Example sentences of "would [verb] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Because if you did , you 'd know as well as I that any youngsters growing up in that sort of background learn from a relatively early age all the joys of hotel life — like being called upon to wash sinkloads of dishes when the dishwasher packs up — or to change dozens of beds when the chambermaid calls in sick . |
2 | Such aid would commence as soon as possible and would continue in 1991 . |
3 | The sky was low and pregnant with rain which would fall as soon as the wind dropped . |
4 | Once informed of this , Ershad had little option but to announce his forthcoming resignation , which he did late on Dec. 4 , saying that he would resign as soon as the opposition had nominated an interim president who would replace him and supervise elections . |
5 | Walesa , who attended this session , said afterwards that in order to prove that the new constitution had not been tailor-made for him he would resign as soon as it came into force . |
6 | The sharp miniature flakes that covered the rock like fish scales cut into my finger tips and felt as though they would break as soon as I placed a toe on them . |
7 | The Weavers ' Company would do as well as any other in the circumstances , especially since his cousins , as silk weavers , were already members of it . |
8 | ‘ If it comes to it , ’ he said , ‘ a sand-filled sock would do as well as anything . |
9 | In an interview with the South African Communication Service broadcast on May 21 , Foreign Minister Amr Mohammed Moussa of Egypt expressed hope that co-operation with South Africa would begin as soon as a political settlement was negotiated . |
10 | Cow-dung is said to make the mixture more pliable : without it the plaster would crack as soon as it was dry . |
11 | Jack had gone to India soon afterwards , and although Susan wore no ring they were definitely engaged , and everyone took it for granted that they would marry as soon as circumstances would permit . |
12 | Very often we are only interested in θ satisfying θ ≤ U. In this case we would stop as soon as a tableau is reached in which θ ≥ U. |
13 | At this Maria Candida , who had been listening on the stairs , let out a wail of joy at the thought that she would be seeing Portugal again ; Leonora went to embrace her daughter and whisper her blessings , while Gerald , who knew when he was beaten and was never any good in emotional situations , announced that he had important business in the castle yard , and would return as soon as he had attended to it . |
14 | So do you think that the would happen as soon as the coffin got to the house ? |
15 | On 30 September Mountbatten had listened to an exposition of the situation by Captain J.P.H. Perks of the Dutch navy who informed Supremo that : ‘ The Indonesian forces were not organised , that … all resistance would collapse as soon as the Allied forces appeared . |
16 | His buffaloes , some ten in number , were straggling up towards the road and he said he would leave as soon as they had grazed up to where he was sitting . |
17 | For example , a " compare for equality " between two vectors of store locations would cease as soon as an unequal pair was found . |
18 | ‘ Celia see sea , ’ the child would lisp as soon as she awoke . |