Example sentences of "i [vb past] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I translated as well as I could a Scottish strath with its green basin , and the heather slopes rising from it lost to rabbits and sheep and rock . |
| 2 | I got as far as Grantchester and I thought , fuck it , yes , why not ? |
| 3 | ‘ I got as far as unpacking my summer wear … ! ! ’ |
| 4 | At the Moravian Church we had fine Advent hymns , and once I got as far as Bunyan Meeting and heard theirs . |
| 5 | I got as far as nine . |
| 6 | The only thing that was quite extraordinary was what I found when I got as far as the back premises . |
| 7 | I finished equal fifth and , although I got as far as the final qualifying round for the Open and won through two rounds of the Amateur Championship , that was to be my best result for the year . |
| 8 | When I got as far as the door I dragged myself upright again , turned the handle , and lurched in . |
| 9 | I got as far as Birmingham , and then was called into the manager 's office . |
| 10 | Lastly , I got as far as Mansfield last night , on my way to the Villa match . |
| 11 | I thought I was quite a reasonable driver , I got as far as running at the front in World Sports Car Championships erm finished on the podium several times in International Formula Three erm |
| 12 | Determined to fight , I shouted as loudly as I could . |
| 13 | I shouted as loudly as I could . |
| 14 | ‘ I trained as hard as I could and spend 2½ hours in the gym every day for six months , ’ said Smith , adding confidently , ‘ the winter has done its job . ’ |
| 15 | After the interview I mentioned as casually as I could that as a result of blocked sinuses I had lost my sense of smell ( with the exceptions of petrol , laundry and excrement ) for years , and could he think of any way of restoring it ? |
| 16 | ‘ I came as fast as I could . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I came as quickly as I could . |
| 18 | In the evenings I studied as hard as I could , educating myself for Estella . |
| 19 | I commented as far as I am prepared to a moment ago . |
| 20 | I turned as far as I could without rocking or creaking , but I could n't see him . |
| 21 | My middle daughter , Lal , sweetly and most touchingly offered me one of her kidneys , an offer I declined as decorously as I could . |
| 22 | And I walked as normally as I could into the playground , my private pain overcome for fear of discovery . |
| 23 | I walked as far as Cwmavon . |
| 24 | I walked as far as the castle , where the tram tracks jut out towards the far bank of the Daugava River to show where the bridge was torn away from under them . |
| 25 | ‘ I putted as well as I have all year . ’ |
| 26 | Sometimes 1 would try to withhold my gift of words as the only way I could convey to him that he was withholding something I needed as badly as he needed my poetic ability . |
| 27 | As his huge foot rose over my head , I screamed as loudly as I could . |
| 28 | I went as far as the Galilee Gate , I turned and came back to my church . |
| 29 | I could no longer contain my emotion , but going down on my knees I wept as quietly as I could for quite a long while . |
| 30 | In his preface to The Reformed Pastor he wrote , ‘ I am daily forced to admire how lamentably ignorant many of our people are , that have seemed diligent hearers of me these ten or twelve years , while I spoke as plainly as I was able to speak . |