Example sentences of "his [noun sg] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He brought back his foot as far as it would go and channelled all its hydraulic power into a forceful throw . |
| 2 | We had to get him telling his story as soon as possible . |
| 3 | He said this in his firm business voice , not his usually listless home voice , and she accepted his direction as readily as one of his mechanics would have done . |
| 4 | The unthinking Christian may believe his faith as unthinkingly as the unthinking pagan . |
| 5 | Isabel needed his protection as far as Winchester , and if he did n't have those answers before they arrived he would keep her under restraint until he unlocked every secret she possessed . |
| 6 | The knight had to swerve at the last moment to avoid a head-on collision with his opponent , but at the same time he had to couch his lance to his side as tightly as possible with his hand and under his arm so that the lance blow was struck with all the weight and momentum of his horse behind it , for if in swerving aside he moved his hand or used his arm to thrust at his opponent then a blow delivered in this manner would have no effect whatever . |
| 7 | You have to make sure every time that the patient takes his weight as evenly as possible on both legs , with his trunk and arms in the right position . |
| 8 | The gaoler was appointed , made his living as best as he could from bribes , favours , anxious relatives and profits from the already meagre food allocation — and was allowed to get on with it . |
| 9 | I would make the most accom-plished tart , as well as Hero 's Muse , I thought , as I relieved his tension as expertly as a doctor lancing a boil . |
| 10 | He got up from his seat as quickly as his thick furs and old muscles would allow , kicked some slates and books out of his way across the glass floor and started inspecting a pillar a few metres away . |
| 11 | But when you 're a £2.5m striker who 's living up to his price-tag as spectacularly as he has done , there are always going to be people out to bring you down a peg or two . |
| 12 | To ensure an employee becomes effective in his work as soon as possible , briefing on the areas mentioned above is most important but no matter how much business information is provided in advance , the expatriate can not give full attention to his work if he or members of his family suffer culture shock as a result of living in a strange environment . |
| 13 | His painting gives us much pleasure — he did splendidly to find his way so well with his painting — and I am sure that he must have responded to being appreciated for his work as well as for his teaching . |
| 14 | Like Kenneth Horne , he had to take his work as seriously as though he were about to play Macbeth — and he did , every trouser-dropping , each double-entendre reciting , any nasal-sounding ‘ stop messing about ’ moment . |
| 15 | The question — or was it a demand — shocked him out of his fantasy as crudely as if , unprovoked , she had suddenly slapped his face . |
| 16 | He was hoping , no doubt , to be told that Mr Wilcox was n't in yet , so that he could leave a message for Vic to ring back , thus putting him on the defensive , knowing that his divisional chief knew that he , Vic , had n't been at his desk as early as him , Stuart Baxter . |
| 17 | Sir , I have been with my master for twenty years and I know his appearance as well as I know my own . |
| 18 | They ground into her soft lips brutally , his hands , his body as hard as iron and totally merciless . |
| 19 | On hearing of his death Viscount Aimar and Geoffrey de Lusignan left Limoges in order to accompany his body as far as Grandmont . |
| 20 | It was not an original word , but it made his point as far as Alfred was concerned . |
| 21 | Louis sniffed into it , dabbing the end of his nose as precisely as a dentist drying a cavity . |
| 22 | As the pasta drained , he gave the sauce a quick blast on the ring , and we ate in the middle of his room as enjoyably as in a trattoria . |
| 23 | James 's parents , who before yesterday 's hearing had pleaded for calm , appealed to be allowed to hold his funeral as soon as possible . |
| 24 | Alexei inclined his head as far as the collar of his coat would allow . |
| 25 | She drove it into the side of his head as hard as she could , hearing a crack as she smashed his temporal bone . |
| 26 | Tommy Grant placed the big , round , iron , copper-lined sugar pan on the side of the stove , straightened his back as far as it would go ; then , turning to the bench , he pointed to the five tin trays of liquid toffee , saying , ‘ That should give us a fresh start in the mornin' , miss . |
| 27 | They are conceding almost twice as many points per game as they did in 1991 and quarterback Stan Gelbaugh is not moving his offense as efficiently as last year . |
| 28 | I know he did n't fit into his parish as well as he would have liked . |
| 29 | Then he climbed into the Land Rover beside his two passengers and drove off fast , with the aim of abandoning Jamie to the custody of his aunt as quickly as possible . |
| 30 | Johnny Miller pointed out that Ballesteros was still a young man , but was older than his age as far as the game is concerned . |