Example sentences of "[pron] as [adj] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know I 'd give my right arm to have someone as good as you to model for me ! |
| 2 | She was surprised to see it was covered by a thick mat of soft fair hair — somehow she 'd have expected someone as blond as him to have smooth , hairless skin . |
| 3 | ‘ He told me that all his life he was such a shit , and he finally realized he could make someone as happy as he made me , ’ recalls Joey . |
| 4 | We should be in the habit of asking questions of ourselves as much as we ask them of others . |
| 5 | In similar fashion the expansion of European sovereignty overseas , which as much as anything marked the onset of the modern age , was attended by substantial accessions of gold . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you as experienced as I think you are ? |
| 7 | And perhaps they love you as much as I do — almost . ’ |
| 8 | Yet I offer to you as much as I possess , and so much as old age has left me , with the utmost satisfaction , as being at least a testimony to the instruction and delight that I have received from your marvellous invention . |
| 9 | I think I love you as much as I love him . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If a girl returns it to you , good and well ; though a jeweller will not give you as much as you paid for it . |
| 11 | Was she as old as he 'd thought ? |
| 12 | Assume for example that Ford and General Motors between them are in a position to buy up the Great Lakes and pollute them as much as they desire in order to reduce the costs against such an action . |
| 13 | If I had a storehouse full of confidence , I would gladly give each one of them as much as they needed . |
| 14 | I needed them as much as they needed me and I happily took the rough with the smooth . |
| 15 | When its predominant position was restored , the party faced new challenges as the increasing interdependence of industrial society made influential groups realize that the party needed them as much as they needed it . |
| 16 | This terrifies them as much as it terrified your committee on your behalf . |
| 17 | Perhaps it was for this reason that I hated them as much as I resented menstruation itself . |
| 18 | It 's funny to look back and think how much my mum enjoyed having the ducks around — she encouraged them as much as I did . |
| 19 | ‘ But because they were so busy with their business , he did not see them as much as he wished . |
| 20 | And when the press come bothering , just tell them as little as you need . |
| 21 | Can he find me as repellent as I find him ? |
| 22 | School and university still had n't changed me as much as they had ; maybe even the rest of my life could never compensate for their formative effect . |
| 23 | Unfortunately at the end , I discovered the band were not with me as much as I thought . |
| 24 | But his questions were at once crucifying me as much as I knew they were of help . |
| 25 | You could argue it was n't his fault that Clare was killed — or that she did n't love me as much as I loved her — and I 'd have to agree . |
| 26 | " I thought he loved me as much as I loved him . " |
| 27 | Mr Essex says music is a two-way thing : ‘ My pupils inspire me as much as I inspire them . ’ |
| 28 | Before I 'm finished you 'll want me as much as I want you . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You mean you want to be alone with me as much as I want to be alone with you ? ’ he enquired . |
| 30 | I imagine that many honest people would sympathise with Weatherhead and happily echo his final paragraph : ‘ All this gives me as much as I need , and seems to me the essential credo of Christianity . |