Example sentences of "as [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure you would be amused if you could see me struggling to do such a basic ‘ computer thing ’ as merely use it as a word processor ! |
| 2 | The ocean provided a bountiful supply of fresh food and , together with the forests inland , provided all the raw materials necessary to reap the harvest , as well as jealously guard it . |
| 3 | THE LAST 10 days or so have not so much shaken the world as utterly changed it . |
| 4 | These have been colour coded as above to help you identify when they are available . |
| 5 | But it bothered her , because Naylor You'll-do-as-I-say Massingham had as good as just told her that either she shut up and went along with everything he said , even to the extent of pretending to be engaged to him , or he would dismiss her ! |
| 6 | If we 're adding a positive number , so if I say add plus three to a number , it 's the same as just adding them , okay ? |
| 7 | If this is deposited in an open bin or refuse sack , the dog may steal the wrapping , taking it through the house , and causing a mess , as well as finally eating it . |
| 8 | No one knows who first made this ingenious invention , although as already indicated it was probably towards the end of the thirteenth century . |
| 9 | Richard was quite correct , as technically speaking they were all in harbour , in addressing them by the names of their craft . |
| 10 | ‘ Fine , fine , ’ Fabia as quickly assured her , all she needed to know about Cara and Barney there in her mother 's question . |
| 11 | Claims that Retin-A worked by provoking a mild irritation and swelling in the skin , as well as permanently sensitising it , could not be easily dismissed . |
| 12 | His sisters were still at home , unwilling as ever to comprehend him , only making him feel oafish , prematurely old , unclean . |
| 13 | He can picture the woman to whom he is relating , as uncomplicatedly wanting him , her desire being to satisfy his . |
| 14 | The camera then as always gave him a major problem . |
| 15 | Though it is a sensitive plant , it is quite a good one to grow , as once established it will develop into a sturdy cluster which will last for many years . |
| 16 | They do n't look a bad colour as though do they ? |
| 17 | As well as often mis-clubbing him I might forget to put in a clean towel in the bag or something like that . |
| 18 | ‘ For my part I do not think that the House of Lords in that case had in mind the special position in the administration of justice of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Crown Prosecution Service or would have been prepared to extend the effect of the orders of a civil court in such a way as indirectly to bind them in the performance of their duties in relation to the criminal law and before the criminal courts in circumstances in which they had not sought and may not have wished for an order for discovery . |
| 19 | For the fates as surely directed you to me as they directed my feet this morning to a path I never took before . |
| 20 | She chose you , and she can as well abandon you if she chooses , and you had better be on your guard in future , for she wo n't put up with another such turmoil upsetting her established rule . |
| 21 | As a result , the British can write novels and plays , even produce an occasional world-class painter but , when it comes to cinema , they might as well forget it . |
| 22 | I thought : No one is going to find me attractive , because I 've got one leg , so I might as well forget it . |
| 23 | You know the problem with putters , if they do n't feel right as soon as you pick 'em up and swing them , you might as well forget it . |
| 24 | So might as well forget it . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've still got one horse , ’ said Crane glumly , ‘ but we might as well eat it for it 'll carry none of us . ’ |
| 26 | I did cos I thought well if nobody else was eating it , I might as well eat it . |
| 27 | I mean we might as well pitch it now . |
| 28 | Section er , I was very surprised indeed that er Hilary asking for a review of the service because in fact all one 's experience and I am sure as well tells us that this is a success story , it is something that petition after petition that we 've asking to keep it that way , shows that it is one of the services that the County provides which is very much appreciated by the recipients and we ca n't say that in all County Councils ' services but you can say it about er the section seventeen and I think you ought to acknowledge that Chairman . |
| 29 | He continues crunchingly : ‘ You might as well advise them to win a gold medal in the Olympic 100 metres . |
| 30 | It 's going to happen , so you might as well tell them . |