she came round she would n't even remember how it had happened . |
| 2 | fill it in as neatly as possible ( do a rough copy first if you need to ) ; |
| 3 | She slammed it down as hard as she could on her opponent 's head . |
| 4 | Make sure that the pattern is straight and gently feed it down as far as it will go . |
| 5 | I want it over as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 6 | Alternatively , and conversely , it may be recognized that the end goal will not be achieved without a period of turbulence , and the pace of change may actually be accelerated , to get it over as quickly as possible . |
| 7 | If the rail was surface-mounted , simply lever it off as gently as you can using packing between lever and wall to protect the plaster . |
| 8 | We fixed it up as well as we could — which was n't well but it did give us both somewhere to live away from our parents , a first real taste of independence . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll get flung off in a minute , but keep it up as long as possible . ’ |
| 10 | Once the umbilical cord has broken , the stump should be dusted or sprayed with antibiotic to dry it up as quickly as possible . |
| 11 | ‘ I want you to recall the label of said underpants , summon it up as fully as you possibly can . |
| 12 | I confess that I ladled it out as liberally as anybody . |
| 13 | Phoned Moira and told her I wanted it out as soon as possible ; if she would n't have it I would find someone who would . |
| 14 | So , as soon as Microsoft launches the operating system in mid-June , Informix will be straight there with its standard engine — it is ‘ in our customers interests to get it out as soon as possible ’ , he said . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The one thing that seems to be doing now is to string it out as long as possible . |
| 17 | We do not appear to have received this year 's Statistics Form with details of your classes , and would be very grateful if you could send it back as soon as possible . |
| 18 | Then to push it back as violently as possible . |
| 19 | He slipped the matchbox under the netting and pushed it back as far as it would go . |
| 20 | Abel Goumba of the Front patriotique oubanguien — Parti du travail said that the " regime appears to be using stalling tactics to push it back as far as possible " and that the opposition would increase its activities to press for the conference to be convened earlier . |
| 21 | I seem to have taken it about as far as I can but can find no reason for the existence of the two command files in conventional memory as shown on the enclosed printout . |