Example sentences of "[adj] as i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find I am not as pleased by this as I thought I might be . |
| 2 | It is n't as painful as I thought it would be . |
| 3 | Well the standpipe used to freeze up and er when that occurred the grown men in the house used to light a fire round the standpipes , of course it was cast iron it was n't copper or anything like that , and light a fire to thaw it out , I do n't remember ever being without water but we used , it was a bit primitive but burn newspaper and stuff round the standpipe and er the old as I say we used to , the water for the washing we used to pump into the sink and er fill the old dolly tub with water for the washing and use the rainwater for washing . |
| 4 | I called , got through and spoke to a man who sounded as ordinary and as sane as I thought I was . |
| 5 | As my car moved through the area announcing ‘ Meet shadow chancellor John Smith as he explains Labour 's policy on fiscal and monetary reform , ’ I noticed that the town was not as crowded as I remembered it from only that morning . |
| 6 | In her heart she thought : Kind as she has been to me , and much as I respect her , your wife , my lord , is the last lady living to whom I am likely to apply . |
| 7 | But his questions were at once crucifying me as much as I knew they were of help . |
| 8 | I shall nevertheless vote against the motion and I shall vote for the amendment although as much as I wished it had happened or , or erm a different proposal to Mr because I do n't think it helps your argument when you call your opponents instead of arguing face and er unlike Mr I actually do believe its in subsidiarity and I think we should accept Leicester and Leicester only and what the Leicester hunt will do should be decided here in Leicester , not in Westminster , er any more than the composition of our offices should be , should be decided in Brussels and I believe in subsidiarity . |
| 9 | Er in so much as I mean I must admit with these increases , I appreciate your need to get the extra profits and I 'm looking at the ones where I think we can push them to get a bit more . |
| 10 | " I thought he loved me as much as I loved him . " |
| 11 | You could argue it was n't his fault that Clare was killed — or that she did n't love me as much as I loved her — and I 'd have to agree . |
| 12 | The suspension was much as I remembered it , crashing a bit over poor surfaces but generally sounding worse than it actually felt . |
| 13 | The town was much as I remembered it in 1919 . |
| 14 | You should actually say , ‘ They need me as much as I need them . ’ |
| 15 | As much as I love her I did n't realise what I was taking on , she 's absolutely obsessed with Paul McCartney . . |
| 16 | I think I love you as much as I love him . ’ |
| 17 | I hope that all this is of some help to the new knitters and will encourage them to learn to lover their Duomatics as much as I love mine . |
| 18 | remember ours , it would not be flat smells of cat but not only that if it weed on me carpet as much as I love it I might get a |
| 19 | Mr Essex says music is a two-way thing : ‘ My pupils inspire me as much as I inspire them . ’ |
| 20 | But nevertheless , they 're very much as I see it , on the border . |
| 21 | ‘ Not as much as I want you , sabiha tieghi , my beautiful one . ’ |
| 22 | Of the fact that , however hard you try to adopt that indifferent expression , underneath you want me every bit as much as I want you . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ As much as I want you ? ’ |
| 24 | Do you want me even half as much as I want you ? |
| 25 | Before I 'm finished you 'll want me as much as I want you . ’ |
| 26 | I supposed , during those brief , heady moments after your heartbreaking apology that you had wanted to come to me tonight as much as I wanted you to come . |
| 27 | You wanted me every bit as much as I wanted you . ’ |
| 28 | I refused to destroy her young life , and I 've left her as honest as I found her . ’ |
| 29 | That gave me the chance to tell what Braden had done , sounding disgusted as I told it so Mendez would have no doubt what I thought about Braden 's trick . |
| 30 | Getting on well with Matt — obviously there 's going to be some competition once we start work but he 's not half as paranoid as I thought he 'd be , a bit back-slapping , still I guess that 's Yanks for you . |