Example sentences of "as [pron] [modal v] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I watched the distant cloud from the explosion drift away over the firth , dispersing , then I turned and ran as fast as I could for the house . |
| 2 | It 's rather like a Ford Granada ; you can buy the basic version or you can pay almost as much as you would for a Jaguar and get the Ghia version . |
| 3 | Cut out each letter of the phrase and hide them in or around the house and in other places , as you would for a scavenger hunt . |
| 4 | With the stake firmed in the hole , hold the tree up with a simple string loop , and plant it just as you would for a bush — except that , without the bud to go by , you will have to look carefully for the soil ‘ tide mark ’ where it was growing in the nursery and finish off to that height , with the standard stem about 1½–2 inches ( 4–5cm ) from the stake . |
| 5 | Clearly you would n't write in the same way for the Sun as you would for the Times or the Financial Times or the Guardian , or the Cambridge local paper . |
| 6 | Note that when you are acting for a seller of registered land ( unlike unregistered ) , the plan attached to the transfer must be signed by the seller alone , and not by the seller 's agent — not even by the seller 's conveyancer as you can for a buyer . |
| 7 | Get as many as you can for the trade figures . |
| 8 | The brindle hounds , John Deverill 's speciality and obsession , stood well to order at one side of the drive with the whippers-in waiting as patiently as they could for the order to move off . |
| 9 | I think it 's cos they 're student doctors , you know , they like to prescribe as much as they can for the students ! |
| 10 | In some cases , vibrational progressions may be observed , and careful analysis of the nature of the vibrations involved can give us an idea of both the symmetry and any changes in structure associated with the transition , just as it can for a band in a valence photoelectron spectrum ( Section 6.6.2 ) . |
| 11 | His energy revived , Richard was now intent on keeping Victoria 's company as much to himself as he could for the rest of the day . |
| 12 | Using highly mobile soldiers to avoid battle , Bruce used the physical geography of Scotland to make conditions as difficult as he could for the English who , risking starvation and ambush , had to be very careful not to overstretch themselves and to keep open their lines of communication as best they could through the control of castles , in particular the vital one at Stirling , which dominated the lowest point at which the river Forth could be crossed by bridge . |
| 13 | He had groomed himself as best as he could for the interview . |
| 14 | He made as swiftly as he could for the foyer . |