Example sentences of "as you could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are the limestone arres , and as unwelcoming a site as you could think of for a new resort . |
| 2 | And you know that at the same time as you could clout them you 'd actually die for them also if it came to the point . |
| 3 | HOLLAND 'S only commercial reactor at Borssele is just about as ordinary a nuclear power plant as you could expect to find : 477 megawatts , 10 years old and saddled with a 20-year contract to supply electricity to the neighbouring Pechiney aluminium smelter at a third of the present going rate . |
| 4 | His detached look at the phenomenon and at his feelings at the proximity of such a western icon were as much as you could expect . |
| 5 | Noting the somewhat limited kinds of talk generated , the teacher commented that this no doubt reflected the limitations of the activities themselves : ‘ That 's about as much as you could expect to get out of them . ’ |
| 6 | " As well as you could expect , I guess . " |
| 7 | That 's what holidays were for — looking at your toes , wandering on the beach , hours of sitting and staring , standing and staring , lying as long as you could bear in the sun with eyes closed . |
| 8 | As quick as you could leave ? |
| 9 | It 's only a tiny little dinghy , two people in there is about as much as you could manage . |
| 10 | We , I used to move around a lot on those days as you could do really speaking because I was n't old enough to be under the Essential Works Order you see , and er I was by the time I went into the army it was 1946 so er the war was over . |
| 11 | I mean , alright , we know you 're handling large lumps of money , but when you think of it , if you , if you , borrowed it at a different rate , you know , same rate as you could do finance , 'cos which I think the government could do it and make a profit at it . |
| 12 | No they was , used to cut it up smaller so as you could handle it . |
| 13 | Cos when the well as soon as you could walk in the summer er you know when weather permitting my mam 'd take us down on the beach there and , Here you are , sink or swim in you 'd go into the water . |
| 14 | But as soon as you could walk , then they 'd throw you in then watching you every minute . |
| 15 | PP : As far as you could tell , were there any other factors which contributed to her death ? |
| 16 | ‘ Free rock'n'roll in the park every weekend with naked girls everywhere , and as much pussy as you could eat . ’ |
| 17 | Each summer and Christmas , there was a party held for every member of the TA unit and their girlfriends and wives ; the price of the ticket included food and as much as you could drink . |
| 18 | Wicker , wickerwork basket the one had got a top on and er the big one which I had a hundred and forty loaves , I did n't have a top on but you had a waterproof sheet that you put over the top of that , but er the small ones had a lid on was hinged , hinged lid you could fold it backwards , as far as you could empty it and er what they used to do coming down Road you used to give it a good push and then jump on the back and freewheel down past what is now Lane er is that convenience still on , in those days the was a gents toilet , a public convenience where you went down steps , you were actually apart from the urinals there was toilets as well there . |
| 19 | ‘ It was as far as you could go in Moyne . |
| 20 | But that was as far as you could go and often he became in a rather dubious position himself through doing that sort of thing . |
| 21 | A water fountain and it used to have little cups all the way round as you could go and have a drink . |
| 22 | North , South , East and West , as far as you could go . |
| 23 | Gremlins is essentially a text adventure , following the original plot as closely as you could hope for . |
| 24 | However , after extensive playtesting it turned out that P2 is as enjoyable as you could hope for … and beats the living daylights out of 90% of all other games in this category . |
| 25 | Over the years the plants have moved around to wherever suits them best , so that the effect is almost as natural as you could hope for in an aquarium . |
| 26 | That apart , the book is as encyclopaedic a work on homebuilding and homebuilts as you could hope to find , as befits the fastest growing sector of general aviation , and the one where the greatest innovation is now to be found . |
| 27 | As nice a chap as you could hope to meet . |
| 28 | Make sure you do n't put the ice directly on the skin as you could burn the area — wrap it in a tea towel or an old shirt first . |
| 29 | The seedlings , upright as bishops , are as free-fruiting and close-branched as you could wish for . |
| 30 | Its engine was American , its assembly was completed in America , it would n't have happened without Shelby 's American dream , but underneath it all the Shelby AC Cobra was a British a sports car as you could wish to see . |