Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You heard so much as I did , Miss Buckley . |
| 2 | They threw me from the battlements into the sea , but the rocks were merciless and did not kill me , though I have never longed for death so much as I did then . |
| 3 | ‘ My main aim when writing my essay ‘ Thoughtless ’ was to try to convey my exact feelings at that particular moment : to make the reader feel as guilty as I did . |
| 4 | Did you not find it as strange as I did , that we should so immediately understand each other so well ? |
| 5 | See if you think it 's as peculiar as I do . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ So has my mother , though she does not put him as high as I do . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm not eating half as much as I did on camp and I 'm starving . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ My little sparrow , I do believe you regretted our quarrel as much as I did . |
| 9 | ‘ Probably not as much as I did when I was a kid ; the travelling part is hard . |
| 10 | The best I could do would be to say ‘ I like peaches better ’ , but quite apart from the logical objection to deriving ‘ Choose the peach ’ from this psychological statement , reliance on a generalization about my preference could get me into a habit which would dim my awareness of the tastes , until I fail to notice that I no longer like peaches as much as I did , or that at this moment I hanker after a pear , so that the abortive try at rationalization would make my choice less intelligent . |
| 11 | ‘ He put me on the spot and eventually pulled out of the deal as much as I did . |
| 12 | It 's funny to look back and think how much my mum enjoyed having the ducks around — she encouraged them as much as I did . |
| 13 | He almost seemed to regret the necessary slaughter of my people as much as I did . ’ |
| 14 | Anyone who wants a portable to carry around and use for hours at a time on batteries , will love the 320SLi as much as I did . |
| 15 | The performers seem to have enjoyed it as much as I did . |
| 16 | She loved Luke as much as I did . |
| 17 | My father feared my mother as much as I did and wished me to please and agree with her always , for when I did not she would complain to him of my behaviour and I suspected that when this happened his new wife would complain in her turn that he paid too much attention to us and too little to her and her own children . |
| 18 | ‘ Tom did just as much as I did , ’ Belinda assured her . |
| 19 | Oh I know some of them did n't have as much as I did . |
| 20 | Hope y'all enjoyed the day as much as I did . |
| 21 | Last night I was reading an article about wages , and I realised ( with a little male surprise ) that you must be earning about three times as much as I do . |
| 22 | ‘ You ca n't feed Patrick if you do n't feed yourself , and I 'll bet the poor little scrap hates gin as much as I do . |
| 23 | I 've never looked forward to new stuff from any band as much as I do from the Mondays . |
| 24 | Nearly as much as I do , my darling , ’ she added . |
| 25 | So now you know as much as I do ! ’ |
| 26 | " She wants to see you succeed as much as I do . " |
| 27 | For he drinks and smokes at least as much as I do . |
| 28 | He loves being a parent as much as I do , so we 're looking forward to having another baby . |
| 29 | Devoted Dad : ‘ Simon loves being a parent just as much as I do ’ |
| 30 | We 're two of a kind , my girl ; you like it almost as much as I do — and no damage done , either . ’ |