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 . |