Example sentences of "as [adj] [subord] [pron] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | American investors feel that their domestic economy is not as weak as they previously feared . |
| 2 | There is , in fact , a good case for resisting the takeover of literature by culture , though it is not as strong as I once thought it was . |
| 3 | Although his voice rides the airwaves as fresh as it ever did , he admits that physically he is past his prime : arthritis brings him recurring pain in his legs although he has already lived 18 months longer than he was told a 60-a-day smoking habit would allow . |
| 4 | And because her bag was light , with only Miss Gemma Dallam 's brown Chinese satin in it , and her hopes as high as she ever allowed them to be , she smiled at everybody else who came her way , the fishmonger , the old-clothes dealer pushing his cart with its flea-ridden bundles ; the organ-grinder whose emaciated monkey , cowering sadly on his shoulder , always caused her a stab of pain : |
| 5 | Come to think of it , the Krooms may have come from outer space , though outer space was not then as popular as it later became for launching expeditions against Earthmen . |
| 6 | Two : that you found my mind as exciting as I certainly found yours . |
| 7 | He looked as amazing as he always did in his stage costume , twice the size he was on stage , twice as powerful . |
| 8 | Well that , that 's as much as they ever got . |
| 9 | Consequently , sleep might become disturbed , particularly when , in addition , kidney function does not decrease at night as much as it once did . |
| 10 | It took a great deal of effort not to wriggle about as much as I normally did , but I feared him panicking more than the physical discomfort . |
| 11 | I thought it required more teachers caring about their subjects as much as he obviously did . |
| 12 | Bathsheba could not remain angry for long with someone who admired her as much as he obviously did . |
| 13 | She hated Matthew Preston as much as he obviously hated her . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , as much as he ever did . |
| 15 | You ca n't chat with someone who is senile , and when she wets herself I shout at her as much as she once shouted at me . ’ |
| 16 | She climbed inside , disliking him as much as she ever had . |
| 17 | If I had still thought you as slap-happy as I originally assumed — and bluntly , my child , you gave me the impression of being incapable of specialling a cold in the head — if the Night Super . |
| 18 | ‘ Miss Havisham , ’ I said , ‘ I must tell you that I 'm as unhappy as you ever wanted me to be . |
| 19 | Techniques of interrogation and espionage improved and became more sophisticated every day — yet still the old methods remained as effective as they ever had . |
| 20 | He kept his voice as reasonable as he always did , since there was no point in anyone becoming heated . |
| 21 | Brittain said : ‘ User Friendly showed she is as good as we always thought she was . |
| 22 | The George Hotel has prepared an appropriate feast for the Town Crier. 300 years on , pancakes taste just as good as they always did . |
| 23 | ‘ Before I came here , I had my life all sorted out , I was happy — at least , as happy as I ever expected to be . |
| 24 | Thee and thou were s a term implied intimacy and affection and closeness the thee and thou as far as I always understood it . |
| 25 | When children are older , they often feel angry that their parents are n't as wonderful as they once thought . |
| 26 | Blanche wanted her reward , her confirmation that the world was not as unjust as she sometimes imagined . |
| 27 | That 's as close as we ever got to it . ’ |
| 28 | No doubt , Ms Lowthorpe had stacked the odds by going for couples who looked as young as they clearly felt . |
| 29 | Even though crude-oil imports continue to grow relentlessly , many in the industry feel that the decline in American oil and gas production will not be as precipitous as they once feared . |