Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] know [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | He was being serious , or as serious as he knows how . |
2 | ‘ As long as they know where I am and who with . ’ |
3 | Emily said over him , ’ as long as one knows where things are going , do n't you find ? ’ |
4 | As long as we know where it is . |
5 | As long as we know now that it works . |
6 | He could n't care less what I do as long as he knows where I am . |
7 | I mean , you know , if I said I was going to an orgy he 'd say , ‘ Oh , all right , as long as I know where you are ’ . |
8 | ‘ I 'm all right as long as I know where things are going , but it 's not on a par with planning a legal argument . ’ |
9 | As long as I know where it is . |
10 | Cos also , I do n't mind , mind going on public transport as long as I know how to get there . |
11 | The area is best avoided at night-time but during the day should be safe as long as you know where you are going stop en route . |
12 | I saw a Mummy examined that had been embalmed for 2,000 years ; the embalmer had taken out all the Viscera of the head , Thorax and Abdomen and cut all the flesh off the bones , and the cavities of the Thorax & Abdomen were filled up with Tar , Pitch & c and the form of the leg , Thigh & c were altogether made up of linen Rags dipp 'd in Tar , Pitch , & c so that I have an Opinion that they were allow 'd to carry the dead Body home by pretending to embalm it to preserve the Flesh & c , but you see they either buried or burnt the Flesh : this art always ‘ till lately appeared to me ridiculous as I know how soon putrefaction took place after Death ; since that time I have often thought it would be pleasing if we could fall upon a method of preserving dead Bodies & I thought that mankind in general would wish to have the Bodies of their Friends & c Preserved . |
13 | He had declined , trying to be as tactful as he knew how . |