Example sentences of "as [adv] as [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heffers ' sales were up 6 or 7% on last December : ‘ Christmas was n't marvellous , but it did n't turn out as badly as one feared it might , ’ reported Mark Wait . |
| 2 | God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’ |
| 3 | He ran his hand the length of her spine , making her aware that he wanted her as badly as she wanted him , and for a wild moment she could see no reason why they should n't make love . |
| 4 | The Intifada was perhaps the most convincing refutation ever of the time- honoured , complacent dogma that ‘ the status quo can last as long as we want it to . ’ |
| 5 | He then astonished us by lending us a jeep , with its driver , Abu , for as long as we needed it . |
| 6 | If the relatives are able to go to the mortuary or viewing room and be with the person who has died for as long as they feel it to be necessary , then they are more able to start absorbing the fact of their loved one 's death , because again they have the evidence in front of them . |
| 7 | For as long as they continue they are the issue , rather than a grievance for which many people might instinctively have some sympathy . |
| 8 | Her friends back in London would never have recognised her as the Alyssia Stanley who had dozens of men trailing behind her , and who toyed with them but only for as long as it suited her . |
| 9 | ‘ For as long as it suited you ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Only for as long as it took her to latch on to another driver , ’ Vitor said drily . |
| 11 | He stayed for as long as it took him to finish his beer . |
| 12 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 13 | I stayed in the cafe for as long as I felt I could and then went back outside . |
| 14 | When you have been teaching for as long as I have you 'll realise that it 's no good at all being kind to children . |
| 15 | ‘ Just you bear in mind that you 've got me now , Kate , and you 'll have me for as long as you want me . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , Kate , I 'll be here for you for as long as you want me . |
| 17 | Fry claimed he was sacked by Flashman but the latter responded by saying Fry has a job at Underhill for as long as he wants it . |
| 18 | Nothing could have prepared her for the beauty they had just shared , and she knew that for as long as she lived she would never regret giving herself to this man . |
| 19 | Harry Richardson appalled Anna by offering to lend her Flora 's school fees , interest-free , for as long as she needed them . |
| 20 | So we had to as soon as they come we had to open a trench and heel them in do you see . |
| 21 | Let him go … try and let him go as easily as you let me go . ’ |
| 22 | Rosa slipped out of their bed , and , imagining herself on water , trod as lightly as she could ; her feet left moist imprints on the coldness of the tiled floor which shrivelled up as quickly as she made them , until she too vanished through the door . |
| 23 | Since recessive threats to the money markets occurred in the ‘ big bangs ’ of the 1980s , the enterprise culture has shown it can remove jobs as quickly as it creates them . |
| 24 | Nigel and Rosamund Starmer-Smith 's tragic loss of their daughter , Charlotte , has clearly affected many of you as deeply as it has us . |
| 25 | It was frightening and exhausting for him , and as early as I dared I telephoned the doctor , who came quickly and prescribed Largactil . |
| 26 | They were a best-selling group without real fans , more like the Archies than the Sex Pistols , and they lost significance as rapidly as they gained it . |
| 27 | The heart of the matter is the provision of a physical and social environment through which the members of society may gradually withdraw from it as securely and as worthily as they enter it through the environment of home and education . |
| 28 | Believing , as fervently as they say they believe in their Almighty , that money can make up for anything , even bad taste and bad manners . |
| 29 | Roman de Sciorto appeared to despise her , she decided , almost as thoroughly as she despised him . |
| 30 | You may think I am exaggerating but I am telling you the truth as clearly as I remember it and I remember it very clearly . |