Example sentences of "as [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prince , who took his force into Wales from Chester in good tight order , and at every mile ensured his lines behind him , was on his guard against his own instinctive enthusiasm as well as against Welsh armies , and knew enough about them by this time to feel no surprise that he should probe ever more deeply and carefully into North Wales , and never touch hands with anything more than a darting patrol , gone almost as soon as sighted . |
| 2 | For example , if we had desired to add to P1 , we could , instead , have added C , but then , as soon as became non-basic ( after the first pivot ) , drop and its column . |
| 3 | I 'd piss on an ancestor as soon as trace one . |
| 4 | They were too faint to see properly , and gone as soon as seen . |
| 5 | The brothers had not been told , only Radulfus , Prior Robert , Hugh and I knew of it , leaving out of consideration Cynric 's boy , who runs errands faithfully , but barely understands what he delivers , and forgets his embassage as soon as done and rewarded . |
| 6 | The ‘ presents ’ and the ‘ gifts ’ were those we exchanged daily when we were writing poetry together — presents which , unlike those of my childhood , did not break as soon as touched . |
| 7 | Alianor wished the words unspoken as soon as uttered . |
| 8 | Some findings may prompt the investors to terminate negotiations and so should be reported as soon as discovered . |
| 9 | Just happened to be there and he , he , he was telling the meeting that when he 's canvassing , going door to door , he , he knows as soon as walking up the drive whether there 's someone in or not . |
| 10 | But I got twe so that Mark blamed it on me but I 'd sussed it , as soon as starts tramping |
| 11 | ask all the basic questions as soon as learnt , i.e. " What is this ? " ( always having something new to show ) , " What is she doing ? " , |
| 12 | Libraries both public and institutional are disposing of books without any public debate , apart from a few over-heated outbursts in local newspapers and professional journals , forgotten as soon as read and never taken seriously . |
| 13 | My great aim is to give you a periodical which you will not throw aside as soon as read , but which you will value and look over years hence as an old familiar friend , when you may be battling with the realities of life under the suns of India , in the backwoods of Canada or the United States , or the grassy downs of Australia , over the wide Ocean among the isles of the Pacific , or on the distant shores of Columbia . |
| 14 | If no loss has been suffered by the client , and the matter resolved as soon as spotted , why should this be a disciplinary matter , reported to all and sundry ? |
| 15 | he 's er cut up , as soon as comes in the morning he likes a piece of toast . |
| 16 | Eckstein found that the best educated had access to the most rewarding jobs , ‘ but because such jobs are not expanding as rapidly as schooling , education in itself provides no guaranteed job ’ . |
| 17 | So although positivist criminology did concern itself with social and economic conditions , in a way that classical criminology did not , it mostly ended up just as timid-looking as far as drawing ‘ corrective ’ conclusions was concerned . |
| 18 | A study of different ways to burn up plutonium by America 's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory came out against such clevernesses , at least as far as using up America 's surplus plutonium is concerned ( though it did recommend more research into a few ) . |
| 19 | Varnish stains : as well as using dyes , wood can also be coloured using varnish stains . |
| 20 | Anyway Malcolm quickly agreed to the terms on the lease and Steve and I moved in , living there as well as using it as a rehearsal room . |
| 21 | As well as using the presence of an aberrant p53 gene as a marker for rigorous treatment , doctors think it will be possible to develop drugs to block its activity . |
| 22 | As well as using up adrenaline you may also need to relax muscles which have stiffened up because of tension . |
| 23 | For example , the typical credit card agreement allows the holder to draw cash from the issuing bank ( unrestricted-use , debtor-creditor ) , as well as using it for restricted-use , debtor-creditor-supplier transactions . |
| 24 | For example , to commemorate a wood anniversary , as well as using a wooden frame , you could make a collage with pressed pieces of bark from a variety of trees . |
| 25 | To achieve this , we believe in the personal touch , as well as using computer technology . |
| 26 | A 3179G emulation will enable users to display 3179G graphics applications from an IBM host as well as using windows for current applications . |
| 27 | This time I used a grey Ingres paper and left it exposed in parts of the sky , as well as using it as an undertone to modify the colour put over it elsewhere . |
| 28 | Of considerable importance , it was agreed that governments should develop medium-term economic objectives and projections for their economies which were mutually consistent , as well as using ‘ performance indicators ’ to determine whether there were significant deviations from an intended course that required remedial action . |
| 29 | As well as using the equivalent of ‘ which ’ to establish linkage , as in ‘ receiving the request which one of the parties presented to it ’ , the following verb is further suffixed for pronominal reference ( literally : ‘ which one of the parties presented-it-masculine to it-feminine ’ ) . |
| 30 | There 's nothing stopping you putting your own small ads in local papers and newsagents ' windows , as well as using an estate agent . |