Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principle of interchangeable parts did not catch on in British industry as fast as it did in the American gun industry ; Colt 's revolvers were the great examples of what became known as the American system of manufacture . |
| 2 | She crouched at the firebox , shooting the wood into its mouth as quickly as it came , then cowered back from the sudden heat as the blaze was roused again . |
| 3 | Darwin 's concept of evolution may hold water as far as it goes , but without the inclusion of an omnipotent ‘ Master Mind ’ , working from outside to plan the possibility of purposeful development , it makes no sense to me at all . |
| 4 | To counter this , water is secreted into a contractile vacuole as fast as it enters the amoeba . |
| 5 | An old potter regretted that machinery did not transform his trade as early as it did that of cotton . |
| 6 | But his words had deflated Robbie 's anger as suddenly as it had blown up . |
| 7 | Newcastle 's death in 1768 merely removed the most accomplished practitioner of the system ; the word ‘ party ’ only had political significance as far as it related to the following of great magnates . |
| 8 | His prong began to thrust in and out of her like a greased piston , and she found it slipped up her arse as often as it penetrated her vagina . |
| 9 | It has widespread support in the House as far as it goes , but missing is legislation to protect against victimisation . |