Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] be [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the only other guidance necessary is to say : be as funny as it is in you to be but be careful not to go too far . |
| 2 | Memet did not contradict her , for , fond as he was of her , he had no intention of marrying her . |
| 3 | Admittedly there 's nothing else as inane as the tale of Froggie and Miss Mousey among the 13 tracks on Good As I Been To You ( Columbia ) — but neither is there anything actually written by Dylan . |
| 4 | But it 's the difference between the wheezing , cracked , crumbling voice on ‘ Good As I Been To You ’ and the supine , delicate wonderment of Young 's voice on ‘ Harvest Moon ’ which marks the astonishing chasm between the two albums . |
| 5 | As long as it were worth it ! |
| 6 | As long as I am with you , I can be sure that you will not be led astray by the demon drink . ’ |
| 7 | You know I 'd be happy on a bicycle as long as I was with you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ As long as I 'm with you , I can face anything , ’ she said simply . |
| 9 | ‘ As long as you 're with me , you 'll be safe . ’ |
| 10 | She had given herself totally up to him , and did not care what happened to her as long as she was with him . |
| 11 | ‘ Nor should one forget the ignis fatuus , familiar as it is to us all . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Not as rare as it is for you to meet a woman who wants to be there . ’ |
| 13 | I will therefore , sir , dear as you are to me , give up your person to the happier , to my worthier rival . |
| 14 | " It was as hard for me to keep quiet as it was for them , " Brown Owl , Mrs Sheila Scott , told the Southampton and District WWF Group Chairman , Geoffrey Cockrell , when he went along to one of their cheerful , noisy meetings in July to receive a cheque for WWF . |
| 15 | Poor Lucy , he 's a dreadful embarrassment to her , nearly as bad as she is to him . ’ |