Example sentences of "as [adv] [conj] [noun prp] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 For as long as Ruth could remember , huge red roses had sprawled across the kitchen walls , fading gradually to a sandy brown against the yellowed background .
2 It had hung in Maggie 's bedroom for as long as Phoebe could remember : she had not looked at it properly for years .
3 Each month , for as long as Peter could remember , she had gone through the bank statement and done the accounts .
4 Fighting will continue for as long as UNITA can smuggle in supplies , most of which are thought to reach the rebels by way of Zaire .
5 His hair had been white for as long as Burun could remember , but this was the first time his age had seemed to affect his behaviour .
6 Lizzie Stroud had been Great-Aunt Alicia 's maid for as long as Sara could remember .
7 For as long as Sinitta can recall , she has owned a dog .
8 Prices have gone up and up for as long as Texas can remember .
9 She lifted down the big suitcase from the top of the wardrobe , and , placing it on the bed , began to fill it , folding the garments as carefully as Isabelle would have done .
10 Because , as far as Juliet could see , there were two ways in which Donna could have received her AB blood group .
11 The old man said they were love songs he had written when young , but they seemed to be by Robert Burns as far as Nigel could remember .
12 As far as Trent could see , there was no reason at all .
13 The girl had returned earlier , and prematurely , from the hunt , but was not around as far as Tallis could see .
14 As far as Jenna could see there was nothing there .
15 Still , as far as Pete could tell , asleep .
16 As far as Lorton could tell , Dougal had n't done a bunk .
17 The psychiatrist was called Mr Rose and was , as far as Marcus could remember from time to time , medium in height , medium brown in colouring and with a medium tenor voice when he spoke , which was infrequently .
18 There were a few guards scattered to the side of the road , all armed , no more than six or seven as far as Adam could make out .
19 I would not be interested in leaving Middlesbrough until I have got Middlesbrough as far as Middlesbrough can go . ’
20 Mahmud , as far as Robert could make out , was offering the fat boy a ten-pound note for them .
21 There were , as far as Robert could tell , no other members of the British Mission for Islamic Purity , the organization the doctor claimed to represent .
22 Some of them , as far as Robert could tell , were completely unaware that Dr Ahmed Ali had officially decreed they were no longer worthy to share the planet with him .
23 It meant , as far as Robert could tell , a kind of consensus .
24 And as far as Greg could judge there were a great many writers who had found a place in the book who were quite as obscure or more so — poets whose flame had died with the end of the war , one-off playwrights whose experimental verse dramas had caused no more than a ripple of interest even in their own time .
25 The police were all , as far as Henry could see , totally incompetent .
26 Young had , as far as Henry could remember , been sent to Broadmoor .
27 As far as Henry could remember they gave advice over the phone .
28 Young had , as far as Henry could remember , suggested the antidote for one of his victims himself .
29 Donald seemed to be describing the bad old days before Mrs Thatcher , as far as Henry could see .
30 He looked at Huy — as far as Huy could tell : it was more an impression of being looked at , and there was no reading the expression in the eyes — but spoke to Merymose without preamble .
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