Example sentences of "back as [adv] [conj] possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will get a job and pay you back as soon as possible . |
| 2 | And in any case they wanted them back as soon as possible , and there would be the interest to pay . |
| 3 | The flower spikes are also cream and green and the flowers blue , but these should be cut back as soon as possible to encourage more of those huge basal leaves to develop . |
| 4 | I 'm just concerned about his injury and I hope he 's back as soon as possible . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I picked up my teeth from the pitch and wanted to play on , but a dental consultant from the crowd advised me to have them put back as soon as possible ’ — JAMES CHANDLER ( Bedford wing ) after the Pilkington Cup home defeat by Harlequins when he was alleged to have been punched by an England flanker . |
| 6 | I thought that , if I 'd just come from the Sahara to here , I 'd head back as soon as possible , family duties or not . |
| 7 | ‘ Valerie , ’ he said to me , ‘ I 'll have to take these two to my mother again , ’ at which the little ones set up an ungrateful wail , ‘ but I 'll be back as soon as possible . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'd better get you back as soon as possible , ’ said Grimma . |
| 9 | ‘ Obviously you should get back as soon as possible . ’ |
| 10 | If you have to go out to earn a living or live up to commitments and promises you should aim to get back as soon as possible . |
| 11 | We do not appear to have received this year 's Statistics Form with details of your classes , and would be very grateful if you could send it back as soon as possible . |
| 12 | The thin man returned to his earlier plan that they should cut loose the horses and make their way back as inconspicuously as possible by the paths and game-tracks . |
| 13 | So having got back to Egypt ( and he was being harried from one end of the Western Desert to the other by Rommel ) Boyce found himself in a caravan which was his headquarters and also where he lived when he received an order to hare back as fast as possible to El Alamein . |
| 14 | ‘ The way we conceded goals at Coventry was very hard to take and I 'm looking for us to bounce back as quickly as possible . |
| 15 | We shall come back as quickly as possible and take you to the Hall . |
| 16 | The Ness is shallow and peaceful , and the murmur of its flowing falls plaintively on the ear , in sympathy with the song of the birds , and the summer tintings of the trees , and the musings of those who seem to love each turning in the paths ; while the waters of the rapids of Niagara make the onlooker hold back his breath , and keep back as far as possible from the wild leaping of the swift-rushing waters . |
| 17 | Another area used in attack is the ball of the foot , whose effectiveness depends upon the toes being bent back as far as possible . |
| 18 | So Alice refused all offers of alcohol from the solicitous hostess in First Class , rejected the proffered magazines , donned her eyepads , and lay back as far as possible in what the airline liked to call her armchair . |
| 19 | Abel Goumba of the Front patriotique oubanguien — Parti du travail said that the " regime appears to be using stalling tactics to push it back as far as possible " and that the opposition would increase its activities to press for the conference to be convened earlier . |
| 20 | Then to push it back as violently as possible . |
| 21 | Exporters , on the other hand , will hold back as long as possible before shipping their exports : if the rate does fall , they will earn more sterling per dollar 's worth of exports . |