Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zamora in Los Angeles is like Murphy in Ireland , ‘ and most of them are just as tough ’ said McCullough 's manager , Matt Tinley after a bout that brought out the best in Wayne . |
| 2 | For what it is worth , most modern biologists would n't find it difficult to explain every one of the Bishop 's 35 examples in terms of the theory of natural selection , although not all of them are quite as easy as the polar bears . |
| 3 | In a way I am just as much here then as I am here now . |
| 4 | I am just as stupid ! |
| 5 | ‘ I am confident I am just as good as I ever was and in some ways I am probably better than ever . |
| 6 | I mean I am just as much as anybody else . |
| 7 | I am just as neglected as my house . |
| 8 | My crew were never aware of my lapse and I am just as ashamed to tell this story today as I would had I told it 45 years ago . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ If I am half as good a player as Paul McGrath I 'll be satisfied — but obviously I am hoping to become better than him . ’ |
| 10 | I am half as tall again . |
| 11 | I am certainly as guilty as everyone else . |
| 12 | However , the point you have to erm , recall , is that if it 's a conflict between parental investment in a sibling and parental investment in myself , I am twice as closely related to myself as I am to my sibling . |
| 13 | Or perhaps I should start calling you Stephen — I 'm nearly as old as you are now . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm just as happy to do a granny 's hair , ’ he said cheerfully . |
| 15 | I 'm just as likely to start feeling insecure about someone in his past as someone now . ’ |
| 16 | But I 'm just as happy spending the evening with you and Neil . |
| 17 | I 'm just as good as he is , even if I did n't go to Eton . ’ |
| 18 | Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat . |
| 19 | I thought I 'm just as bad as you know everybody else really . |
| 20 | " Well , I 'm just as sure you 're wrong . |
| 21 | " I 'm just as much to blame as he is and more . |
| 22 | ‘ You see , I 'm just as ashamed of all this as you are . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But in case you need it spelt out , I 'm just as anxious as you are to keep this shameful secret of ours hidden . |
| 24 | If he 's married to my daughter that 'll kick-start me right back in the business , but if you wo n't play your part in all of this then I 'm just as happy to bring him down … ’ |
| 25 | I 'm just as eager as you to establish your identity , ’ he assured her with irony . |
| 26 | I 've persuaded the people who matter that I 'm the best man to work with you to help us clear this up , but I 'm like a football manager , Cameron ; I can be replaced at a moment 's notice and I 'm only as good as the results I get . |
| 27 | ‘ I can go on for another three or four years yet because I 'm still as fit as a fiddle , ’ he said . |
| 28 | The last thing he said when I left was , ‘ Tell Jean I 'm still as much in love with her as ever . ’ ’ |
| 29 | I 'm still as randy as an adolescent |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm twice as dumb as you are , girl , ’ I mumbled . |