Example sentences of "[verb] as [adv] as [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm willing to abide by all laws — and I 'll try to persuade other Romanies to do the same , but I 'm not likely to succeed until my people can see these laws protecting as well as persecuting them . ’ |
| 2 | But I totally disagree with what she said in that erm yesterday I sat glued to the television most of the day , really to keep myself up to date on what was going on , erm I also have a baby but I managed to keep him occupied as well as take him out for a walk and give him his lunch and what have you . |
| 3 | Again , it 's vital not to overheat the liquid because it will curdle as well as lose its taste . |
| 4 | It was a dispiriting affair , and since the material was being auctioned on behalf of the gallery 's creditors , there were no reserves and auctioneer Ian Mackenzie was forced to lower as well as raise his bids in order to find buyers for each of 144 lots which raised £97,070 ( $166,300 ) . |
| 5 | It must therefore help learners when they listen to a foreign language if they can see as well as hear what is going on . |
| 6 | off the skin er these ones a you know as well as helping you to sleep , |
| 7 | That is another reason for keeping your head up , so that such people can see your lips moving as well as hearing what you are saying . |
| 8 | They hired the first agent , ‘ Digs ’ , of Oxford Street , to manage as well as to let their flat . |
| 9 | She was terrified that one day he might try some moral blackmail and pretend he had come to love as well as respect her . |
| 10 | But groups of people are identified not just by language and food , but by location , appearance , kinship , mythology , tradition , custom , music , clothing , symbols , rituals and all the details of everyday life , and all these characteristics serve to unite as well as divide them . |
| 11 | ‘ Famous research on American longshoremen , who worked 14 hours a day loading ships , and who smoked and drank as well as sweating their guts out , showed they were at low risk from cardiac problems and that severe exercise can protect against heart disease . |
| 12 | Words are in many ways the tools of thought ; they are what the individual uses to formulate as well as express his ideas . |
| 13 | However , other activities are useful , well-designed and clearly related to the textual information , and there is a recurring insistence that learners try to evaluate the processes they are using as well as setting them in action as a means to an end . |
| 14 | I presume you 're saving up to get married as well as helping your mother ? |
| 15 | Pupils do ask questions of truth , do seek to establish moral foundations for their lives , do quest for a spirituality which will assuage their own sense of rootlessness and hunger for meaning as well as teach them how to live compassionately and courageously on our fragile planet . |