Example sentences of "[verb] i as [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Things do n't throw me as much now . |
2 | This was around the time he first started seeing me as more than just an employee . |
3 | Before I 'm finished you 'll want me as much as I want you . ’ |
4 | So when I was ushered into his consulting room , it was his welfare that concerned me as much as my own . |
5 | Except that while she was loving him , gazing wonderingly at his blind eyes , Dr Neil said suddenly and hoarsely , ‘ Quick , McAllister ; put the baby in the drawer over there and bring me as much towelling as you can . ’ |
6 | 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 . |
7 | She helped me as much as she could , but I knew it would take a long time to reach Estella 's level . |
8 | I knew that for him The Fat Controller confirmed it — I was his Wolf Man , his Anna O. He told me as much . |
9 | They were new to the Colony , but my mother told me as much as she knew about them in advance . |
10 | ‘ I do n't think anything could give me as much pleasure as watching a horse I 've bred and brought on myself performing at the top of his form . ’ |
11 | But his questions were at once crucifying me as much as I knew they were of help . |
12 | it 'll benefit all of us if you give me as much assistance as you possibly can . |
13 | Tell me as much as you can tell to a maiden aunt , and let's see what can be done . " |
14 | If it makes you feel any happier , I will tell you that it did not cost me as much as a bouquet of flowers would have done . |
15 | I hope you 're not going to give me as much trouble as Puck gave to the lovers in the play , ’ Lucenzo murmured , a sliver of steel-tipped menace in his tone . |
16 | When I got home I picked up the threads of my ordinary life again very quickly — you might say I snatched them up , and plunged into a round of work and social life deliberately intended to give me as few idle moments as possible . |
17 | Mr Essex says music is a two-way thing : ‘ My pupils inspire me as much as I inspire them . ’ |
18 | " I thought he loved me as much as I loved him . " |
19 | My interest in sport helped and apart from three days jankers ( for being late back from weekend pass — could not afford a taxi from Wendover station ) , this vexed me as many of my Entry had zero days but many , like my dear friend the late Roddy Morgan , did more than 300 days . |
20 | I would never have dared speak so , but she was quite unselfconscious , although I suspected her of an intention to shock — to shock me as much as anyone . |
21 | That 's what annoys me as much as anything . |
22 | It hurt me as much as anyone . |
23 | It hurt me as much as you . ’ |
24 | In the first case , he feared me as many men fear women : because their mistresses ( or their wives ) understand them . |
25 | And yes , that fireplace gave me as much pleasure always as I had imagined it would on first sight . |
26 | ‘ I wish my dreams gave me as much pleasure . ’ |
27 | In return , you must get me as many DPR client coupons as you can . |
28 | I imagine that many honest people would sympathise with Weatherhead and happily echo his final paragraph : ‘ All this gives me as much as I need , and seems to me the essential credo of Christianity . |
29 | Poring over a world atlas or 1:50,000 sheet gives me as much pleasure as actually visiting the places I dream about . |
30 | He struck me as such a genuine young fellow , there seemed no need . |