Example sentences of "[pron] came as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I came as fast as I could . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I came as quickly as I could . |
| 3 | They came as quickly as they went . |
| 4 | He was mostly on the defensive and , towards the end , he came as near as possible to resignation , but throughout he gave remarkably little ground on either issue . |
| 5 | To do Haverford justice , he was n't altogether happy about his lack of rapport with his daughter ; at times he came as near as he ever could to feeling guilty about it . |