Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took such action as they could to prevent further distribution . |
| 2 | Scott 's first letter had been an appalling error , and it would seem sufficient reason why Donaldson should suggest reversing the decision to award him the Gold Medal , but Scott , when drafting his Recollections in later years , looked for further motives behind Donaldson 's action as he could not ‘ reconcile it with the character and generosity which Donaldson has usually evinced ’ . |
| 3 | But I was kind of forced into that because it was only bass and guitar and I was trying to do as much rhythm as I could , but stab a few notes in here and there to make it sound like there was more than there really was . |
| 4 | It embarrassed him to be sitting so close to the rector 's wife and he kept as far to the side as he could so that no one would think he was enjoying her company . |
| 5 | The bowmen slipped backwards from tree to tree , fitting and shooting as they could , the lancers aimed for the men rather than the horses , and brought down three in the first onslaught . |
| 6 | Its engine was American , its assembly was completed in America , it would n't have happened without Shelby 's American dream , but underneath it all the Shelby AC Cobra was a British a sports car as you could wish to see . |
| 7 | Holding the gipsy girl 's hand , Carrie answered as many of the questions that crowded Anna 's confused mind as she could . |
| 8 | As she caught the jagged edges of skin together with as delicate a stitch as she could — the patient was a young woman , and a scar was the last thing she would want — Shelley said , ‘ That roundabout is terribly dangerous . |
| 9 | It was as clear an indication as he could ever have wished for that Hope was not primarily interested in the immense dowry . |
| 10 | It was as near to a compliment as he could manage . |
| 11 | Thereafter Anselm gave him such aid as he could against the despoilers of his see among the Norman barons who had recently penetrated into southern Wales as far as Pembroke . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm just curious , ’ I said with as much innocence as I could muster , ‘ but of course , if you 're scared of the place … ’ |
| 13 | It was as green a light as you could get for the never-ending demands for U-turns from Mr Gould , followed by several Shadow Cabinet colleagues . |
| 14 | If it is inevitable that the over-mighty Hun is to be in the driving seat of European security and defence policies , would it not be more honest and dignified if these matters were decided by a majority vote as we could then at least honestly state our position ? |
| 15 | If you are sailing in this curved air flow you can not sail as close to the wind as you could if you had been in clear wind . |
| 16 | The South Metropolitan undertook such maintenance as they could in Sutton depôt . |
| 17 | He marched out into the corridor with as much aplomb as he could muster . |
| 18 | Then he let his head fall to her breasts , taking each as far into his mouth as he could and teasing the nipples with his tongue . |
| 19 | The house band and the musical instruments he gathers together here — drawn variously from the ranks of primitive innovator Harry Partch and his disciple Tom Waits — are as far from normal as you can get , as far from easy listening as you could be and go right to the psychic core of the Mingus muse . |
| 20 | She wo n't be as damaged by you dashing her dream as you could be by continuing with something that makes you ill . |
| 21 | Was it fear of not being able to perform as well at this new skill as they could with the composing-stick ? |
| 22 | Ramsay explained that his lordship 's goodbrother , the Earl of Moray , had desired to see his sister the Countess whilst in the vicinity , as was but natural ; and while there , they had learned that the defences of the castle were being strengthened , in view of possible attack by the English , and they had offered such small help as they could in this excellent work in the realm 's interest . |
| 23 | Shivers running through her , she said with as much insouciance as she could muster , ‘ I 'm very tired , and it 's work tomorrow . |
| 24 | When considering these ideas we saw , in Sir Edward Coke 's idea of the law as ‘ the golden metwand ’ and his articulation of the ‘ artificial reason ’ of the common law , as clear an expression of the ancient conception of the rule of law as one could expect to find . |
| 25 | The yen 's rise could help trim the trade surplus in the long run as it could make U.S. exporters more competitive , although in the short-term that could help lift the amount of exports in dollar terms from Japan . |
| 26 | At that time erm , I was a commercial traveller and Harlow was part of my district and they reluctantly accepted the fact that because I was a commercial traveller working in Harlow that I actually did work in Harlow which was stretching a point , but I really think that the Development Corporation 's officials were getting a little tired of my being able to talk their own language and to write letters in the same vein as they could write , they were n't used to this , and , at any rate , as I said earlier we got here . |
| 27 | Behind him the landlord backed away as far along the bar as he could . |
| 28 | And that 's a pity as he could expect to open his international goal account against tiny San Marino . |
| 29 | As much a sport as you could call erm |
| 30 | As a result of the considerable experience with percutaneous cholecystolithotomy , it was thought that these problems could be rapidly solved and the technique established to replace percutaneous cholecystolithotomy as it could be performed under local anaesthaesia by the transhepatic route and a postprocedural drain could be avoided . |