Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb mod] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt and slid my arms under Harry 's and with my feet slipping on the muddy bottom yanked him upwards as fiercely as I could and found him still stuck and yanked again twice more with increasing desperation until finally whatever had been holding him released its grasp and he came shooting to the surface , only to begin falling sluggishly back again as a dead weight . |
| 2 | " I shall have to pull up as near as I can and let you out , said Woodie . |
| 3 | I mean I think that 's extremely important to allow children to erm you know play things out in the best way that they which is in a sense their way of coming to terms with things erm and to answer their questions as honestly as I can and to admit it when I do n't know the answers erm and also , I mean in our family we 've taken various actions to try to stop the war and we 've , you know , taken part in demonstrations and written letters and erm |
| 4 | Make your sandwiches look as attractive as you can and show them to your leaders before you eat them ! |
| 5 | You get as close to it as you can and get your brother out while we deal with the hijackers . ’ |
| 6 | Then put as much of a stretch on them as you can and move them apart and backwards , as if you were swimming . ’ |
| 7 | Do as many as you can and record your steps . |
| 8 | Repeat as many times as you can and record your steps . |
| 9 | The name of the game is to hit the guy as hard as you can and to protect yourself at all times . |
| 10 | Arch your back as high as you can and drop your head . |
| 11 | Turning , she hobbled back to her room as fast as she could and took her jewel box out of the drawer . |
| 12 | She flew out of bed , out of the room , across the landing , down the stairs , treading as heavily as she could and wishing she had hobnailed bats on instead of bare feet ! |
| 13 | Moving her arms to his neck , she clasped him as tight as she could and gave him back kiss for kiss . |
| 14 | After the meal she escaped as soon as she could and found herself walking up the stairs with Mitch . |
| 15 | The old man dropped the line and put his foot on it and lifted the harpoon as high as he could and drove it down with all his strength , and more strength he had just summoned , into the fish 's side just behind the great chest fill that rose high in the air to the altitude of the man 's chest . |
| 16 | He told Beattie to climb as high as he could and watch what happened , but not to join in the fighting . |
| 17 | In competition a sailor has to perform a three minute routine , performing as many tricks as he can and linking them together with a smooth flowing act . |