Example sentences of "as [adj] as [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It mattered as little as it seemed to matter to Lucy that they would have — yet another — three weeks apart . |
| 2 | ‘ He was n't as odd as you 'd made him out to be , your friend , ’ Gillian said as we left . |
| 3 | It was n't as awful as she 'd anticipated , partly because she greatly admired Raimondo 's talent , partly because the audience was so small , just the sheikh , his wives , a handful of retainers , and a couple of the sheikh 's Italian business associates brought along to translate — although one of the businessmen kept giving her glances that made her uncomfortable . |
| 4 | Italy 's involvement in the Spanish Civil War , in emulation of Germany , had cost much more than the government had intended , and by 1939 Mussolini must have known that the Army and Air Force were not anything like as strong as he had imagined they were , even if he did not know the extent of their weakness . |
| 5 | On the carpet by the tallboy were several red carnations , as fresh as they had come from the florist , and beside them , a shattered glass spill . |
| 6 | I was not perhaps as gutless as I had assumed . |
| 7 | The city spread out below her looked so calm , almost as calm as she had felt such a little time before . |
| 8 | Just one glance had told Muldoon that they were very far from being as generous as he had encouraged Mark to believe . |
| 9 | Was she as old as he 'd thought ? |
| 10 | He was younger than she had supposed from Jenny 's description — in his early thirties , and as good-looking as she had expected . |
| 11 | But while Wainfleet 's apology had been specious and he really did not see what all the fuss was about , he was not quite as carefree as he had let them think . |
| 12 | I sang , pondering whether my thanks were as spontaneous as I had thought or whether I was just too scared to complain . |
| 13 | Given the choice now , he wished the old holidays could be taken again , that things were not as different as they had become . |
| 14 | Memories of her did n't seem as painful as he had imagined . |
| 15 | All through the '70s I 'd wanted to be in a rock band and I ended up doing it and it was nothing like as exciting as I 'd imagined it from reading and listening to records . |
| 16 | The weird notion that she might be in danger of actually becoming one day as perfect as she seemed added a ghastly charm to her reflections , as she continued to envisage various methods of killing Jack . |
| 17 | ‘ The dragons might be there ; they might be real and they might be every bit as vicious as I 'd imagined , but I 'm a human being ; so was Adolf Hitler and he killed millions of people ! |
| 18 | Three young men with loop and stud earrings in one ear ( the lad on the Caledonian Canal fishing boat was not as individual as I had thought ) had three beefburgers and a pie each and then a chocolate KitKat with their tea . |
| 19 | In fact , his tone was level , and even his expression nowhere near as serious as she had imagined . |
| 20 | During this period , the American 8th Air Force squadrons of Flying Fortresses and Liberators , many of whom were stationed near to us in the vicinity of Cambridge and Huntingdon , were doing daylight raids deep into Germany , and were rapidly finding out that it was not as easy as they had expected . |
| 21 | Some time later , she acknowledged that the task was not proving to be as easy as she had expected . |
| 22 | She did n't find it as easy as he seemed to do . |
| 23 | It was taking out a girl with a trail of boasts littering the streets behind you , although you both returned as virginal as you had set off but usually much colder . |
| 24 | It was n't as dark as I 'd expected . |
| 25 | ‘ Wait , calm yourself , sabiha tieghi , my beautiful one , ’ he teased softly , unbuttoning his shirt with fingers which shook almost as much as hers had done . |
| 26 | At one time , young professionals could borrow as much as they liked to buy their home , on the promise of their growing salary and sure prospects . |
| 27 | We had a very good time , & good weather , for the rest of our stay , & I think Richard enjoyed showing us the many attractions of his area as much as we enjoyed seeing them . |
| 28 | I really do feel she liked working here as much as we liked having her , and not only for her work ; she was such a nice person , so warm and lively . ’ |
| 29 | Sadly , as much as we wanted to keep her , we were out at work all day , and lived in a flat without a garden . |
| 30 | Her own strong and unthinking rejection of him had shocked her as much as it had shocked him . |