Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] much as [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 " I think … if my father discovered about us — I think he would n't punish me so much as my mother .
2 But they do n't see you as much as his secretary does either do they ?
3 The counts of Nevers , the lords of Montpellier , the lords of Amboise and Lusignan , the Trencavels , were fervent devotees of the ideal ; so the problems of absences , shipwrecks , death abroad plagued them as much as their princes .
4 So when I was ushered into his consulting room , it was his welfare that concerned me as much as my own .
5 Val was more indignant than Roland about this event , and her indignation upset him as much as his own failure , for he liked Fergus and wanted to be able to go on liking him .
6 Surely the cross did n't hurt him as much as our unfaithfulness can .
7 It was , as Diana confided later , the ‘ unbearable coldness ’ of the letter which hurt her as much as its contents .
8 Travis looked surprised , and that aggravated her as much as his reply .
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