Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] as she could " in BNC.

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1 She seemed to assess their position and then go quickly back to the carrion as if she was very hungry and sought to take as much of it as she could before the crows reached her .
2 It was because she knew that before the month was out she would have said a permanent goodbye to him that she was greedy to spend as much time with him as she could now .
3 Roxie drew herself into the corner as if she wanted to get as far away from them as she could .
4 She backed away quickly and stood as far from him as she could , cringing like a dog , her tail clamped down hard , her nostrils dilated with fear .
5 Though she was huddled in the corner as far from him as she could get , the car was n't very big , and every time they went round a corner his thigh and shoulder pressed against hers .
6 It looked dangerous and alien , and suddenly she wanted to get as far from it as she could .
7 Her developmental difficulties made this particularly bad for her as she could not generate imaginative ‘ healthy ’ play .
8 But she gave as much to me as she could .
9 She only knew she wanted to get as close to him as she could .
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