Example sentences of "as he could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took as many arrows as he could carry and , holding his bow with an arrow ready notched , set off down the track after the verderers . |
| 2 | He had even suppressed , as he could do at will , the brightness of his amber eyes . |
| 3 | The man on the stand , who also looked as he could do with the loan of a GII , was proffering a petition to passers-by . |
| 4 | He just got dormitory accommodation and as much food as he could eat . |
| 5 | Stewart told us that Whaddon 's offer of a free bus pass and as many pizza slices as he could eat if he signed for the club was ‘ frankly , insulting ’ . |
| 6 | And it can be a hazardous time for the male — usually much smaller than the female — as he could end up as a meal if he 's not careful . |
| 7 | His confinement was not over-rigorous , as ‘ the worthy jailer Smith ’ took him out for a walk while he was there ; and by 30th August he was back at home in Ambleside , having found Anne and the children as well as he could expect . |
| 8 | And that 's a pity as he could expect to open his international goal account against tiny San Marino . |
| 9 | Lying under that police car just now , he knew he had gone down about as far as he could go , had expected to be caught , done for . |
| 10 | His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go . |
| 11 | Like someone pulling a blanket over his head and defying nature to do its worst , he sank and pushed himself down as far as he could go . |
| 12 | But having let himself sink as far as he could go , he began to rise and with such gathering force and fury that he not only routed all who had disbelieved in him , he left even the believers agape . |
| 13 | He had gone as far as he could go . |
| 14 | Gabriel shook his head furiously ; then hurried back to the Mason as fast as he could go without spilling the liquor . |
| 15 | Paddington could hardly believe his ears and he hurried back outside as fast as he could go but once again he was too late . |
| 16 | As soon as he could walk he would be taught to ride , for horse-riding was inseparable from high social rank . |
| 17 | And you know from as soon as he could walk it was explained to him you know , that you must walk and not and |
| 18 | Chris Sharpe , a smiling , sensitive biologist from Leeds , here for as long as he could stay to study primates , passed the test easily . |
| 19 | As long as he could avoid this seasonal parasite , he would live forever . |
| 20 | As we approached Tromsø the snow grew thicker and Nathan asked , as casually as he could manage , whether they would clear the runway . |
| 21 | When he was a couple of streets away from the pensione Aldo tore up the letter into pieces as small as he could manage and dropped them in the gutter . |
| 22 | It was as near to a compliment as he could manage . |
| 23 | She had taken to him from the first , and he to her , perhaps , on his part , because she had given him some hot mutton broth and let him eat as much bread as he could manage , which had been half a loaf ; and then she had rigged him out in odd things . |
| 24 | Pascoe kept back his exasperation with difficulty and put his thoughts as mildly as he could manage . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got that letter , ’ he said as jovially as he could manage . |
| 26 | Dougal forced it downwards , as nearly vertically as he could manage . |
| 27 | ‘ Right then , ’ he said as diffidently as he could manage . |
| 28 | ‘ Die , then , ’ said the Loremaster , as kindly as he could manage . |
| 29 | With this aim in mind , he bought as many teach-yourself-photography books as he could lay his hands on , and read them all avidly . |
| 30 | Doubtless a rich merchant escaping with as much treasure as he could lay frantic hands on . |