Example sentences of "as [pron] [modal v] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , sweet traitor , you clung to my hand as you would to a lover . ’ |
| 2 | In one regrettable case , which I myself witnessed , it had become an established sport in the house for guests to ring for the butler and put to him random questions of the order of , say , who had won the Derby in such and such a year , rather as one might to a Memory Man at the music hall . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll spell it out for you , ’ he said as gently as one would to a young child . |
| 4 | We lost ours a long time ago , but some people are still clinging to it , as they would to a piece of wreckage , in the hope that it will remain afloat . |
| 5 | A spark can just as easily set light to your clothes as it can to a dryer full of washing . |
| 6 | The formulation of restraints upon State activities through the adoption ( often by consensus ) of Resolutions and Codes of Conduct within international organisations makes it hard for a State to claim non-party status , as it can to a treaty it has not ratified . |