Example sentences of "his [noun pl] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard dragged his prisoners as far as Aixe , drowned some in the River Vienne , put others to the sword and blinded the rest . |
| 2 | ‘ It seems likely that you were the last person to see Glynn alive , apart from his murderer , but at the moment I am more interested in what you can tell me about him — the sort of man he was — and about his friends and his enemies as far as you can . |
| 3 | No way was she falling in with his plans as easily as that ! |
| 4 | There is a good illustration here of how Gassendi 's attacks do not take his opponents as seriously as might be . |
| 5 | ‘ You may find this job a little … unusual , ’ he said , choosing his words as carefully as he picked his way through stacks of jerrycans , bundles of wire , and anonymous green sacks . |
| 6 | When these are violated in his painting , it is because the pictorial theory involved conflicted with his intensely visual and empirical approach , and with his desire to reconstruct the three-dimensional form of his subjects as fully as possible . |
| 7 | I helped him sit down on the one centre thwart and arranged his legs as comfortably as possible , Harry cursing and wincing by turns . |
| 8 | The strange boy whistled , and put his arms into his pockets as far as the big coat sleeves would allow him . |
| 9 | ‘ He has had a sad time looking for work in London and intends to go back to the North-East with his parents as soon as possible , ’ said David Martin , defending . |
| 10 | He left home as early as possible , did well in his career and visited his parents as seldom as possible . |
| 11 | Similarly , Freeman argued , in relation to unskilled labour , that ‘ uneducative ’ employment was unavoidable and , therefore , it was necessary that ‘ the intelligence and character of the adolescent be trained outside the workshop ’ : ‘ We can not train for a trade , but we can enable the worker to do his duties as thoroughly as possible ’ ; such training would give a ‘ familiarity ’ with ‘ ordinary tools ’ and ‘ simple machines ’ , a grounding in ‘ mechanics ’ and ‘ competent draughtsmanship ’ . |
| 12 | Unsurprisingly , Zeng 's childhood was not a happy one , and he played truant from his persecutors as often as he could . |
| 13 | Wordsworth had been exhausted by his efforts as early as 1804 ( see Ode to Duty ) , and he would probably have returned to conventional pieties and religion even if his brother 's death had not accelerated to process . |
| 14 | They brought him in after dark to their hearths , and answered his questions as well as they could ; and soon they spoke of Master Harry Talvace , drawing up the image of him slowly out of the well of memory . |
| 15 | Or was she overestimating his feelings as far as she was concerned ? |
| 16 | The Profitboss works his consultants as hard as himself , selecting only those he 'd have in his team if they were n't consultants . |
| 17 | He lay still until the pain had subsided again to a dull ache , then let his eyes examine his surroundings as far as was possible without moving his head . |
| 18 | Up in the balcony Jock Lennox applauded , and some of Rafferty 's regulars laughed as Paddy gathered the little child up in his arms as easily as his heavy vestments would allow him . |
| 19 | He had carried her in his arms as naturally as if he had been doing so for years , and she had felt right there . |
| 20 | The best laughs are earned by a fine supporting cast , including Alison Fiske as an acerbic Mrs Pearce , and Michael Bryant , one of the best actors in London , as Alfred Doolittle , stealing his scenes as shamelessly as his character extracts money from Professor Higgins . |
| 21 | Tugging the cuffs down over his hands as far as they would go , he worked his cuffed wrists down his back and round his behind . |
| 22 | Pascoe kept back his exasperation with difficulty and put his thoughts as mildly as he could manage . |
| 23 | She forced herself to meet his gaze , to admit the truth of his accusations as openly as she could . |