Example sentences of "[adv] as i 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Much as I 'd like to think my father was somebody important , there 's no real evidence . |
| 2 | Well , much as I 'd love to stay on here , I 'm afraid it is n't going to be feasible . |
| 3 | I 'd like confirmation that he 's as crippled as he appears to be , because , much as I 'd like to , I can think of no way in which a man in his apparent condition could have pulled off this murder . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Much as I 'd like to go for a hat trick , my sweet , I have to admit that I 'm not Superman . |
| 5 | That first night was terrible , especially as I 'd become engorged and full of milk . |
| 6 | Then , just as I 'd half a mind to twiddle with the radio in case Marlene Dietrich was still on , there would be another lurch of the Tardis-like mood and I 'd come upon a garishly-lit motel , freshly shipped across from the West , or else be smartly overtaken by a monstrous new Mercedes doing 200 kph or more with effortless abandon , at least until the next plunge into potholes and waterlogged scree . |
| 7 | She said I was cutting her out just as I 'd cut out other people in my life . |
| 8 | Just as I 'd expect of Maurice 's sister . ’ |
| 9 | Mummy is there and I 'd thought she was in good hands but of course I could n't visit her as often as I 'd like while earning my megamillions . |
| 10 | ‘ Not as often as I 'd like . |
| 11 | ‘ Not so fast as I 'd like , ’ she says . |
| 12 | I did n't own a pair of binoculars , so I could n't observe the birds as closely as I 'd have wished , but I had something much closer to watch . |