Example sentences of "as [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The sight had brought her as swiftly out of the house as a child who sees the ice-cream van .
2 But in Morocco even that was not seen as totally out of the question .
3 The aristocracy may not have done as well out of the change as its authors planned .
4 It is essential to fit wind generators as well out of the way as possible : on the aft pulpit , for example .
5 The plastic the French company uses for its interior trimmings is not of high quality and looks brittle and cheap , and in most places it sounds not to be screwed as tightly down as the designers originally intended .
6 Muhayaa won the Wood Ditton Stakes for newcomers without convincing anyone that he is as yet out of the ordinary .
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