Example sentences of "as [pron] [modal v] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I explained as succinctly as I could Archie 's difficulty . |
| 2 | Well , no , you can not breed Killifish as you would Zebra Danios or Angelfish and it 's true that some are best left to the specialist . |
| 3 | He had gone out of her life suddenly and without explanation and try as she might Theresa simply could not get over losing him . |
| 4 | Power did count in the end , though , for try as she might Mills could not contain the might of Italy 's Emanuela Pierantozzi , the European champion , who stood a head taller and reached over with a powerful grip . |
| 5 | People with mental disorder can not act like consumers in the ordinary sense of the word because of the nature of their problems — they can not , for example , forsake the NHS for another service as they might McDonalds for Burger King — but we can , nevertheless , devise ways of listening to what they have to say and ensuring their voices are heard . |
| 6 | Be that as it may Dentdale certainly is , as I have said , the bonniest of all the Dales and Dent village , with its cobbled streets and whitewashed houses , the bonniest of all the Dale villages . |