Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] you [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ballerina series comprises three eating apples , all derived from ‘ Golden Delicious ’ which maybe accounts for their unremarkable flavour , and a very attractive crab called ‘ Maypole ’ which can be left to grow as tall as you like if you do n't want to pick the fruits . |
| 2 | Then you 're given the skis which stand as tall as you do and the butterflies can start fluttering . |
| 3 | You 're not quite as clever as you think and your shortcomings will be all too apparent to a switched-on youngster . |
| 4 | You can be as gruesome as you like if the adventurers really start looking for bits and pieces ! |
| 5 | You can be as elaborate as you like and you will doubtless develop your own style . |
| 6 | ‘ No good changing the subject , ’ her mother said slowly , ‘ do n't go doing anything daft , cariad , this man may be as innocent as you say but his kind use people like us , remember that . ‘ |
| 7 | The bands can be as deep as you like and the whole time you are creating a unique structure . |
| 8 | If you 're as poor as you claim and the money is untouched , who paid for your flight ? ’ |
| 9 | In other words , if you do not receive a first grading , that is as far as you go although you get a written critique , so that you at least know why you did n't make the placings . |
| 10 | They say you 're as young as you feel and I 'm certainly not going to give up on life for a long time to come ! |
| 11 | ‘ Youse can be at the codding , when youse like , ’ he mumbled thickly , ‘ but if this auld one in here — ’ he tapped the coffin with his glass — ‘ if this fella wants to , I tell ye , he 'll be sittin' up as bright as ye like and be givin' us all the ‘ Lark ’ , just as he was doin' that night when — ‘ |