Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] as [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was both their backgrounds — a boy taken from a bleak past into a glorious future by a dedicated schoolteacher — and furthermore this acting business got him off duty , paid him as much cash as a miner 's weekly wage for a few hours ' easy work and had a satisfying tint of glamour … |
| 2 | In the first case , he feared me as many men fear women : because their mistresses ( or their wives ) understand them . |
| 3 | And yes , that fireplace gave me as much pleasure always as I had imagined it would on first sight . |
| 4 | ‘ I wish my dreams gave me as much pleasure . ’ |
| 5 | All were firm but kind with the eagles , who were passive in return , but for a very few like Kraal who gave them as much trouble as he could . |
| 6 | The entertainment role of the press was confirmed too by the Press Commission finding that most people felt their paper gave them as much news as they wanted . |
| 7 | The Falklands crisis tested her as few leaders in recent times have been tested . |
| 8 | ‘ Had he as many kind and good relations as I have , ’ Hooker wrote , ‘ who would be grieved and pained to hear me say what I think , and had he children who would be placed in predicaments most detrimental to children 's minds … he would not wonder so much . ’ |