Example sentences of "[det] as i [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 I was n't two or three foot back like this as I should have been , I was up here .
2 I can not understand this as I can not see any detrimental effect on the carp .
3 Erm , I 'm on this occasion I 'll keep as close to this as I can possibly go .
4 ‘ Reckon as how our Alice 's another as I can be proud of , ’ she said .
5 Therefore , much as I may myself enjoy theatre-going and much as I may cheer when I see a full theatre , I must contain my own enthusiasm if I am to be a cool observer .
6 He shook his head as much as I would allow him to .
7 ‘ Not as much as I would like . ’
8 Not as much as I would like to be , however , as the night class I joined in September 1991 did not have enough support to run again at the beginning of this year .
9 I found cranking the boat over on its side did not help to turn it ( in the opposite direction ) as much as I would expect in a sea kayak .
10 Hardly feel it , that 's as much as I would , this is a very low mass , it 's quite small .
11 Not as much as I would have expected , in some ways . ’
12 As much as I would like to hand you over to the police , I have no choice but to keep my suspicions to myself . ’
13 Well , we 've made some progress in some areas , but not as much as I would 've liked , although I intend to keep working at it .
14 ‘ Well , Robyn , ’ he smiled , ‘ as much as I would like to stay here , chatting with you until the small hours , I 'm afraid I must be off .
15 It has been difficult while they 've been doing their exams , so we 've not been able to get them together as much as I would have liked .
16 ‘ I do n't like making excuses , but I have n't been able to practice as much as I would want .
17 Yes , now I would n't slur those quite so much as I would make that all legato .
18 Yes I yes they are er but I seem to have reached a , a stage where they 're not progressing as much as I would like you know ?
19 I , I 've got to have something from you ten people , you ten recording people because , because it 's reasonably erm , represented , like , I ca n't give it , in other words I ca n't give you a chance to explain this as much as I would like to , because it 's not fair on the other people .
20 Elizabeth Adams : ‘ I think perhaps I did not require from Somerville as much as I might here , fromJean Stanier : ‘ Somehow the fact that it was wartime put a sharper edge on things , as if we had to make the most of something that might not last ’ .
21 ‘ Not as much as I might have . ’
22 ‘ But as much as I 'd like to continue playing for the North , I suddenly thought there 's more to life than sitting on the M1 .
23 ‘ Not half as much as I 'd like to — ’ the voice stopped .
24 I do n't talk to Alan much as I 'd like to because he does n't respond , does n't discuss .
25 I mean , a hundred and fifty a week — that 's as much as I 'd 've expected you to get for actually acting . ’
26 ‘ Not as much as I 'd like to , lady , ’ he retorted grimly , his lips thinning to a cruel white line .
27 ‘ On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should .
28 On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should
29 I 'm still not enjoying it as much as I should .
30 I saved up these incidents to amuse Leslie in my letters , and related as much as I could about our domestic and leisure activities .
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