Example sentences of "as i [modal v] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its my own personal opinion that the only true love and er I have to honestly say I 've never heard love here defined as I would as the totally unconditional love that happens between a woman and a child , probably from the moment of birth that bonds them through life , that 's the only love that I could ever admit to . |
| 2 | I ran away as fast as I could along the pavement . |
| 3 | ‘ If someone came and pinched my bum on the escalator I 'd k-i-c-k him as far as I could down the escalator , ’ Topaz responded with gusto . |
| 4 | I said nothing , but turned away and walked as quickly as I could towards the stairs and down to the student canteen in the basement . |
| 5 | I then severed the last piece of shaft as close as I could to the head , and again found nothing untoward . |
| 6 | The only way I could do this was to make myself as familiar as I could to the members of the schools . |
| 7 | And I walked as normally as I could into the playground , my private pain overcome for fear of discovery . |
| 8 | And Gregory : ‘ I found it a tremendously exciting challenge to depict the past as convincingly as I could for the mass-market audience of today . ’ |
| 9 | I watched the distant cloud from the explosion drift away over the firth , dispersing , then I turned and ran as fast as I could for the house . |
| 10 | So just at the last moment as the ladder began to sweep that way I just pushed as er hard as I could in the air , and the wardrobe flew up into the air in that direction , the ladder flew off in that direction , I flew off in this direction |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll tell you in God 's good time , as I will about the secret instructions dear Uncle gave me at Hampton Court . ’ |
| 12 | I will run as quickly as I can through the minutes of the last meeting just raising those things which still have to be actioned . |
| 13 | I 'll have I 'll have hopefully described them as as much as I can over the erm over the phone but er and of course the brochure . |
| 14 | ‘ I want to get as high as I am able to , and to contribute as much as I can to the team . |
| 15 | I run fast as I can at the window , but it still wo n't break . |
| 16 | So you make er you know we 've my I would have explained as much as I can on the phone exactly how we operate . |
| 17 | I sweep the rod back as much as I can in the confined space and , although the fish is rather small at about 1¼lb , it kicks up quite a fuss and there is nothing I can do to stop it splashing . |
| 18 | To this end I have already started talking to as many people as I can in the local area , with some good response , but now wish to approach a wider audience — hence the appeal to you . |
| 19 | MH : I get over as soon as I can in the morning and work here all day . |
| 20 | ‘ I still enjoy scoring and I 'll try to do it as much as I can from the middle . |