Example sentences of "been [vb pp] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says that warnings should have been given as soon as the terrorists made their threats . |
| 2 | But in fact it was the docking crew as a whole who were at fault , because the platform 's progress towards the support cradle should have been halted as soon as it passed completely through the field , so that earthing and other safety procedures could be instigated . |
| 3 | It answered the question he had asked himself and told him that the bones of a very young child had been found as well as those of a young woman . |
| 4 | If the razor was on top of the heap , he would have been cut as soon as he touched it . |
| 5 | Did this , he was asked yesterday , mean that the economy had not been managed as well as it might have been during the Thatcher years ? |