Example sentences of "at [pron] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.

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1 A formidable West Indian nurse bellows at me as sure as the rooster himself .
2 The weather and the course were at their most benign as Fulton Allem , of South Africa , made himself at home on his first appearance at Augusta .
3 The daughter 's relationship with her mother is at its most intense as she prepares to give birth herself and , in a sense , to step into her mother 's shoes .
4 In the poem you are about to hear , the famous poet , William Wordsworth tells us that the day we lose the ability to marvel at something as wonderful as a rainbow , we lose something very important .
5 But even as fury blazed like an inferno within her , she knew it was directed at herself as much as at him .
6 You ca n't chat with someone who is senile , and when she wets herself I shout at her as much as she once shouted at me . ’
7 The way he was looking at her as much as the words and tone struck a personal note , and she regarded him uncertainly , unsure of what he was saying , or asking .
8 That way people could stare at him as much as they wanted to and as much as he wanted them to ; then at the crucial moment he would lift his face and turn those famous eyes on his chosen suitor for the evening .
9 You shout at us as much as you like , if it eases you . ’
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