Example sentences of "her [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1576 , she insisted that her new Archbishop of Canterbury , Edmund Grindal , should suppress prophesyings , and when he disobeyed and challenged her right as supreme governor to decide on the matter , she suspended him from office . |
| 2 | We used to mark her up special on the calendar ; and we took care to make a right good job of her : we took an extra lot of trouble with her shoes so we could keep her away as long as we could . |
| 3 | A sense of fatalism kept her still as long legs in thigh-hugging jeans were lowered on to the chair . |
| 4 | I 'll hold her off as long as I can . |
| 5 | I 'll try to keep her here as long as I can if it will help . ’ |
| 6 | He held her tightly as violent tremors ran through her slender body . |
| 7 | He thought he 'd like to see her again as long as she did n't whinge too much about sexism . |