Example sentences of "[det] as [pron] could [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The studio thinks Vic 's a genius and gave him as much as they could until the insurance boys dug their heels in over big-name leads falling out of a canoe and then they went down the list and found a couple of guys the industry could afford to lose . |
| 2 | After decades of trying to become big competitors , they were determined to learn as much as they could as suppliers to America 's Boeing , the world 's biggest civil-aircraft maker , and then to stand on their own . |
| 3 | I had n't realized just how much I 'd got out of the swing of things but everyone helped as much as they could and I soon adjusted back again . |
| 4 | He went about his work mechanically , withdrawing from contact with other children as much as he could but aware of a subtle shift in the groundswell of opinion around him . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd put in as much as I could and got out as much as possible at YPN . |
| 6 | " Going in I just planned to observe , " Waggoner explains , " to experience as much as I could and to watch closely . " |
| 7 | It was a case of grabbing first and taking as much as you could before your neighbour pulled the dish away from you . |
| 8 | But she avoided Matthew as much as she could and had no wish to come in contact with Bunny Chaloner . |