Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] much as i " in BNC.
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1 | It has been difficult while they 've been doing their exams , so we 've not been able to get them together as much as I would have liked . |
2 | What I want to do , I want to cut the shopping down as much as I possibly can . |
3 | four , I cut that down as much as I could so |
4 | But in so far as I achieve awareness from your viewpoint I feel the pull towards your goals , and even when I resist , I do so very much as I push away inclinations of my own which are dangerous to my long-term ambitions ; a choice between your goals and mine belongs among my choices of ends . |
5 | ‘ Not as much as I would like . ’ |
6 | ‘ Probably not as much as I did when I was a kid ; the travelling part is hard . |
7 | Not as much as I would like to be , however , as the night class I joined in September 1991 did not have enough support to run again at the beginning of this year . |
8 | But then again , maybe not as much as I think … |
9 | Sharp Samson are paying me more , not as much as I was offered by the others , but I 'm satisfied because more money does n't mean I 'll be faster or happier . |
10 | I 've been using , but not as much as I was , say , two or three years ago . |
11 | ‘ Not as much as I want you , sabiha tieghi , my beautiful one . ’ |
12 | Not as much as I would have expected , in some ways . ’ |
13 | ‘ Not as much as I 'd like to , lady , ’ he retorted grimly , his lips thinning to a cruel white line . |
14 | Well , we 've made some progress in some areas , but not as much as I would 've liked , although I intend to keep working at it . |
15 | ‘ Not as much as I might have . ’ |
16 | Well not as much as I 'm used to . |
17 | There 's not as much as I thought there was then . |
18 | Mm No that 's er making me jolly cross , not like myself I do n't do anything like , not as much as I used to do at the hall , I mean I used to do a lot as you know , but I , I know how much you have done , but nobody else knows |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Devoted Dad : ‘ Simon loves being a parent just as much as I do ’ |
21 | Just as much as I disliked the lean , tanned , grinning face that he presented on the comm screen . |
22 | ‘ Tom did just as much as I did , ’ Belinda assured her . |
23 | What I would say Chairman is that I will defend the right of the tenant farmers to make their own minds up , just as much as I will defend the rights of council house tenants to say what goes on in their houses . |
24 | I fancy you 've been enjoying yourself just as much as I have . ’ |
25 | Yeah but his father 's his next of kin just as much as I am Ann . |
26 | ‘ I try to get home as much as I can , ’ said Charles . |
27 | Nearly as much as I do , my darling , ’ she added . |
28 | As I rummaged through the chest , gathering up as much as I could carry without dropping any , I found knitted scarves , blankets , gloves , socks and all sorts of garments of varying sizes . |
29 | He was also sure that I ought to mug up as much as I could about Italy . |
30 | And find out as much as I can . |