Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as say " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not until she noticed a bill on Todney 's desk , to be authorized by Stephen as complimentary , that she knew his half-brother had checked out of the hotel without so much as saying goodbye to her . |
| 2 | My last migraine of any consequence was over four months ago , but I would not be so brash as to say that I have been cured . |
| 3 | How can we be so arrogant as to say ‘ do as I do ? ’ |
| 4 | To say that a dog eats because it wants to is as uninformative as to say that dinosaurs got larger because they had an inner drive to do so . |
| 5 | People live in the real world , their not really going to be influenced , its about as sensible as saying er a Mills and Boon novel for example tells people about love are saying M I five use from Russia with Love as a training manual its the same kind of level of |
| 6 | It is not as simple as saying an embryo has a value equal to one human life which it is entitled to cash in . |
| 7 | Yes , towards — we 're getting back towards our original man in the graveyard — yes , I mean I 'd like to say that you 're saying particularly to Reverend Flatman what should he or his parishioners be doing to help this man — it 's not as easy as saying that somebody individually should be offering him a room in their house because his problems are far more manifold and deep seated than that . |
| 8 | Fear of this confusion of values was still so real for the Reverend Alexander Cruden in the late eighteenth century that , not content with defining and illustrating the term from biblical texts , he added two paragraphs of solemn warning : Yet there is a cure , if men recognize divine omniscience : Cruden is echoing Christ 's words in Luke 's gospel , as Milton had done in Paradise Lost , after describing how Satan 's disguise deceived the archangel Uriel : Drawing on a pagan tradition , Montaigne passed a similar judgement on lying : ‘ To say that a man lieth , is as much as to say … that he is brave towards God , and a Coward towards Men . ’ |
| 9 | Besides the particular passions or impulses directed at objects other than pleasure , a human being has ; more general desire that he should enjoy as much pleasure or happiness as possible , during his life as a whole , which is as much as to say , a desire that the totality of his impulse ; directed at objects other than his own pleasure should receive as much satisfaction as possible . |
| 10 | As much as to say , well if you need a lift home , just let me know . |
| 11 | He gave her a cynical look , as much as to say that he only half believed her . |
| 12 | So he said he did n't care where he went so as much as to say so I thought right then we 'll go to the Regal tonight . |
| 13 | The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot . |
| 14 | I 'm responsible for the sort of overall management , but I tend not to get out as much as say , Area Housing Officers , they 're more sort of at grass roots . |
| 15 | " That 's about as stupid as saying you became a nurse because you get a kick out of emptying bedpans . |
| 16 | You as good as said it yourself . ’ |
| 17 | And she 'll testify-she 's as good as said so , unlike some who do n't — ‘ |
| 18 | The Captain had as good as said the same himself about the traces of lamb 's meat in the truck . |
| 19 | I suspect that the relationship with Mrs Kettle began , from his point of view , as a light-hearted flirtation — in fact , he as good as said so . |
| 20 | First suggesting I was involved in some insurance fraud and then as good as saying Mom walked out on us ! |
| 21 | That seemed , when she thought about it , almost as good as saying for ever . |
| 22 | A self-uglifying expression of humility — plus an elaborate show of stealthiness which is as good as saying ‘ Yes , I am late — and please pay attention to my performance of humbly not wishing to be paid attention to ’ , i.e. Here 's me entering as unostentatiously as I know how — so you can see how much I regret my rudeness ! ’ |
| 23 | It it 's there for us to , to use as a , as a sore thumb exercise to ask questions but , but to actually do anything er , er as critical as saying , we 're gon na spend twelve thousand pounds next period and eleven thousand pound the period after and fourteen thousand the period after , er I do n't think that 's |
| 24 | You 've got a hundred — a hundred degrees in the day time and you 've got freezing conditions at night and literally just , people are lying , lying on the floor shaking at night time , erm they 're beginning to lose children , they have n't had an er epidemic of disease yet , you know they 're definitely going to get one , er and then the other big problem is er to coordinate a massive air lift , and it 's going to have to be an air lift , you know as , as big as say the Berlin air lift . |
| 25 | I mean , I 'm not that rude as to say that 's for the payment of allowances , but some people may say that . |
| 26 | I mean , I 'm not that rude as to say that 's for the payment of allowances , but some people may say that . |