Example sentences of "as much as i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Not as much as I might have . ’ |
| 3 | He shook his head as much as I would allow him to . |
| 4 | ‘ Not as much as I would like . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Hardly feel it , that 's as much as I would , this is a very low mass , it 's quite small . |
| 8 | Not as much as I would have expected , in some ways . ’ |
| 9 | As much as I would like to hand you over to the police , I have no choice but to keep my suspicions to myself . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses , but I have n't been able to practice as much as I would want . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | I 'm still not enjoying it as much as I should . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Not half as much as I 'd like to — ’ the voice stopped . |
| 21 | I mean , a hundred and fifty a week — that 's as much as I 'd 've expected you to get for actually acting . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Not as much as I 'd like to , lady , ’ he retorted grimly , his lips thinning to a cruel white line . |
| 23 | What I would say Chairman is that I will defend the right of the tenant farmers to make their own minds up , just as much as I will defend the rights of council house tenants to say what goes on in their houses . |
| 24 | I saved up these incidents to amuse Leslie in my letters , and related as much as I could about our domestic and leisure activities . |
| 25 | I was determined to keep control and do as much as I could to help things on . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd put in as much as I could and got out as much as possible at YPN . |
| 27 | I removed as much as I could with my fingers , turned off the lights , added more plants and threw in one of those Nitrasafe bags . |
| 28 | It was as much as I could do not to join in . |
| 29 | As I rummaged through the chest , gathering up as much as I could carry without dropping any , I found knitted scarves , blankets , gloves , socks and all sorts of garments of varying sizes . |
| 30 | As he tottered back to his seat it was as much as I could do not to applaud . |