Example sentences of "with as [det] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I doubt it , ’ Lucy said with as much calm as she could muster , trying to ignore the surge of misery growing within her . |
| 2 | He thinks he can play spoof , but I usually come out of the pub legless with as much money as I went in with . |
| 3 | A small frown drew her brows together and she arched back to look at him with as much objectivity as she could summon up . |
| 4 | The words were invested with as much sarcasm as she could muster . |
| 5 | Of course we were supplied with as much milk as we wanted , plenty of milk . |
| 6 | With as much robustness as he could spare , he said that he did n't think the director had meant to be flippant . |
| 7 | Shivers running through her , she said with as much insouciance as she could muster , ‘ I 'm very tired , and it 's work tomorrow . |
| 8 | Better carry off an embarrassing situation with as much panache as she could muster . |
| 9 | D'Arcy smiled with as much charm as he could muster . |
| 10 | ‘ The chalets are kept for group bookings , ’ Lucy explained with as much patience as she could muster . |
| 11 | Standing up slowly , she faced him with as much composure as she could muster . |
| 12 | ‘ What are dialectics ? ’ said Anthony , looking for his agent 's kit-bag and make-up case on the baggage trolley at Frankfurt Airport and speaking with as much truculence as he could ever muster . |
| 13 | ‘ Not exactly , ’ she answered at last with as much honesty as she could without giving anything away . |
| 14 | To make the best use of Windows you will need at least a 386SX based computer with as much memory as you can afford . |
| 15 | She eyed , with as much dispassion as she could muster , the broad athlete 's physique of the man opposite her across the white-clothed table . |
| 16 | Stifling her impatience , Shannon waited another half-hour , then , moving with as much stealth as she could muster , pulled on a jacket , slung the hold-all over her shoulder , and tiptoed quietly towards the door . |
| 17 | You 'll need to tune string 6 down to D and then pick , pull-off and hammer-on with as much percussiveness as you can muster . |
| 18 | He marched out into the corridor with as much aplomb as he could muster . |
| 19 | ‘ What are you doing here ? ’ she asked with as much control as she could muster . |
| 20 | He turned and walked from the dressing room with as much control as he could muster . |
| 21 | ‘ All right , ’ I had said listlessly , disconcerting my mother considerably , since I was perfectly aware that she had expected me to turn down this preposterous proposal with as much intractability as I had turned down the others . |
| 22 | He was determined to regain as much of his former abilities as he could and each time he began his rehabilitation with as much vigour as he could muster . |
| 23 | He was determined to regain as much of his former abilities as he could and each time he began his rehabilitation with as much vigour as he could muster . |
| 24 | In some ways he was a throw-back to another era when golfers swung the golf club rather than tried to hit the ball with as much power as they could command . |
| 25 | Help them to like what they see and to accept it with as much encouragement as you can give . |
| 26 | " Enjoy what you do in it and treat it with as much care as you do your home . " |
| 27 | My book shows that Modigliani was not that gloomy pessimist of morbid temperament who ‘ destroyed himself with as much care as he put into constructing his talent ’ , but that he never doubted his worth nor the imminence of success . |
| 28 | ‘ You do n't mind my using the house as if it were my own ? ’ he cried with as much boisterousness as he could muster , waving the bottle like a flag . |
| 29 | I did n't mean no harm , ’ tightening her grip with as much fervour as she held the loaf . |
| 30 | ‘ If you believe that , sir , ’ said Mark with as much politeness as he could muster , ‘ you will naturally not share the concern I have expressed in my papers . |