Example sentences of "[adj] as i would [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , we 've made some progress in some areas , but not as much as I would 've liked , although I intend to keep working at it . |
| 2 | It has been difficult while they 've been doing their exams , so we 've not been able to get them together as much as I would have liked . |
| 3 | Not as much as I would have expected , in some ways . ’ |
| 4 | As much as I would like to hand you over to the police , I have no choice but to keep my suspicions to myself . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Well , Robyn , ’ he smiled , ‘ as much as I would like to stay here , chatting with you until the small hours , I 'm afraid I must be off . |
| 6 | ‘ The fifth hurdle was n't quite as smooth as I would have wished , but then I let go from the 200 metres mark . |
| 7 | ‘ The fifth hurdle was n't quite as smooth as I would have wished , but then I let go from the 200 metres mark . |
| 8 | Yes er we 've five games now and er although we have n't won as as many as I would 've liked at least erm we 've stayed unbeaten . |
| 9 | ‘ I worked hard on my whole game last week at home , but it 's not as good as I would have liked it to be . ’ |
| 10 | I have to be honest and say that the last few years have not been as good as I would have expected . |
| 11 | I think that 's really as far as I would want to go . |
| 12 | Erm again , it 's not quite as sharp as I would like to see it , it 's a little bit er unsharp . |
| 13 | Clare Shearer , looking rather too much like the Principal Boy of the pantomime , gave an attractive performance as Cherubino — not quite as breathless and impetuous as I would have liked from this juvenile Don Giovanni — but it is very difficult to get used to hearing the immortal Non so piu cosa son sung in translation . |