Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [subord] i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly if I had been doing all the restoration work myself it would n't have cost me so much because I am the cheapest worker in this outfit . |
| 2 | I mean while she had her career it did n't matter so much because I was there . |
| 3 | Actually , I guess I would n't want to tell it to anybody , not so much because I 'm ashamed ( I tell myself ) as because it 's private ; one last thing I can hide that 's between me and Andy only , so letting me feel that there is one thing at least in which I 've not betrayed him utterly . |
| 4 | Just this once I am going to break the habits of a lifetime and take your IOU . ’ |
| 5 | And I was , Donald , I was so happy to get it back and read it and learn that you are missing me as much as I am missing you . |
| 6 | Not half as much as I am of you ! thought Henry , as he ran his eyes down the rest of the manuscript ( she must have written it before going to sleep ) . |
| 7 | Successful hedonists are , for short periods , very sensitive to the feelings of those with whom they talk , drink or make love , postpone the question ‘ Am I getting as much as I am giving ? ’ , and do not revert to egoism until the party is over . |
| 8 | Our exclusive interview begins on page 40 and I 'm sure you once you 've read it , you 'll be looking forward to Olympics as much as I am . |
| 9 | Since I , without the benefit of tax relief , am paying as much as I am for the Monarchy , I would like them to do what they have to do in silence . |
| 10 | I am afraid this is about as much as I am going to say about magnetic materials apart from a very brief discussion of some pseudomagnetic materials ( superconductors ) in Sections 3.15 and 3.16 . |
| 11 | Yeah but his father 's his next of kin just as much as I am Ann . |
| 12 | Well Shrimpy 's on twice as much as I am . |
| 13 | Still — I hope you enjoi reeding the buk as much as I 'm going to enjoi boiling it up with some vegtables and eeting it . |
| 14 | And that really I think is about it unless there are Interpretation of As much as I 'm going to . |
| 15 | ‘ And now , knowing the truth , or as much as I 'm prepared to divulge , will you not stay for the wedding ? |
| 16 | It 's impossible to judge exactly how many people will come in as a result of that and er , how much expenditure will be incurred because as you know we 're in a recessionary period and as you 've already heard there is concern about current trading , but I would hope that it would bring in er , something like a hundred and fifty thousand extra people , certainly in a good year I 'd expect more than that but really that 's about as much as I 'm prepared to say with some additional spending which will be incurred at Alton Towers . |
| 17 | OK this concerns Leeds-united in as much as I 'm going to write in my CV that I 'm a fan . |
| 18 | As much as I 'm on now I would 've thought . |
| 19 | Well not as much as I 'm used to . |
| 20 | I do n't think I 'm gon na do as much as I 'm just gon na do |
| 21 | From outside it looked like a faded bell but within was a brilliant and sumptuous chamber of fiery gold adorned with most exquisite tapestry , and it moved me as much as I was moved when I saw the dome of the Blue Mosque at Isfahan , the most beautiful building I have ever seen . |
| 22 | Sharp Samson are paying me more , not as much as I was offered by the others , but I 'm satisfied because more money does n't mean I 'll be faster or happier . |
| 23 | I 've been using , but not as much as I was , say , two or three years ago . |
| 24 | To move would be to give myself away and frighten him as much as I was frightened . |
| 25 | I trusted Cathy , and Joan Willows , another ex-WTN colleague who offered to work back-to-back with her , as much as I was able to trust anyone . |
| 26 | Old Charlie 's car wooden spokes , wooden wheels solid tyres and he used to sit up right in there same as I am now , like in a box and the old chauffeur was the chauffeur driving along . |
| 27 | This was something I was able to develop very much when I was appointed as director for life of the Vienna Singverein . |
| 28 | In fact , it was full — which I did n't like very much because I am nervous in crowds . |
| 29 | This pleased me very much because I was longing to hear her play the instrument . |
| 30 | For the first time in my life I tasted champagne and I did not care for it very much because I was a complete and absolute non-drinker at the time , I would like to warn anybody that this was something which did not last for very long : I have since acquired an insatiable thirst and desire for champagne . |