Example sentences of "much as i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was much as I had expected . |
| 2 | Although the story was my own , the background was very much as I had remembered it , the characters very much as I had remembered them . |
| 3 | Although the story was my own , the background was very much as I had remembered it , the characters very much as I had remembered them . |
| 4 | I often wondered if he enjoyed using my toothbrush as much as I enjoyed using his . |
| 5 | I mean , Ziggy really said as much as I meant to say all along . |
| 6 | ‘ Only a pound this week — not eaten too much as I 've had a very sore throat and cold . |
| 7 | Erm that 's as much as I 've got this morning . |
| 8 | Er actually , er much as I hate to admit it , I think you could be right . |
| 9 | As much as I try to enjoy the album , I am overcome with nausea . |
| 10 | ‘ Leo , she said warningly , ‘ I have had as much as I intend taking for one day . |
| 11 | My distended bladder was n't helping matters , but it was n't holding me back as much as I 'd feared , either . |
| 12 | Well I disagree in as much as I have said that I did n't have a shotgun and ignoring that fact then that I did n't have a shotgun she certainly did not make a lunge at me . |
| 13 | Most remarkable of all the suggestions put to Baldwin came from Lord Haldane , who only a month later was to take office as Lord Chancellor in the Labour Government , and who advised him to continue in office ; ‘ It may seem the odder in as much as I have supported the Labour Party and free trade through this general election . |
| 14 | ‘ As much as I have tried to avoid it , people will undoubtedly try to associate the future king with the Prince of Wales and other figures with other members of the Royal family . |
| 15 | ‘ But by the time I was eighteen , I realised that , as much as I loved studying the past , my greatest joy came from — well , I suppose you 'd describe it as planning things and watching them grow . ’ |
| 16 | And I think that 's probably about as much as I want to say actually about the news the news interviews . |
| 17 | I feel my present responsibilities are as much as I want to cope with and , from now on , promotion would take me away from teaching children . |
| 18 | As much as I want to agree with you , I ca n't accept that standing and watching Southport has more atmosphere than sitting to watch a major game like Liverpool 's midweek clash with Spartak Moscow . |