Example sentences of "as she [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , cling as she might to the bolster she had taken with her to stop her screams , she could not stop shaking . |
| 2 | So indeed should the woman for she is to submit to her husband as she would to the Lord himself . |
| 3 | She was not quite as neat as she used to be . |
| 4 | She 's not as cool as she used to be , you know . |
| 5 | PRINCESS Diana came as close as she could to commenting on her marriage break-up yesterday when she made a public vow to continue working for her charities . |
| 6 | She , meanwhile , devoted herself to selling as many of her husband 's works as she could to various publishers , including J. A. André of Offenbach am Main , and Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig . |
| 7 | ‘ We looked round , and there was Anna , crawling as fast as she could to me . |
| 8 | Guiltily she ran down the bouncing shallow steps , jarring them as hard as she could to off-balance the last man on his feet . |
| 9 | There was no clear path , she was just winding through trees and keeping as close as she could to the direction he had shown . |
| 10 | For a while , Jem manages to restrict Scout who does n't realise how serious everything is and wants to run to Atticus , but eventually she breaks free and runs as fast as she can to him . |