Example sentences of "[adj] as [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intrigue and treachery , especially from former officials , were advertised in public as besetting him from all sides . |
| 2 | Cuddling on the couch with your husband in front of other people is frowned upon just as much as kissing him in the street . |
| 3 | Without his so much as kissing her , a raging desire had seized her , and she longed to be in his arms , in his bed , in his heart . |
| 4 | He enjoyed re-reading sermons almost as much as writing them . |
| 5 | It would appear that the pretrial investigation determined the accused 's fate without as much as affording him a right of effective participation in the process . |
| 6 | When he spoke , it seemed to her that he was listening to his own thoughts as much as conveying them to her . |
| 7 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 8 | She flicked a look at Travis as , without so much as asking her to hold on , Mr Green went away to tell Rosemary that she was wanted on the phone . |
| 9 | The chart , carelessly applied , using the wrong sightings off the wrong landmarks could lead us into error and be just as dangerous as ignoring it completely . |
| 10 | It is every bit as easy as teaching it that chickens , ducks , turkeys and sheep are taboo . |
| 11 | A Western diplomatic source was quoted by the Agence France-Presse news agency on July 31 as saying it had been a " dialogue of the deaf " . |
| 12 | The dog was as good as telling me to stand still , but … ’ |
| 13 | I decided that aiming my camera at the TV set was just as reasonable as aiming it out the window " ( ART news , Jan. 1986 ) . |
| 14 | " That 's about as stupid as saying you became a nurse because you get a kick out of emptying bedpans . |
| 15 | " I was n't so much bold as feeling I could accomplish things . |
| 16 | Also , I 've always thought that giving pleasure is as important as receiving it . |
| 17 | It is generally much easier simply to let cut material fall with this kind of work , but remember that clearing up every scrap afterwards is just as important as cutting it off in the first place . |
| 18 | Then , I think with just being able to chase it and whatever , it did n't seem as heavy as injecting it . |
| 19 | Cooking with chocolate can be as rewarding as eating it . |
| 20 | But however enjoyable , reading about islands is nowhere near as rewarding as visiting them , and I consider myself fortunate in having been able to spend some time on the north Atlantic islands of Iceland , the Faroe Islands and that most remote of the British islands , St Kilda . |
| 21 | Not even as f far as getting him to work in the morning . |
| 22 | As far as putting them up too early as well I say they get all dusty and you get sick of looking at them . |
| 23 | It 's understandable that they can admire academics , but that 's not quite the same as loving them for the person they are . ’ |
| 24 | the same as hanging it outside . |
| 25 | Adding minus N is the same as subtracting N adding the minus number is the same as subtracting it . |
| 26 | For recognizing the restraints and limitations of the old policies is not at all the same as removing them . |
| 27 | Although you see them on film , it 's not the same as seeing them actually there . |
| 28 | I hear from him regularly but it 's not the same as holding them to you . |
| 29 | Adding a negative number is the same as taking it away . |
| 30 | So adding the positive number that 's just normal adding , adding a negative number that 's the same as taking it away . |